News tagged with biological factors

Researchers establish link between Nanog, FAK proteins

Vita Golubovskaya, PhD, and five colleagues from Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) have published basic research in the Journal of Biological Chemistry (JBC) about two proteins that are overexpressed, or produced in e ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study shows soy protein alleviates symptoms of fatty liver disease

University of Illinois researchers report this week that new research shows how soy protein could significantly reduce fat accumulation and triglycerides in the livers of obese patients by partially restoring the function ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New Zealand team finds early plant arrivers dominated landscape

(PhysOrg.com) -- It seems intuitive that not all plant species could have taken a foothold on land at the same time all those millions of years ago as conditions on Earth evolved to the point where they could survive; some ...

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Improving crops from the roots up

Research involving scientists at The University of Nottingham has taken us a step closer to breeding hardier crops that can better adapt to different environmental conditions and fight off attack from parasites.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New study illustrates the physics behind great white shark attacks on seals

A new study examining the complex and dynamic interactions between white sharks and Cape fur seals in False Bay, South Africa, offers new insights on the physical conditions and biological factors underlying ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Protein love triangle key to crowning bees queens?

A honey bee becomes a royal queen or a common worker as a result of the food she receives as a larva. While it has been well established that royal jelly is the diet that makes bees queens, the molecular path ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Relationships more important than genetic ties when deciding who cares for aging family, study finds

America's elderly population will nearly double by 2050, according to a Pew Research report. As baby boomers enter retirement, concern exists as to who will care for them as they age. Traditionally, children have accepted ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cell transformation a la carte

Researchers from the Haematopoietic Differentiation and Stem Cell Biology group at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), have described one of the mechanisms by which a cell (from the skin, for example) ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Glucosamine-like supplement suppresses multiple sclerosis attacks

A glucosamine-like dietary supplement suppresses the damaging autoimmune response seen in multiple sclerosis, according to a UC Irvine study.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Sep 30, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Researchers find genes that help frogs resist fungus

(PhysOrg.com) -- For several decades, the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) has been decimating frogs, yet some populations and species have been able to resist the fatal disease, called ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

'TF beacons' may light path to new cancer tests and drugs

Scientists are reporting development of a long-sought new way to detect the activity of proteins that bind to the DNA in genes, often controlling the activity of genes in ways that make cells do everything ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Sep 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Sea squirt cells shed light on cancer development

Specialized structures used by cancer cells to invade tissues could also help them escape protection mechanisms aimed at eliminating them, a UA-led research team has discovered.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researcher uses computer science to solve a genetic puzzle

(PhysOrg.com) -- Hairong Wei is a molecular biologist who turned to his other passion -- computer science -- to remove a major research roadblock. His cross-disciplinary efforts have produced a new computer-based ...

Biology / Other

created Jun 15, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

New technique sheds light on the mysterious process of cell division

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using a new technique in which models of primitive cells are constructed from the bottom up, scientists have demonstrated that the structure of a cell's membrane and cytoplasm may be as important ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Scientists discover switch to speed up stem cell production

A team of scientists from Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) have shown how proteins involved in controlling genes work together to carry out their functions in ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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