News tagged with cellular respiration

Common fungicide wreaks havoc on freshwater ecosystems

Chlorothalonil, one of the world's most common fungicides used pervasively on food crops and golf courses, was lethal to a wide variety of freshwater organisms in a new study, University of South Florida researchers said ...

Biology / Ecology

created May 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New study sheds light on evolutionary origin of oxygen-based cellular respiration

Researchers at the RIKEN SPring-8 Center in Harima, Japan, have clarified the crystal structure of quinol dependent nitric oxide reductase (qNOR), a bacterial enzyme that offers clues on the origins of our ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jan 22, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cellular metabolism self-adapts to protect against free radicals

Oxygen-consuming organisms obtain energy through cellular respiration, which is the transformation of carbohydrates and oxygen into carbon dioxide and water. This process also produces toxic oxygen radicals which must be ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 07, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

NIH researchers link rare cancer to cell oxygen deficiency

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have discovered that a rare cancer of the digestive tract is linked to a shutdown in an enzyme that helps supply oxygen to cells.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 21, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Shifting cellular energy metabolism may help treat cardiovascular disease

Drugs that target the way cells convert nutrients into energy could offer new approaches to treating a range of conditions including heart attack and stroke. Using a new way to screen for potential drugs, ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Feb 14, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Lack of cellular enzyme triggers switch in glucose processing

A study investigating how a cellular enzyme affects blood glucose levels in mice provides clues to pathways that may be involved in processes including the regulation of longevity and the proliferation of tumor cells. In ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jan 21, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fluorescent co-enzyme is an early indicator for breast cancer

(PhysOrg.com) -- Think back to high-school biology and you may recall some basics about cellular respiration: how organelles called mitochondria function like little power stations, converting nutrients from ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Key protein in cellular respiration discovered

Many diseases derive from problems with cellular respiration, the process through which cells extract energy from nutrients. Researchers at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have now discovered a new function ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0