News tagged with lipid mediator

Lipid involved with gene regulation uncovered

(PhysOrg.com) -- Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine researchers have discovered a new role for the bioactive lipid messenger, sphingosine-1-phosphate, or S1P, that is abundant in our blood - a finding that ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

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Lipid involved with gene regulation uncovered

Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine researchers have discovered a new role for the bioactive lipid messenger, sphingosine-1-phosphate, or S1P, that is abundant in our blood - a finding that could lead to a ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0




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Pinpointing how antibiotics work

Penicillin and other antibiotics have revolutionized medicine, turning once-deadly diseases into easily treatable ailments. However, while antibiotics have been in use for more than 70 years, the exact mechanism ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 20, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cell protein interactions favor fats

For cells to signal each other to carry out their vital work, could the cell membrane's lipids -- or fats -- play a role in buttering-up the process? A research group led by University of Illinois at Chicago chemistry professor ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Examining evolution from a cellular perspective

The evolutionary processes of unicellular and multicellular organisms are continually under debate. John Torday, Ph.D., a lead investigator at Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute (LA BioMed), has recently co-authored ...

Biology / Evolution

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A salt-free primordial soup?

Most scientists who study the origin of life assume that it occurred in the ocean. But a minority view is that ions in seawater may interfere with prebiotic chemistry, making a freshwater environment more ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New equation predicts molecular forces in hydrophobic interactions

The physical model to describe the hydrophobic interactions of molecules has been a mystery that has challenged scientists and engineers since the 19th century. Hydrophobic interactions are central to explaining ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Membrane pockets that gain catalytic activity upon self-assembly shed light on biological enzymatic processes

Biological membranes play key roles in the body. They determine, for example, how molecules enter and exit cells, and the architecture of their lipid bilayer allows them to host enzymes and enhance their catalytic ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jun 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Antioxidant compound shows promising radioprotective properties

Researchers at National Jewish Health have shown that an antioxidant compound can protect against injury to the lungs, gastrointestinal tract and the eye in a mouse model of acute exposure to ionizing radiation.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New clues for asthma treatment

(PhysOrg.com) -- New information that could help in the fight against asthma has been obtained by an international collaboration of scientists utilizing the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Photon ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers uncover new role for mitochondria during RNA processing

Michael Frohman, M.D., Ph.D., Chair of the Department of Pharmacological Sciences at Stony Brook University School of Medicine, and colleagues, have discovered a new role for mitochondria during ribonucleic acid (RNA) processing. ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers find brain insulin plays critical role in the development of diabetes

Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have discovered a novel function of brain insulin, indicating that impaired brain insulin action may be the cause of the unrestrained lipolysis that initiates and worsens type ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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