News tagged with alpha tubulin
Researchers aim to simplify a compound that acts on alpha-tubulin to slow down the process of cell division associated w
Research is being carried out to design and synthesise a new generation of compounds that act on the tubulin molecule, involved in cell multiplication, through a mechanism that has not yet been used in chemotherapy. ...
Sep 09, 2009 |
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Parkinson's disease may be caused by microtubule, rather than mitochondrial complex I, dysfunction
Patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) suffer a specific loss of dopaminergic neurons from the midbrain region that controls motor function. The exact mechanism of this selective neurodegeneration is unclear, ...
Mar 07, 2011 |
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Early investigations promising for detecting metastatic breast cancer cells
Research by engineers and cancer biologists at Virginia Tech indicate that using specific silicon microdevices might provide a new way to screen breast cancer cells' ability to metastasize.
Jan 10, 2011 |
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Lack of CHFR gene expression sets stage for breast cancer
[B]U-M study lays groundwork for better ways to choose effective treatments, provides insights on other cancers[/B] A University of Michigan study reveals in detail how breast cells produce new cells tha ...
Jun 19, 2008 |
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Surprising origin of cell's internal highways
Scientists have long thought that microtubules, part of the microscopic scaffolding that the cell uses to move things around in order to hold its shape and divide, originated from a tiny structure near the nucleus, called ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 20, 2007 |
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Epilepsy gene identified in mice
Researchers from the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics at Oxford University have discovered a gene in mice which is involved in epilepsy and learning disabilities in humans.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 17, 2007 |
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The Making and Breaking of Microtubules
Microtubules are active protein polymers critical to the structure and function of cells and the process of cell division. In a living cell their growing ends constantly elongate and retreat in a thrashing ...
Jun 22, 2005 |
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