News tagged with cell regulation
Scientists identify elusive neuronal targets of deep brain stimulation
Shooting steady pulses of electricity through slender electrodes into a brain area that controls complex behaviors has proven to be effective against several therapeutically stubborn neurological and neuropsychiatric ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 14, 2010 |
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Brain scientists extend map of fear memory formation
Draw a map of the brain when fear and anxiety are involved, and the amygdala -- the brain's almond-shaped center for panic and fight-or-flight responses -- looms large.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jan 27, 2010 |
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Hairy secret of foraging plants discovered
(PhysOrg.com) -- The genes that control the hairy 'mining machine' that makes some plants better at finding nutrients in poor soils than others have been discovered by scientists from Oxford University and ...
Feb 18, 2010 |
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Modification of mutant huntingtin protein increases its clearance from brain cells
A new study has identified a potential strategy for removing the abnormal protein that causes Huntington's disease (HD) from brain cells, which could slow the progression of the devastating neurological disorder. In the ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 02, 2009 |
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Researcher solves mystery about proteins that package the genome
(PhysOrg.com) -- A Florida State University College of Medicine researcher has solved a century-old mystery about proteins that play a vital role in the transfer of the human genetic code from one cell to ...
Oct 07, 2009 |
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Serotonin Made in Breast Cancer Cells, Researchers Show
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Cincinnati have documented that the brain hormone serotonin is made in human breast cancer cells and functions abnormally, contributing to malignant growth.
Nov 24, 2009 |
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What do Biological Cells and Democracy Have in Common?
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the New England Complex Systems Institute (NECSI) and Harvard University offer a groundbreaking new perspective on how genes determine and regulate the functional identity of a cell. The study, ...
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Feb 19, 2009 |
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MicroRNA can move between cells
(PhysOrg.com) -- MicroRNAs can move between cells and play a role in their communication. This discovery was made by plant researchers at Uppsala University together with colleagues from Finland and the US when they were ...
May 04, 2010 |
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Found: A gene that may play a role in type 1 diabetes
Scientists at Stanford University have identified a gene that may play a role in the development of type 1 diabetes, an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks the body's insulin-producing cells. Insulin, a ...
Aug 10, 2009 |
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Study of MicroRNA Helps Scientists Unlock Secrets of Immune Cells
(PhysOrg.com) -- With the rapid and continuous advances in biotechnology, scientists are better able to see inside the nucleus of a cell to unlock the secrets of its genetic material. However, what happens outside of the ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 04, 2010 |
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Genetic regulator opens new avenues to AIDS, immune system research
Researchers at Oregon State University and the California Institute of Technology have discovered that a genetic regulator which is critical to many life functions also plays a key role in the formation of "T cells," a type ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jul 01, 2010 |
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New role for the JNK protein
Put simply, a tumor is the result of out-of-control cell growth. To assure that the cell cycle - the cell's process of duplicating itself to make more cells - goes smoothly, a large network of proteins tells other proteins ...
Jul 14, 2010 |
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Researchers identify new mechanism used by cells to reverse silenced genes
Scientists at Fox Chase Cancer Center have discovered a new mechanism used by cells in the body to turn on silenced genes. This process is critical in preventing the development of cancer -- suggesting the possibility of ...
Jun 30, 2011 |
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'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 ...
Sep 07, 2011 |
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Dundee researchers make gene breakthrough
Researchers at the University of Dundee have made a significant breakthrough in understanding how human cells decode genes important for cell growth and multiplication.
Sep 16, 2011 |
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