News tagged with p53 expression

Researchers pinpoint a new enemy for tumor-suppressor p53

Researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have identified a protein that marks the tumor suppressor p53 for destruction, providing a potential new avenue for restoring p53 in cancer ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Biologists discover how yeast cells reverse aging

Human cells have a finite lifespan: They can only divide a certain number of times before they die. However, that lifespan is reset when reproductive cells are formed, which is why the children of a 20-year-old ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jun 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (29) | comments 15 | with audio podcast

Study: 'E-waste pollution' a threat to human health

In addition to its damaging effect on the environment and its illegal smuggling into developing countries, researchers have now linked e-waste to adverse effects on human health, such as inflammation and oxidative stress ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

'SKIP'-ing splicing forces tumor cells to undergo programmed cell death

When cells find themselves in a tight spot, the cell cycle regulator p21 halts the cell cycle, buying cells time to repair the damage, or if all else fails, to initiate programmed cell death. In contrast to other stress-induced ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Apr 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New therapeutic target for lung cancer

A new therapeutic target for lung cancer has been discovered by researchers at Seoul National University. It was found that a variant of the protein AIMP2 is highly expressed in lung cancer cells and also that patients demonstrating ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers find link between DNA damage and immune response

Researchers offer the first evidence that DNA damage can lead to the regulation of inflammatory responses, the body's reaction to injury. The proteins involved in the regulation help protect the body from infection.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

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Earning its stripes: Zebrafish model of human melanoma reveals new cancer gene

The latest clues suggesting potential new ways to treat melanoma come from an unlikely source: fish.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study identifies therapeutic target for liver cancer and predictive biomarker of response

In a research study appearing in the journal Cancer Cell on March 14, scientists from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) and four other institutions have identified a strategy for targeted molecular therapy in liver cancer ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Protein and microRNA block cellular transition vital to metastasis

Like a bounty hunter returning escapees to custody, a cancer-fighting gene converts organ cells that change into highly mobile stem cells back to their original, stationary state, researchers report online at Nature Cell Bi ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 25, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study unmasks a stem cell origin of skin cancer and the genetic roots of malignancy

A constellation of different stem cell populations within our skin help it to cope with normal wear and tear. By constantly proliferating, the stem cells allow skin to replenish itself, allowing each cell to be replaced by ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

'Longevity' protein SIRT1 may ward off precursor to prostate cancer

Researchers from the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson and two other institutions have discovered new evidence that suggests the "longevity" protein SIRT1, known for its life-spanning effects in different species, can inhibit ...

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