News tagged with cellular pathway

Researchers discover the processes leading to acute myeloid leukemia

Researchers at UC Santa Barbara have discovered a molecular pathway that may explain how a particularly deadly form of cancer develops. The discovery may lead to new cancer therapies that reprogram cells instead ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

No more free rides for 'piggy-backing' viruses

Scientists have determined the structure of the enzyme endomannosidase, significantly advancing our understanding of how a group of devastating human viruses including HIV and Hepatitis C hijack human enzymes to reproduce ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Up from the depths: How bacteria capture carbon in the 'twilight zone'

Located between 200 and 1,000 meters below the ocean surface is a "twilight zone" where insufficient sunlight penetrates for microorganisms to perform photosynthesis. Details are now emerging about a microbial metabolic pathway ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 01, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Fruit flies on meth: Study explores whole-body effects of toxic drug

A new study in fruit flies offers a broad view of the potent and sometimes devastating molecular events that occur throughout the body as a result of methamphetamine exposure.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Apr 20, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

As the worm turns, its secrets are revealed

An international team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, have developed a new method for discerning the functions of previously uncharacterized ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Apr 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study uncovers key mechanisms of cell communication

(PhysOrg.com) -- A unique bridging process may be behind a mystery of intracellular communication, according to new Cornell research published Feb. 4 in the journal Cell.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 07, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New hope in fight against Huntington's disease

Hope for new ways of treating devastating neurodegenerative disorders such as Huntington's disease has been raised by a trans-Atlantic team of researchers thanks to the use of cutting-edge genetic techniques.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jan 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists begin to unravel causes of mysterious skin disease

Scientists including researchers from the University of Florida have discovered additional evidence that generalized vitiligo — a disease that typically causes patches of white skin on the face, neck and extremities that ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jun 07, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Cancer-causing bacterium targets tumor-suppressor protein

Researchers have discovered a mechanism by which Helicobacter pylori, the only known cancer-causing bacterium, disables a tumor suppressor protein in host cells.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 02, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Biologists identify a new clue into cellular aging

The ability to combat some age-related diseases, such as cancer and diabetes, may rest with scientists unlocking clues about the molecular and cellular processes governing aging. The underlying theory is that if the healthy ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jul 07, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mammalian aging process linked to overactive cellular pathway

Whitehead Institute researchers have linked hyperactivity in the mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) cellular pathway, to reduced ketone production, which is a well-defined physiological trait of aging in mice.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Dec 22, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Messenger RNAs are regulated in far more ways than previously appreciated, study finds

One way of regulating protein levels in cells is to shorten the lifespan of messenger RNAs (mRNAs). These are intermediary molecules that are first copied from DNA in the cell's nucleus via a process called transcription ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 25, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

'Cross-talk' mechanism contributes to colorectal cancer

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health have identified a molecular mechanism that allows two powerful signaling pathways to interact and begin a process leading to colorectal ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Common diabetes drug may 'revolutionize' cancer therapies

Researchers at McGill University and the University of Pennsylvania have discovered that a widely used anti-diabetic drug can boost the immune system and increase the potency of vaccines and cancer treatments. Their findings ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jun 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Road mapping could be key to curing TB

The complex chain of metabolic events in bacteria that lead to fatal diseases such as tuberculosis (TB) may be better understood using mathematical models, according to an article published in the February issue of Microbiology To ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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