News tagged with cyclophilin
New strategy for inhibiting virus replication
Viruses need living cells for replication and production of virus progeny. Thus far, antiviral therapy primarily targets viral factors but often induces therapy resistance. New improved therapies attempt to targets cellular ...
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Aug 14, 2009 |
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How the 'Quarter' Horse won the rodeo
American Quarter Horses are renowned for their speed, agility, and calm disposition. Consequently over four million Quarter horses are used as working horses on ranches, as show horses or at rodeos. New research ...
Feb 17, 2012 |
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Hepatitis C virus faces new weapon
In recent human trials for a promising new class of drug designed to target the hepatitis C virus (HCV) without shutting down the immune system, some of the HCV strains being treated exhibited signs of drug ...
Sep 29, 2010 |
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New gene discovered for recessive form of brittle bone disease
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health and other institutions have discovered the third in a sequence of genes that accounts for previously unexplained forms of osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), a genetic condition ...
Jan 20, 2010 |
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The hidden lives of proteins
An important Brandeis study appearing in the December 3 issue of Nature raises the curtain on the hidden lives of proteins at the atomic level. The study reports that for the first time, researchers used x ...
Dec 02, 2009 |
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Engineered human fusion protein inhibits HIV-1 replication
In 2004, Jeremy Luban and colleagues from the University of Geneva, Switzerland, reported that New World owl monkeys (Aotus genus) make a fusion protein - AoT5Cyp - that potently blocks HIV-1 infection. The human genome encodes ...
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Sep 08, 2009 |
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Study establishes major new treatment target in diseased arteries
Removing a single protein prevents early damage in blood vessels from triggering a later-stage, frequently lethal complication of atherosclerosis, according to research published online today in the journal Nature Medicine. By eli ...
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May 10, 2009 |
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Mitochondria could be a target for therapeutic strategy for Alzheimer's disease patients
A study in the Sept. 21 on-line edition of Nature Medicine describes the function and interaction of a critical molecule involved in cell death in Alzheimer's disease patients. These new findings reveal that blocking this m ...
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Nov 05, 2008 |
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Study in Circulation provides detail on how low blood flow promotes vascular disease
Better understanding of signaling pathway to lead to new therapies Researchers have found the first direct proof that a key protein drives the clogging of arteries in two ways, and that lowering levels of it opens them up, a ...
Jun 23, 2008 |
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Protein that provides innate defense against HIV could lead to new treatments
By identifying a protein that restricts the release of HIV-1 virus from human cells, scientists believe they may be closer to identifying new approaches to treatment. The research is published in the advance online edition ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
May 25, 2008 |
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Investigational drug tested for preventing muscle fiber death in muscular dystrophy
An investigational antiviral drug currently undergoing human trials in Europe for treating Hepatitis C infections may have potential to reduce muscle cell damage in Duchenne and other forms of muscular dystrophy (MD). A research ...
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Mar 16, 2008 |
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