News tagged with checkpoint proteins
Study supports DNA repair-blocker research in cancer therapy
Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have uncovered the mechanism behind a promising new approach to cancer treatment: damaging cancer cells' DNA with potent drugs while simultaneously preventing the cells from repairing ...
Aug 17, 2009 |
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Researchers demonstrate versatility of solid-state protein sensor
A novel type of sensor, based on nanometer-scale pores in a semiconductor membrane, is a step closer to practical use in applications such as analyzing the protein contents of a single cell. Researchers pioneering ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Mar 15, 2012 |
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Study identifies a key molecular switch for telomere extension by telomerase
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine describe for the first time a key target of DNA damage checkpoint enzymes that must be chemically modified to enable stable maintenance of chromosome ...
Nov 23, 2011 |
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How yeast chromosomes avoid the bad breaks
The human genome is peppered with repeated DNA elements that can vary from a few to thousands of consecutive copies of the same sequence. During meiosis—the cell division that produces sperm and eggs—repetitive ...
Aug 07, 2011 |
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Multiple sclerosis blocked in mouse model
Scientists have blocked harmful immune cells from entering the brain in mice with a condition similar to multiple sclerosis (MS).
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 07, 2011 |
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Protein may be key to new treatment in a childhood cancer
After analyzing hundreds of proteins produced by the DNA of tumor cells, researchers have identified one protein that may be central to a new treatment for the often-fatal childhood cancer neuroblastoma. Oncologists hope ...
Feb 07, 2011 |
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Malaria parasite caught red-handed invading blood cells
Australian scientists using new image and cell technologies have for the first time caught malaria parasites in the act of invading red blood cells. The researchers, from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 19, 2011 |
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Trigger mechanism provides 'quality control' in cell division
Researchers from Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah report that they have identified a previously undiscovered trigger mechanism for a quality control checkpoint at the very end of the cell division ...
Nov 22, 2010 |
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Scientists identify key protein controlling blood vessel growth into brains of mice
One protein single-handedly controls the growth of blood vessels into the developing brains of mice embryos, according to researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Understanding how the protein, a cellular ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 11, 2010 |
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Shock tactics: Bioelectrical therapy for cancer and birth defects?
Stem cell therapies hold increasing promise as a cure for multiple diseases. But the massive potential of a healthy stem cell has a flip side, as faulty regulation of stem cells leads to a huge range of human diseases. Even ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 19, 2010 |
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Scientists identify molecular gatekeeper of arthritis
Elimination of a molecular gatekeeper leads to the development of arthritis in mice, scientists report in a study published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine. The newly discovered gatekeeper is a protein that determ ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 08, 2010 |
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