News tagged with mouse proteins
Alzheimer's researchers find high protein diet shrinks brain
One of the many reasons to pick a low-calorie, low-fat diet rich in vegetables, fruits, and fish is that a host of epidemiological studies have suggested that such a diet may delay the onset or slow the progression of Alzheimer's ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 20, 2009 |
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Protein restores learning, memory in Alzheimer's mouse model
Scientists at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio restored learning and memory in an Alzheimer's disease mouse model by increasing a protein called CBP. Salvatore Oddo, Ph.D., of the university's Department ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 13, 2010 |
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Gene therapy prevents memory problems in mice with Alzheimer's disease
Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease (GIND) in San Francisco have discovered a new strategy to prevent memory deficits in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Humans with AD and mice genetically ...
Nov 28, 2010 |
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Scientists identify one cause of damage in Alzheimer's disease, find a way to stop it
Researchers suspect that a protein superstructure called amyloid beta is responsible for much of the neural damage of Alzheimer's disease.
Nov 09, 2010 |
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Researchers identify 'Facebook neurons'
Carnegie Mellon University researchers have found that within the brain's neocortex lies a subnetwork of highly active neurons that behave much like people in social networks. Like Facebook, these neuronal ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jan 10, 2011 |
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Researchers discover a potential target for therapy for patients with a deadly prostate cancer
A monoclonal antibody targeting a well known cell surface protein inhibited prostate cancer growth and metastasis in an aggressive form of the disease that did not respond to hormone therapy, according to a study by researchers ...
Nov 08, 2010 |
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Study dusts sugar coating off little-known regulation in cells
In Alzheimer's disease, brain neurons become clogged with tangled proteins. Scientists suspect these tangles arise partly due to malfunctions in a little-known regulatory system within cells. Now, researchers have dramatically ...
Apr 16, 2012 |
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New way to fight drug-resistant fungal infections discovered
(PhysOrg.com) -- The secret to fighting often lethal drug resistant fungal infections is to knock out the bug's molecular chaperone, according to U of T researchers.
Jul 31, 2009 |
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Researchers uncover 'obesity gene' involved in weight gain response to high-fat diet
Scientists have determined that a specific gene plays a role in the weight-gain response to a high-fat diet. The finding in an animal study suggests that blocking this gene could one day be a therapeutic strategy to reduce ...
Feb 24, 2009 |
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Expression of infrared fluorescence engineered in mammals
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of California, San Diego - led by 2008 Nobel-Prize winner Roger Tsien, PhD - have shown that bacterial proteins called phytochromes can be engineered into infrared-fluorescent ...
May 07, 2009 |
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'TIMely' intervention for asthma
TIM1 has been identified as a susceptibility gene for asthma. New research in mice now suggests that targeting TIM-1 protein might have therapeutic benefit in treating this increasingly prevalent condition.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 12, 2010 |
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Scientists identify molecular gatekeeper of arthritis
Elimination of a molecular gatekeeper leads to the development of arthritis in mice, scientists report in a study published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine. The newly discovered gatekeeper is a protein that determ ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 08, 2010 |
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Acetylation may contribute to dementia and Alzheimer's disease
A new study uncovers a protein modification that may contribute to the formation of neuron-damaging neurofibrillary tangles in the human brain. The research, published by Cell Press in the September 23 issue of the journal ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 22, 2010 |
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Good housekeeping maintains a healthy liver
Differences in the levels of two key metabolic enzymes may explain why some people are more susceptible to liver damage, according to a study in the October 17 issue of the Journal of Cell Biology.
Oct 17, 2011 |
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