CHORI News Archives

2008

December Highlights:

• CHORI Scientist Confirms that Calcium Supplementation Does Not Result in Weight Loss
• CHORI Scientist Leads Natural Killer Cell Research with 3 New Grants
  
• CHORI CARES! Fundraising for Holidays

November Highlights:

• CHORI Center for Cancer Chosen as Swim Across America Beneficiary
• CHORI Scientists Identify Pyocyanin As Key Player for Oxidative Stress and CFTR Impairment in Airways
  
• Results from the 2007 Nuts and Health Symposium Published in Journal of Nutrition
• CHORI Scientist Selected for NIH Expert Panel on Cholesterol

October Highlights:

• CHORI Launches Global Health Initiative
• PNAS Publication Provides First Time Evidence that Activation of the EC System Directly Impacts Metabolism
  
• CHORI Start-Up Company Receives First Patent
• Flagellin Proven to Stimulate Chloride Channel

September Highlights:

• CHORI Scientist Honored at American Chemistry Society Fall Meeting
• CHORI Scientist Selected for NIH Complimentary & Alternative Medicine Report
  
• CHORI Lab Identifies for the First Time a Unique Helical Structure for Apolipoprotein A-V
• CHORI Launches New Community Art Project

July & August Highlights:

• CHORI Researchers Discover Alternative mRNA Splicing Impacts Statin Efficacy
• New Type 1 Diabetes Study Shows Genotypes Influence Susceptibility
  
• CHORI Spearheads Development and Use of Novel Iron Chelators
• CHORI Researchers Win Accolades at Gordon Research Conference
• New Study Refutes Correlation between FZA and Zinc Status
• CHORI Scientists Establish Methylene Blue Delays Mitochondrial Aging
• CHORI Helps Lead International Diabetes Collaboration

June Highlights:

• First Time Identification of Huge Disparity in Iron Overload Monitoring between Patients with Thalassemia and Patients with Sickle Cell Disease
  
• First Time Evidence that Long-Term Magnesium Deficiency Causes Cellular Aging
  
• CHORI Scientists Provide Characterization of a Novel Lipid Binding Protein

May Highlights:

• CHORI Scientist Develops Novel Assay to Segregate Chlamydia Clones from Clinical Samples
  
• Results from the First Report on Fracture Prevalence in Patients with Sickle Cell Disease
  
• New Association Identified between Statin Efficacy and Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in the HMGCR Gene
• Novel Findings on Engraftment of Stem Cells in Models of Acute Lung Injury
  

April Highlights:

• New Nanodisk Antibiotic Formulation Could Reduce Toxicity, Increase Efficacy
  
• CHORI Scientist Invited to Write Lancet Commentary
  
• CHORI Scientists Identify Novel Anti-Oxidant for Treating Oxidative Stress Due to Iron Overload
  

March Highlights:

• Student Receives National Scholarship Award for Research Conducted in CHORI’s Summer Research Program
  
• LPCAT Enzyme Identified in Plasma Membranes for the First Time
  
• CHORI President Invited to Join National Advisory Council on Blood Stem Cell Transplantation
• CHORI Scientists Invited to Present at NIH Consensus Development Panel
  
  

• New Adenoviral Serotype Identified
• CHORI Scientist Garners Highly Prestigious NIH FIRCA to Genotype Chlamydia Trachomatis Strains in Ecuador
• New Critical Review by CHORI Scientists Joyce McCann, PhD and Bruce Ames, PhD Points to the Importance of Vitamin D in Brain Function

January Highlights:

• CHORI Scientist Provides Dramatic First-Time Evidence of Multiple Chlamydiaceae Species infection in Trachoma Patients
• CHORI & CHRCO Researchers Team Up to Compare Clinical Differences between Children and Adults with Sickle Cell Disease and Pulmonary Hypertension
• New Evaluation Report Reveals Strong Success of CHORI and Hall of Health Museum Partnership
• New Study Presented at ASH Reveals Improved Outcomes in DS-ALL Patients
• New Study Reveals Structure and Mechanism of PPTase Complexed with ACP
• CHORI Expands Charitable Activities for the Holidays

2007

• CHORI Scientists Develop Synthetic Nano-LDL as Drug Delivery Vehicle for Brain Tumors
• Study Identifies Peptides that Can Change the Rate of Iron Transport
• CHORI Scientist Elucidates Structure and Mechaism of the Bacillus stearothermophilus RecU Holliday Junction Resolvase

• Novel Connection Identified Between Pulmonary Hypertension in Sickle Cell Disease and Glutamine Depletion
• CHORI Scientists Earn National Recognition
• CHORI Scientists Utilize Cross-disciplinary Approach to Pioneer Novel Application of Array Comparative Genomic Hybridization to Birth Defects Analysis
• Mesenchymal Stem Cell Administration Doubles Survival in Acute Lung Injury Mouse Model

• CHORI Scientist Garners Highly Competitive ~ $900,000 NIH Contract for 18-Month Study
• Epitope Bias Found in Bacillus Anthracis Protective Antigen
• CHORI Scientists Validate Efficacy of Non-invasive Maternal Urine Analysis for the Prenatal Diagnosis of SLOS

• New Study Confirms Association between the TNF(-308) Promoter Polymorphism and Stroke Risk in Children with Sickle Cell Anemia
• CHORI-Based Technology Poised for Widespread Clinical Use through Quest Laboratories
• CHORI Pioneers Inter-Institutional Research Training in Diverse Populations

• CHORI Kicks Off Summer Research Program
• New Connection Established between Plasma Lipoprotein(a) Concentrations and Triglyceride Metabolism
• CHORI Partners with Hall of Health Museum and UCSF to Bring Science to Fourth and Fifth Graders in Oakland: SEPA & The Summer Science Club

• Products of Putative Pathway for de novo Fatty Acid Synthesis in Mammalian Mitochondria Identified by CHORI Researchers
• CHRCO Hosts Conference on Pulmonary Hypertension in Sickle Cell Disease and Thalassemia
• Ervin Epstein, MD, Joins CHORI’s Center for Cancer and Center for Genetics

• CHORI Investigator Receives Competitive CPAC Grant to Study the Impact of Foster Care in the Adult California Population
• Distinguished NSF-, NIH- and USDA-Sponsored Panel Invites CHORI’s Terrance Leighton, PhD, to Participate in a Study on Rapid Response Vaccine Development
• Two CIRM Fellows from UCB Explore Stem Cell Research at CHORI
• CHORI Welcomes New Principal Investigator to the Center for Genetics

• CHORI Clinical Scientist Reports on the Role of Killer Immunoglobulin Receptor Ligands in Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Outcome
• Children’s Hospital Research Center Oakland Awarded $830,000 NIH Grant to Test New Treatment for Pulmonary Hypertension in Sickle Cell Patients
• CHORI Scientists Participate in Collaboration to Characterize Candidate Protein for Pneumococcal Vaccines or Drug Targets
• CHORI Center for Sickle Cell Disease and Thalassemia Scientist Receives Competitive NIH Predoctoral Award

• Identification of Novel Gene Associated with Increased Risk for Cardiovascular Disease in Women
• No Risk of Impaired Growth in Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Sickle Cell Patients

• Crystal Structure of Iron Regulatory Protein Solved
• No Increased Risk of Type 1 Diabetes Associated with Tumor Necrosis Factor and Lymphotoxin-alpha
• CHORI Scientist Confirms Predicative Marker of Acute Chest Syndrome in Sickle Cell Patients
• CHORI Administrators Bring Inspiration to Community Fundraising