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Researchers discover novel approach to stimulate immune cells

Researchers at Rutgers University have uncovered a new way to stimulate activity of immune cell opiate receptors, leading to efficient tumor cell clearance.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Manipulating way bacteria 'talk' could have practical applications

By manipulating the way bacteria "talk" to each other, researchers at Texas A&M University have achieved an unprecedented degree of control over the formation and dispersal of biofilms – a finding with potentially significant ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 03, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Transcriptional elongation control takes on new dimensions

Life is complicated enough, so you can forgive the pioneers of DNA biology for glossing over transcriptional elongation control by RNA polymerase II, the quick and seemingly bulletproof penultimate step in ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Why do some influenza virus subtypes die out?

Every so often we hear about a new strain of influenza virus which has appeared and in some cases may sweep across the globe in a pandemic, much as the H1N1 virus did last year. What happens to the old seasonal viruses? In ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Orchestrator of waste removal rescues cells that can't manage their trash

Just as we must take out the trash to keep our homes clean and safe, it is essential that our cells have mechanisms for dealing with wastes and worn-out proteins. When these processes are not working properly, unwanted debris ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Branch offices: New family of gold-based nanoparticles could serve as biomedical 'testbed'

(PhysOrg.com) -- Gold nanoparticles are becoming the ... well ... gold standard for medical-use nanoparticles. A new paper by researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jun 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers identify the metabolic signaling pathway responsible for dyslipidemia

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), including Yu Li, PhD, and other colleagues, have demonstrated that a nutrient sensing pathway is involved in the disruption of cellular lipid homeostasis in obese ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Apr 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists ID possible biomarker to gauge Alzheimer's prognosis, effect of therapies

UCLA researchers have identified a new biomarker that could help them track how effectively the immune system is able to clear the brain of amyloid beta, which forms the plaques considered one of the hallmarks of Alzheimer's ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Mar 17, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Molecule that spurs cell's recycling center may help Alzheimer's patients

Cells, which employ a process called autophagy to clean up and reuse protein debris leftover from biological processes, were the original recyclers. A team of scientists from Paul Greengard's Rockefeller University laboratory ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 16, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists describe new model for neurodegeneration

A team of scientists at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) has developed a new model for how inherited genes contribute to a common but untreatable and incurable neurodegenerative disease. ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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