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Research puts a 'Fas' to the cause of programmed cell death

Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers have put an end to a 10-year debate over which form of a molecular messenger called Fas ligand is responsible for killing cells during programmed cell death (also ...

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Researchers unravel protein's elusive role in embryo and disease development

Reporting in Nature, scientists from Thomas Jefferson University have determined that a single protein called FADD controls multiple cell death pathways, a discovery that could lead to better, more targeted autoimmune diseas ...

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Reducing the toxicity of lithium

Lithium is the most effective treatment for bipolar disorder.

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created Jun 08, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Death-inducing proteins key to complications of bone marrow transplantation

Treatment for a number of cancers and other medical conditions is transplantation with bone marrow from a genetically nonidentical individual (a process known as allogeneic bone marrow transplantation [allo-BMT]).

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Researchers discover 'on switch' for cell death signaling mechanism

Scientists at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) have determined the structure of the interactions between proteins that form the heart of the death inducing signaling complex (DISC), which is responsible for ...

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created Jan 05, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

HIV conquers immune system faster than previously realized

New research into the earliest events occurring immediately upon infection with HIV-I shows that the virus deals a stunning blow to the immune system earlier than was previously understood. According to scientists at Duke ...

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created Jul 18, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0


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