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Jarid2 may break the Polycomb silence

Historically, fly and human Polycomb proteins were considered textbook exemplars of transcriptional repressors, or proteins that silence the process by which DNA gives rise to new proteins. Now, work by a ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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

Red wine, fruit compound could help block fat cell formation

(PhysOrg.com) -- A compound found in red wine, grapes and other fruits, and similar in structure to resveratrol, is able to block cellular processes that allow fat cells to develop, opening a door to a potential ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Using graphene oxide to examine molecules in living cells proves popular

Whether indicating the onset of disease or exposure to toxins, the molecular machinery of cells can provide a wealth of information if scientists can track and examine the molecules.

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Feb 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists characterize protein essential to survival of malaria parasite

A biology lab at Washington University has just cracked the structure and function of a protein that plays a key role in the life of a parasite that killed 655,000 people in 2010.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study identifies a key molecular switch for telomere extension by telomerase

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine describe for the first time a key target of DNA damage checkpoint enzymes that must be chemically modified to enable stable maintenance of chromosome ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Nanoparticles and Mini-NMR point the way to personalized cancer therapy

(PhysOrg.com) -- With the advent of targeted drug therapy for treating cancer, it has become clear that an important predictor of success of these therapies is whether such a drug is reaching its target in the patient. The ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Biodesign researchers to develop new reagent pipeline for molecular medicine

An ongoing Arizona State University effort to develop a revolutionary class of reagents that holds great promise for the future of medicine has received a major boost with a three-year, $4 million award from ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Scab resistance in durum wheat

Durum wheat is a valuable cereal crop widely used for human consumption in the United States, Canada, and several European countries. Scab or Fusarium head blight is one of the crop's most serious diseases, reducing its grain ...

Biology / Biotechnology

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

Pocket chemistry: DNA helps glucose meters measure more than sugar

Glucose meters aren't just for diabetics anymore. Thanks to University of Illinois chemists, they can be used as simple, portable, inexpensive meters for a number of target molecules in blood, serum, water ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jul 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers discover possible biomarker and therapeutic target for melanoma

Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University, have identified a potential new biomarker and therapeutic target for melanoma. The novel cell screening method used ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New discoveries offer first new hope in three decades for lethal pediatric brain tumor

A pediatric brain tumor that causes gruesome suffering is finally yielding its secrets. For the first time, scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine have cultured human cells from this cancer, Diffuse Intrinsic ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A new target in polycystic kidney disease

In work suggesting a new approach to treating polycystic kidney disease (PKD), a leading cause of kidney failure, researchers at Children's Hospital Boston were able to block the formation of fluid-filled cysts, the hallmark ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Sep 13, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cells use water in nano-rotors to power energy conversion

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Biophysics in Frankfurt, and Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York have provided the first atomic-level glimpse of the proton-driven motor from a major group of ATP synthases, ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Aug 03, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Understanding the APJ Receptor Binding Site

(PhysOrg.com) -- Apelin is a recently discovered peptide that binds to the apelin (or APJ) G-protein-coupled receptor. Apelin-13 (NH2-QRPRLSHKGPMPF-COOH), one of several cleavage products of the proprotein ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jun 01, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers uncover novel genetic pathway responsible for triggering vascular growth

Most solid cancers can't grow beyond a limited size without an adequate blood supply and supporting vascular network. Because of this, cancer researchers have sought to understand how a tumor's vascular network develops—and, ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Apr 04, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast