Biotech Week articles

Recent articles from Biotech Week

Studies from C.F. Yen et al provide new data on addiction medicine.
July 1, 2009... "The aim of the present study was to examine the discriminative effects of sociodemographic, individual, family, peers, and school life factors on Internet addiction in Taiwanese adolescents. A total of 8941 adolescents were recruited and completed the questionnaires," scientists in Taipei,...

Studies from J.A.R. Carr and co-researchers update current data on addiction medicine.
July 1, 2009... In this recent study, researchers in London, Canada conducted a study "To determine the incidence of concurrent substance misuse among individuals entering first-episode psychosis treatment, and examine whether patients with concurrent substance misuse differ on variables relevant to service...

Reports summarize adenoma research from Osaka University, Medical Department.
July 1, 2009... "Tensin3 is a member of tensin family which is localized in focal adhesion. In our previous study, a high level of tensin3 mRNA expression was observed in the thyroid but not ill other tissues, thus, tensin3 gene was regarded as a novel thyroid-specific gene," scientists writing in the...

Scientists at National Cheng-Kung University, Medical Department target adipose tissue.
July 1, 2009... "Adipocyte plays an important role in lipid regulation in mammals. Understanding of adipocyte differentiation becomes a key issue for the development of anti-obesity agent," investigators in Tainan, Taiwan report (see also Adipose Tissue). "Glucocorticoids (GCs) regulate lipid metabolism...

New adolescence research from Ball State University outlined.(Report)
July 1, 2009... "This study takes a life-course approach to examine whether family, and religious characteristics influence individual-level delinquency, trajectories from early adolescence through young adulthood. Based oil data from the NLSY79, results suggest that residing with two parents deters youths...