News tagged with molecular mimicry
Deadly bacteria may mimic human proteins to evolve antibiotic resistance
Deadly bacteria may be evolving antibiotic resistance by mimicking human proteins, according to a new study by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen).
Jun 01, 2011 |
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Computers aid in cracking deception in plants
If the growing presence of computer 'geeks' on television crime shows is any indicator, computers are increasingly becoming essential tools for detecting and combating skullduggery. However, television detectives ...
Jun 25, 2009 |
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Innovative solution to the evolution of form proposed
A new paper published in the International Journal of Astrobiology is providing a unique account of the origin of forms in plant and animal body plans. The model is not based on genetic code or natural select ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 27, 2010 |
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Leading pathogen in newborns can suppress immune cell function
Group B Streptococcus (GBS), a bacterial pathogen that causes sepsis and meningitis in newborn infants, is able to shut down immune cell function in order to promote its own survival, according to researchers ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 13, 2009 |
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Mimicry at the molecular level protects genome integrity
The new study, which was published on April 12, 2009, in an advanced online edition of the journal Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, draws new parallels between the Rad60 DNA repair factor and SUMO, a small ubiquitin-like modifi ...
Apr 13, 2009 |
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Apolipoprotein(a): A natural regulator of inflammation
In a study to be published in the January 09 issue of Experimental Biology and Medicine, Hoover-Plow and co-workers in seeking to define a role of apo(a) in leukocyte recruitment have identified a novel activity of apo(a) ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 24, 2008 |
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Vitamin A pushes breast cancer to form blood vessel cells
Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center have discovered that vitamin A, when applied to breast cancer cells, turns on genes that can push stem cells embedded in a tumor to morph into endothelial cells. These cells ...
Jul 16, 2008 |
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How one virus uses mimicry to replicate successfully
Both viruses and cancers subvert the growth-control machinery in a cell to serve their own needs. According to a new study, at least one virus uses mimicry to gain access to that machinery.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 31, 2007 |
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The Watchdogs of chromosome-segregation
Chromosomes are duplicated before they are segregated in equal parts to daughter-cells during cell division. An important regulator of this chromosome-separation is the "chromosomal passenger complex", a protein ...
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Oct 29, 2007 |
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Molecules autonomously propelled by polymerizing DNA strands
Scientists from the California Institute of Technology have fabricated a motor that runs autonomously, and is powered only by the free energy of DNA hybridization. The molecular motor was inspired by bacterial ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Sep 06, 2007 |
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Cytomegalovirus exacerbates atherosclerosis through an autoimmune mechanism
Atherosclerosis is the main cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Classic risk factors including smoking, diabetes, hypertension and high cholesterol levels are known to play a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of the ...
May 30, 2007 |
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Recreation Of Butterfly Speciation Event
In a matter of months, butterflies sporting the yellow and red wing color pattern of a wild species were created through simple laboratory crosses of two other wild species, researchers report in the June 15, 2006 edition ...
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Jun 19, 2006 |
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