Researchers elucidate how precise chemical modifications across the genome turn genes on and off during early human development—and how those mechanisms are disrupted in cancer

Loss of some of San Diego County's biggest life science companies shifts attention to those that remain

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By Bradley J. Fikes8:11 A.M.APRIL 15, 2013Updated12:31 P.M.

Apr 5, 2013-- Researchers of the Max Delbruck Center for Molecular Medicine(MDC) and the Leibniz Institute of Molecular Pharmacology(FMP) in Berlin-Buch, Germany, have now detected a substance that can prevent the accumulation of fluid in body tissue and thus edema formation.

Magazine ranks 2 area facilities among top 10 places for researchers

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By Bradley J. Fikes6:30 A.M.APRIL 1, 2013

Beating Heart Cells in a Lab Dish

Mar. 4, 2013

Discovery provides clues for potentially eliminating HIV infection in other children

A two-year-old child born with HIV infection and treated with antiretroviral drugs beginning in the first days of life no longer has detectable levels of virus using conventional testing despite not taking HIV medication for 10 months, according to findings presented today at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic infections(CROI) in Atalanta.