News tagged with cell membrane receptor
Study resolves debate on human cell shut-down process
Researchers at the University of Liverpool have resolved the debate over the mechanisms involved in the shut-down process during cell division in the body.
Apr 12, 2012 |
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Researchers present a shiny new tool for imaging biomolecules
At the heart of the immune system that protects our bodies from disease and foreign invaders is a vast and complex communications network involving millions of cells, sending and receiving chemical signals ...
Mar 23, 2012 |
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Grafting olfactory receptors onto nanotubes
(PhysOrg.com) -- Penn researchers have helped develop a nanotech device that combines carbon nanotubes with olfactory receptor proteins, the cell components in the nose that detect odors.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jul 26, 2011 |
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Scavenger cells accomplices to viruses
Mucosal epithelia do not have any receptors on the outer membrane for the absorption of viruses like hepatitis C, herpes, the adenovirus or polio, and are thus well-protected against pathogenic germs. However, certain viruses, ...
Jul 21, 2011 |
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Important aspects of signalling across cell membranes in plants
(PhysOrg.com) -- Every living plant cell and animal cell is surrounded by a membrane that helps it communicate with other cells and the outside world. These cellular membranes contain receptor molecules that ...
Jun 15, 2011 |
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Study unlocks secrets of plague with stunning new imaging techniques
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have developed a super-resolution microscopy technique that is answering long-held questions about exactly how and why a cell's defenses fail against ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
May 16, 2011 |
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Researchers discover new details about medically important protein family
Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have determined a new structure from a medically important superfamily of proteins. The structure should help instruct the design of a new kind of therapeutics for conditions ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 10, 2011 |
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Secrets of plague revealed
In work that is pushing the "diffraction barrier" associated with microscopic imaging of living cells, researchers at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, NM demonstrated the power of a new super-resolution microscopy ...
Mar 08, 2011 |
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The connection between a cell's cytoskeleton and its surface receptors
New findings from researchers at Harvard Medical School in Boston and the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto may shed light on the mechanisms that regulate the organization of receptors on the cell surface, ...
Mar 06, 2011 |
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Researchers discover mechanism for signaling receptor recycling
An international team of researchers led by Carnegie Mellon University's Manojkumar Puthenveedu has discovered the mechanism by which signaling receptors recycle, a critical piece in understanding signaling ...
Dec 22, 2010 |
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Scientists solve protein structure revealing secrets of cell membranes
A team of scientists at The Scripps Research Institute and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has discovered the structure of a protein that pinches off tiny pouches from cells' outer membranes. Cells use these pouches, ...
Apr 28, 2010 |
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New study questions earlier conclusions about the kinetics of T cell receptors
T cell receptors are among the most important molecules in the immune system because of their role in recognizing the antigens that signal such threats as viruses and cancer. The receptors must also distinguish ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 31, 2010 |
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Master gene SRC-3 enables breast cancer growth, invasion
The master gene called SRC-3 (steroid receptor coactivator 3) not only enhances estrogen-dependent growth of cancer cells by activating and encouraging the transcription of a genetic message into a protein, it also sends ...
Feb 12, 2010 |
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New finding in cell migration may be key to preventing clots, cancer spread
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine have discovered how cells in the body flatten out as they adhere to internal bodily surfaces, the first step in a wide range of important processes ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 14, 2010 |
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Research on rarely studied cell-receptor regions opens door to eliminating drugs' side effects
Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have taken an early step toward identifying a new approach to drug discovery that may eventually yield drugs with fewer side effects.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 06, 2010 |
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