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Don't go changing: New chemical keeps stem cells young

Scientists at the Universities of Bath and Leeds have discovered a chemical that stops stem cells from turning into other cell types, allowing researchers to use these cells to develop new medical treatments ...

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created Feb 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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Little-known growth factor enhances memory, prevents forgetting in rats

A naturally occurring growth factor significantly boosted retention and prevented forgetting of a fear memory when injected into rats' memory circuitry during time-limited windows when memories become fragile and changeable. ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jan 26, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mechanism regulates protein stability in cells

(PhysOrg.com) -- A cell-signaling pathway known as Wnt, which is commonly activated in cancers, causes membranes within a healthy cell to imprison an enzyme that is vital in degrading proteins, preventing ...

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Researchers uncover new cell biological mechanism that regulates protein stability in cells

The cell signaling pathway known as Wnt, commonly activated in cancers, causes internal membranes within a healthy cell to imprison an enzyme that is vital in degrading proteins, preventing the enzyme from ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 23, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study shows how variations of same protein affect immune response

(PhysOrg.com) -- How a T cell decides to make protein X, Y, or Z can have profound effects for fighting foreign invaders or staving off dire autoimmune reactions. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania ...

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created Oct 15, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study sheds light on how psychiatric risk gene disrupts brain development

Scientists are making progress towards a better understanding of the neuropathology associated with debilitating psychiatric illnesses like bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. New research, published by Cell Press in the ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jul 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A nervous system drug-by-design

Working like an architect, Prof. Hagit Eldar-Finkelman of Tel Aviv University's Sackler School of Medicine is "building" a new drug, L803-MTS, to treat a number of central nervous system (CNS) diseases like Alzheimer's. In ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Plants on Steroids: Key Missing Link Discovered

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Carnegie Institution's Department of Plant Biology have discovered a key missing link in the so-called signaling pathway for plant steroid hormones (brassinosteroids). Many important signaling ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Tiny but toxic: Researchers discover a mechanism of neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease

Tiny, toxic protein particles severely disrupt neurotransmission and inhibit delivery of key proteins in Alzheimer's disease, two separate studies by Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) researchers have found.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Mechanism of Alzheimer's suggests combination therapy needed

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine have discovered a mode of action for mysterious but diagnostic protein snarls found in the brains of Alzheimer's patients that suggests a one-two punch ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Mar 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers derive first embryonic stem cells from rats

Researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) have, for the first time in history, derived authentic embryonic stem (ES) cells from rats. This breakthrough finding will enable scientists to create far more effective ...

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created Dec 24, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0


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