News tagged with focal adhesions
Studying cells in 3-D could reveal new cancer targets
Showing movies in 3-D has produced a box-office bonanza in recent months. Could viewing cell behavior in three dimensions lead to important advances in cancer research? A new study led by Johns Hopkins University ...
Jun 21, 2010 |
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Researchers establish link between Nanog, FAK proteins
Vita Golubovskaya, PhD, and five colleagues from Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) have published basic research in the Journal of Biological Chemistry (JBC) about two proteins that are overexpressed, or produced in e ...
Apr 27, 2012 |
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Enzyme helps prepare lung tissue for metastatic development
A Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) study has identified a new role for an important enzyme in preparing lung tissue for the development of metastases. Published in the early edition of Proceedings of the National Ac ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 16, 2011 |
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Protein offers new clue to cause and treatment for kidney disease
University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers have pinpointed a protein that compromises the kidney's filtering ability, causing nephrotic syndrome, and demonstrated that a naturally occurring precursor of an acid in the ...
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Dec 12, 2010 |
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Small-molecule inhibitors effectively targeted active colon cancer enzyme
Researchers have identified two small-molecule inhibitors that effectively targeted the focal adhesion kinase (FAK), an enzyme present in certain cancers that helps tumors thrive and survive.
Oct 28, 2010 |
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FAK inhibitor effectively blocked colon cancer cell growth and viability
Researchers are one step closer to providing a new therapy for colon cancer, after findings revealed that a small molecule focal adhesion kinase (FAK) inhibitor known as Y15 effectively blocked cell viability, promoted detachment ...
Oct 28, 2010 |
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Stem cells shape up to their surroundings
Many scientists aspire to take control over the stem cell differentiation process, so that we can grow organs and implants perfectly matched to each patient in the future. Now research in the Journal of Tissue Engineering explai ...
Oct 07, 2010 |
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Cranberry juice shows promise blocking Staph infections
Expanding their scope of study on the mechanisms of bacterial infection, researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) have reported the surprise finding from a small clinical study that cranberry juice ...
Sep 01, 2010 |
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Microplasmin study shows promising results for two serious eye conditions
A Phase III trial of a drug used for the treatment of vitreomacular adhesion (VMA) and macular hole (MH) revealed key findings for patients diagnosed with these severe conditions which can lead to significant vision impairment.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 08, 2010 |
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Bioengineer is on the trail of cellular mysteries
(PhysOrg.com) -- Working at the intersection of engineering and biology, faculty member Mohammad Mofrad is seeking to answer fundamental questions about the the biomechanics of human cells. His work may one ...
May 12, 2010 |
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Fight-or-flight hormones help tumor cells escape to spread
Chronic stress triggers a chain of molecular events that protects breakaway ovarian cancer cells from destruction, a team of researchers led by scientists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center reports April ...
Apr 12, 2010 |
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