This RSS news feed maintained by uwnews.org, the University of Washington Office of News and Information, includes the last 20 UW news releases about Pharmacology. http://uwnews.org/apps/uwnews/public/rss.aspx?q=uwnByAuthorId&departmentID=188&numToShow=20 http://uwnews.org/images/uwnewslogo_small.jpg http://uwnews.org/ uwnews.org, the University of Washington Office of News and Information (c)2010 University of Washington News and Information | http://uwnews.org | uwnews@u.washington.edu | 206-543-2580 Bob Roseth | roseth@u.washington.edu Ken Fine | kenfine@u.washington.edu Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:47:32 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Dr. Edwin G. Krebs, who shared the 1992 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering a biological regulatory mechanism in cells, died Monday, Dec. 21, in Seattle. The cause was complications from progressive heart failure. He was 91. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=54500 Health and Medicine Leila Gray (leilag@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=54500 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:22:13 GMT Stress-evoked changes in circuits that regulate serotonin in certain brain regions can precipitate a low mood and a relapse in cocaine-seeking. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=53217 Health and Medicine Leila Gray (leilag@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=53217 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:26:14 GMT A cell signaling pathway that abnormally promotes heart muscle cell growth invariably leads to unhealthy enlargement of the heart. Researchers have recently discovered that the heart's overproduction of a molecule known as A-kinase anchoring protein-Lbc amplifies these harmful signals. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=45031 Health and Medicine Leila Gray (leilag@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=45031 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:46:48 GMT An atomic-resolution view of an enzyme found only in the eye has given researchers at the University of Washington clues about how this enzyme, essential to vision, is activated. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=44180 Health and Medicine Leila Gray (leilag@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=44180 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:33:52 GMT The question of how cold-blooded animals re-grow missing tails and other appendages has fascinated veterinary and medical scientists. They wonder if people might still have untapped regenerative powers hidden in their genes. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=29019 Health and Medicine Leila Gray (leilag@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=29019 Tue, 26 Dec 2006 08:00:00 GMT Exposure to toxins that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning can result in a mutation that makes some clams much more resistant to the toxin, which can result in a greater danger to humans, according to a study published this week in the journal Nature. Paralytic shellfish toxins (PSTs) are produced by algae that appear in certain coastal areas in the United States in an event known as an algal bloom, commonly called a "red tide." People who eat clams exposed to the PSTs can suffer the paralytic effects of the toxins, and there is no cure for the poisoning. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=9497 Science Health and Medicine Justin Reedy (jreedy@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=9497 Fri, 08 Apr 2005 08:00:00 GMT Researchers studying yeast cells have identified a metabolic enzyme as a potential therapeutic target for treating Huntington's disease, a fatal inherited neurodegenerative disorder for which there is currently no effective treatment. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=9441 Health and Medicine Science Justin Reedy (jreedy@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=9441 Wed, 06 Apr 2005 08:00:00 GMT Researchers at the University of Washington have identified the mechanism for a protein that can protect against formation of the toxic protein clumps seen in Huntington's disease. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=6691 Health and Medicine Justin Reedy (jreedy@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=6691 Mon, 29 Nov 2004 08:00:00 GMT