News tagged with inhibitor molecule

Mapping of protein inhibitors facilitates development of tailor-made anticancer agents

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden has generated a map over the effects of small drug-like molecules on PARP1 and other similar proteins in the body. This map may explain the mechanism ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Feb 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New molecule has potential to help treat genetic diseases and HIV

(PhysOrg.com) -- Chemists at The University of Texas at Austin have created a molecule that's so good at tangling itself inside the double helix of a DNA sequence that it can stay there for up to 16 days before ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Inhibitors of Important Tuberculosis Survival Mechanism Identified

(PhysOrg.com) -- Attempts to eradicate tuberculosis (TB) are stymied by the fact that the disease-causing bacteria have a sophisticated mechanism for surviving dormant in infected cells. Now, a team of scientists ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Reducing p38MAPK levels delays aging of multiple tissues in lab mice

In the new issue of the Developmental Cell journal, a team of scientists at Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and the University of North Carolina School of Medicine at Chapel Hill, report resear ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jul 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Inhibiting proteins may prevent cartilage breakdown in arthritis patients

Current arthritis medications can ease the pain, but stopping the progression of the disease requires more aggressive treatments: use of very limited available drugs or surgical intervention. University of Missouri researchers ...

Chemistry /

created Feb 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0