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A chaperone for the 'guardian of the genome'

The protein p53 plays an essential role in the prevention of cancer by initiating the controlled death of a cell with damaged genes which is in danger to transform into a cancerous cell. The heat shock protein Hsp90, in turn, ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Sep 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researcher seeks to turn stem cells into blood vessels

A Johns Hopkins engineer is trying to coax human stem cells to turn into networks of new blood vessels that could someday be used to replace damaged tissue in people with heart disease, diabetes and other illnesses.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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