News tagged with cell apoptosis
Molecular spectroscopy tracks living mammalian cells in real time as they differentiate
Knowing how a living cell works means knowing how the chemistry inside the cell changes as the functions of the cell change. Protein phosphorylation, for example, controls everything from cell proliferation ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Apr 30, 2012 |
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When dying, bacteria share some characteristics with higher organisms
Do bacteria, like higher organisms, have a built-in program that tells them when to die? The process of apoptosis, or cell death, is an important part of normal animal development. In a new study published March 6 in the ...
Mar 06, 2012 |
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PolyU scientist finds novel use of African mushroom in cancer research
A young scientist from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)'s Food Safety and Technology Research Centre (FSTRC) has successfully prepared highly stable selenium nanoparticles by using the polysaccharide-protein ...
Feb 07, 2012 |
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Novel use for African mushroom found in cancer research
A young scientist from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)'s Food Safety and Technology Research Centre (FSTRC) has successfully prepared highly stable selenium nanoparticles by using the polysaccharide-protein ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Dec 21, 2011 |
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SANS tracks cell death protein invading biomimetic mitochondrial membrane
(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of biochemists, biophysicists, and neutron scientists are using a combination of fluorescence and small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) techniques to assist biochemists ...
Dec 15, 2011 |
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Cell survival protein research reveals surprise structure
Researchers from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute have found a structural surprise in a type of protein that encourages cell survival, raising interesting questions about how the proteins function to influence ...
Oct 14, 2011 |
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Gene knockout shows potential for diabetes-related heart failure
Silencing the TLR4 gene can stop the process which may lead to cardiovascular disease in diabetic patients. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access Journal of Translational Medicine carried out a series of in ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 10, 2010 |
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Research could improve detection of liver damage
Research at the University of Liverpool could lead to faster and more accurate diagnoses of liver damage.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 17, 2010 |
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New study of psoriatic cells could fire up the study of inflammation
(PhysOrg.com) -- Psoriasis is one of humanity’s oldest know diseases and one of the more widespread, affecting 2 percent of the U.S. population. But it remains largely a mystery. New work identifies markers ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 21, 2010 |
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How do four caged xanthones inhibit cholangiocarcinoma cell growth?
Programmed cell death (apoptosis) is a key mechanism in the cell exploited by several currently used anticancer drugs to kill tumor cells. A study from Thailand found that the four caged xanthones from Garcinia hanburyi: ...
May 12, 2010 |
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Identifying molecular targets for diabetes-related ED
Erectile dysfunction is one of the most prevalent diabetes-induced complications in men; current estimates suggest that as many as 75% of men with diabetes will develop some degree of ED, and in many cases diabetics develop ...
Apr 06, 2010 |
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Seaweed extract may hold promise for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma treatment
Seaweed extract may eventually emerge as a lymphoma treatment, according to laboratory research presented at the second AACR Dead Sea International Conference on Advances in Cancer Research: From the Laboratory to the Clinic, ...
Mar 11, 2010 |
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Scientists identify natural compound that inhibits cancer cell migration
Investigators at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham, formerly Burnham Institute for Medical Research) led by Kristiina Vuori, M.D., Ph.D., have discovered that the natural compound sceptrin, which ...
Feb 18, 2010 |
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How proteins talk to each other: Caspase-3 cleaves in unforeseen ways
Investigators at Burnham Institute for Medical Research have identified novel cleavage sites for the enzyme caspase-3 (an enzyme that proteolytically cleaves target proteins). Using an advanced proteomic technique called ...
Sep 21, 2009 |
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Roles of S100A2 and p63 in the carcinogenesis of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
As a member of the S100 family, S100A2 is considered a candidate tumor-suppressor gene. Recently, p63 gene, a new member of the p53 gene family, has been studied in the fields of tumorigenesis, cell apoptosis and tissue growth. ...
Sep 17, 2009 |
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