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Carroll lab pinpoints a new antioxidant system that protects single cysteines, which could lead to new antioxidant therapies

November 20, 2009 - Saving the single cysteine: new antioxidant system found By Nancy Ross-Flanagan Watch the video width="425" height="344">   ANN ARBOR, Mich.---We've all read studies about the health benefits of having a li... Learn more...

Lim lab develops hybrid molecular tools to understand, treat Alzheimer's

November 3, 2009 -  Hybrid molecules show promise for exploring, treating Alzheimer's   By Nancy Ross-Flanigan News Service     ANN ARBOR, Mich.---One of the many mysteries of Alzheimer's disease is how protein-like snippets called amyloid-beta pe... Learn more...

Sherman lab in LSI collaborates with Montgomery lab in LSA to engineer a new biological catalyst

October 12, 2009 - Sherman lab in LSI collaborates with Montgomery lab in LSA to engineer a new biological catalyst and new class of antibiotic molecules The laboratories of  LSI faculty member David Sherman and LSA Chemistry faculty member John Montgomery publis... Learn more...

LSI Klionsky links cell behavior and the key to longer life

October 6, 2009 - Self-Destructive Behavior in Cells May Hold Key to a Longer Life Daniel Klionsky of the U-M Life Sciences Institute was highlighted in a New York Times Science article on Tuesday, Oct 7, 2009.   Klionsky’s work highlights how self-dest... Learn more...

U-M researchers find gene that protects high-fat-diet mice from obesity

September 2, 2009 - U-M researchers find gene that protects high-fat-diet mice from obesity ANN ARBOR, Mich. --- University of Michigan researchers have identified a gene that acts as a master switch to control obesity in mice. When the switch is turned “off,&quo... Learn more...

New genomic study supports out-of-Africa theory of modern human origins

October 1, 2009 - New genomic study supports out-of-Africa theory of modern human origins http://www.pnas.org/content/106/38/16057.full... Learn more...

New chemical tools are poised to help LSI scientists explore the roles oxidized cysteine residues might play in biology

October 6, 2009 - New chemical tools are poised to help LSI scientists explore the roles oxidized cysteine residues might play in biology Chemical and Engineering News: [link]  ... Learn more...

LSI Faculty member Noah Rosenberg and Colleagues Determine Native Americans Descended From A Single Ancestral Group

May 1, 2009 - LSI Faculty member Noah Rosenberg and Colleagues Determine Native Americans Descended From A Single Ancestral Group LSI Faculty Member Noah Rosenberg and an international team of scientists have uncovered DNA evidence that provides new insight into ... Learn more...

LSI faculty member Kate Carroll featured in Cell's monthly podcast series

March 26, 2009 - LSI faculty member Kate Carroll featured in Cell's monthly podcast series LSI faculty member Kate Carroll was recently interviewed for a Cell Press podcast about her study that was recently published in the Chemistry and Biology Journal. In this int... Learn more...

Extending the lifetime of AIDS drugs: LSI lab synthesizes modified compound that may increase effectiveness

January 21, 2009 - Extending the lifetime of AIDS drugs: LSI lab synthesizes modified compound that may increase effectiveness One of the challenges of modern anti-HIV therapy is the susceptibility of the drugs to degradation by the liver. To protect one of these co... Learn more...

Morrison team reports that melanoma spawns tumors with deadly efficiency.

December 3, 2008 - Morrison team reports that melanoma spawns tumors with deadly efficiency. ANN ARBOR, Mich.--- One of the most promising new ideas about the causes of cancer, known as the cancer stem-cell model, must be reassessed because it is based largely on evid... Learn more...

 
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