News tagged with endogenous mechanisms

Mechanisms that prevent Alzheimer's Disease: Enzymatic activity plays key role

In a project involving the collaboration of several institutes, research scientists of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz have succeeded in gaining further insight in the functioning of endogenous mechanisms that protect ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

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Researchers discover novel approach to stimulate immune cells

Researchers at Rutgers University have uncovered a new way to stimulate activity of immune cell opiate receptors, leading to efficient tumor cell clearance.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Light dependency underlies beneficial jetlag in racehorses

A new study has shown that racehorses are extremely sensitive to changes in daily light and, contrary to humans, can adapt very quickly to sudden shifts in the 24-hour light-dark cycle, such as those resulting from a transmeridian ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

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Bacteria interrupted: Disabling coordinated behavior and virulence gene expression

New research reveals a strategy for disrupting the ability of bacteria to communicate and coordinate the expression of virulence factors. The study, published by Cell Press in the April 22nd issue of the journal Molecular Ce ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Investigations show that telomerase inhibitor PinX1 is a key tumor suppressor

It's been nearly 10 years since Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) scientists Kun Ping Lu, MD, PhD and Xiao Zhen Zhou, MD, discovered PinX1, the first potent endogenous protein shown to inhibit telomerase in mammals.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Children of women who smoked during pregnancy at increased risk of becoming smokers: study

New research has revealed that prenatal exposure to nicotine increases the vulnerability to nicotine self-administration in adolescent mice. The results support the hypothesis that adolescents with prenatal nicotine exposure ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

How genetic variations in neuroactive steroid-producing enzymes may influence drinking habits

One of the ways in which alcohol dependence (AD) may develop is through alcohol's effects on neural signaling, such as modulation of γ-aminobutyric acid type A (GABAA) receptors. Alcohol may indirectly modulate GABAA ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Estrogen alone is effective for reducing breast cancer risk

While endogenous estrogen (i.e., estrogen produced by ovaries and by other tissues) does have a well-known carcinogenic impact, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) utilizing estrogen alone (the exogenous estrogen) provides ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 09, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Rett syndrome mobilizes jumping genes in the brain

With few exceptions, jumping genes-restless bits of DNA that can move freely about the genome-are forced to stay put. In patients with Rett syndrome, however, a mutation in the MeCP2 gene mobilizes so-called ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 17, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Dormant ancient chimp virus revived

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers in New York have identified the receptor of an ancient chimpanzee retrovirus that has been dormant for at least a million years. Now the scientists have resurrected a key part of the virus to ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Oct 26, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (13) | comments 5 | with audio podcast report

Combining stem-cell and gene-therapy techniques to tackle a deadly blood disease

The National Institutes of Health has awarded a three-year, $3.9 million grant to Children's Hospital Boston researchers and their colleagues to develop a therapy to treat Fanconi anemia, a fatal genetic blood disease.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 22, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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