News tagged with oxidative stress

Bad mitochondria may actually be good for you

Mice with a defective mitochondrial protein called MCLK1 produce elevated amounts of reactive oxygen when young; that should spell disaster, yet according to a study in this week's JBC these mice actually age at a slower ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Changes in gene may stunt lung development in children

Mutations in a gene may cause poor lung development in children, making them more vulnerable to diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) later in life, say researchers at the University of Pittsburgh ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Lamin B locks up Oct-1

A large fraction of the transcription factor Oct-1 is associated with the inner nuclear envelope, but how and why it is retained there was unknown.

Biology /

created Jan 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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