News tagged with cell adhesion molecule

Bacterial attachment mimics the just-in-time industrial delivery model

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the human world of manufacturing, many companies are now applying an on-demand, just-in-time strategy to conserve resources, reduce costs and promote production of goods precisely when ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Molecules on branched-polymer surfaces can capture rare tumor cells in blood

The removal of rare tumor cells circulating in the blood might be possible with the use of biomolecules bound to dendrimers, highly branched synthetic polymers, which could efficiently sift and capture the diseased cells, ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

MicroRNA suppresses prostate cancer stem cells and metastasis

A small slice of RNA inhibits prostate cancer metastasis by suppressing a surface protein commonly found on prostate cancer stem cells. A research team led by scientists at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 16, 2011 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Bacteria with "force sensors"

If connective tissue fibres are under tension, bacteria do not bind to them so well. However, if the fibres are severed and slackened by a cut, the bacterial adhesion molecules recognise this and attach themselves, ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 08, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers identify a molecular switch that controls neuronal migration in the developing brain

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators have identified key components of a signaling pathway that controls the departure of neurons from the brain niche where they form and allows these cells ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 25, 2010 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Circulating tumor cells can provide 'real-time' information on patient's current disease state

Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) may be a promising alternative, noninvasive source of tumor materials for biomarker assessment, according to data presented at the Fourth AACR International Conference on Molecular Diagnostics ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 28, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers discover new biomarker to identify agressive thyroid cancer

Researchers at the University of Toronto and Mount Sinai Hospital have discovered a new way to identify aggressive thyroid cancer, as well as predict patient outcomes. The research was published late last week in the leading ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 07, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists identify specific markers that trigger aggressiveness of liver cancer

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) or primary liver cancer forms in the epithelial tissue of the liver and is most commonly caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV). In the U.S., the National Cancer Institute ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers identify key factor that stimulates brain cancer cells to spread

Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have found that the activity of a protein in brain cells helps stimulate the spread of an aggressive brain cancer called glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). In a move toward ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Protein level may serve as predictor of severe osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis (OA), the most common joint disorder throughout the world and a leading cause of disability, is characterized by pain, impaired joint mobility, reduction of muscular strength and loss of joint function. Unlike ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jul 30, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Protein helps immune cells to divide and conquer

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified a key protein that is required for immune cells called B lymphocytes to divide and replicate themselves. The rapid generation of large ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0