News tagged with molecular pathways

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Proteomics identifies targets of ionizing radiation in a human skin model

(Phys.org) -- How better to find out what effect ionizing radiation has on human skin than by using the real thing? Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory did that by performing a quantitative ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists open new window into how cancers override cellular growth controls

Rapidly dividing cancer cells are skilled at patching up damage that would stop normal cells in their tracks, including wear and tear of telomeres, the protective caps at the end of each chromosome.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Honey bees study finds that insects have personality too

A new study in Science suggests that thrill-seeking is not limited to humans and other vertebrates. Some honey bees, too, are more likely than others to seek adventure. The brains of these novelty-seeking bees e ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 08, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Novel molecules to fight cancer resistance

A French-Italian team headed by researchers from CNRS and Inserm has discovered a new family of compounds that could make it possible to treat numerous cancers, particularly brain tumors and skin cancers. ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Molecular path from internal clock to cells controlling rest and activity revealed in new study

(PhysOrg.com) -- The molecular pathway that carries time-of-day signals from the body's internal clock to ultimately guide daily behavior is like a black box, says Amita Sehgal, PhD, the John Herr Musser Professor ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers discover the processes leading to acute myeloid leukemia

Researchers at UC Santa Barbara have discovered a molecular pathway that may explain how a particularly deadly form of cancer develops. The discovery may lead to new cancer therapies that reprogram cells instead ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Aging human bodies and aging human oocytes run on different clocks

Reproductive and somatic aging use different molecular mechanisms that show little overlap between the types of genes required to keep oocytes healthy and the genes that generally extend life span, according to Coleen Murphy, ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Biochemical cell signals quantified for first time

Just as cell phones and computers transmit data through electronic networks, the cells of your body send and receive chemical messages through molecular pathways. The term "cell signaling" was coined more than 30 years ago ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Sep 15, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Zinc and the zebrafish: Fluorescent fish could hold the key to understanding diabetes

Scientists from Queen Mary, University of London have discovered a new way of detecting zinc in zebra fish, that could pave the way for furthering our understanding of diseases like type 2 diabetes, prostate cancer and Alzheimer's.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jul 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Unraveling plant reactions to injury

Better understanding of plant defense systems, and the potential to generate stress-tolerant plants and even new malaria drugs, may all stem from the documentation of a molecular mechanism that plays a significant ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fruit flies on meth: Study explores whole-body effects of toxic drug

A new study in fruit flies offers a broad view of the potent and sometimes devastating molecular events that occur throughout the body as a result of methamphetamine exposure.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Apr 20, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Combination overcomes breast cancer resistance to herceptin

Breast cancer tumors take numerous paths to resist the targeted drug Herceptin, but a single roadblock at a crucial crossroads may restore a tumor's vulnerability to treatment, scientists at The University of Texas MD Anderson ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 13, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Team illuminates cell pathway key to insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes

A research team, led by La Jolla Institute scientist Joel Linden, Ph.D., has shed new light on the problem of insulin resistance, and identified the key participants in a molecular pathway that holds therapeutic promise ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study links hypoxia and inflammation in many diseases

Yet some athletes deliberately train at high altitude, with less oxygen, so they can perform better. Their bodies adapt to the reduced oxygen.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Feb 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Erg gene key to blood stem cell 'self-renewal'

Scientists from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute have begun to unravel how blood stem cells regenerate themselves, identifying a key gene required for the process.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

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