News tagged with protein tyrosine phosphatase
Single host gene may hold key to treating both ebola and anthrax infections
Research published by Army scientists indicates that a minor reduction in levels of one particular gene, known as CD45, can provide protection against two divergent microbes: the virus that causes Ebola hemorrhagic fever ...
Aug 20, 2009 |
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First observation of metamorphosis of an enzyme that catalyzes two chemical reactions
Professor Takayoshi Wakagi and Associate Professor Shinya Fushinobu of the Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, the University of Tokyo and colleagues were the first to clarify how an enzyme ...
Nov 15, 2011 |
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Bioengineers reprogram muscles to combat degeneration
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have turned back the clock on mature muscle tissue, coaxing it back to an earlier stem cell stage to form new muscle. Moreover, they showed in mice that ...
Sep 22, 2011 |
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New hope for the cure: Drug combination targets aggressive triple-negative breast cancer
(PhysOrg.com) -- With currently available early-detection methods for breast cancer, many people can be treated successfully. But for the 20 percent of patients with so-called triple-negative breast cancer, ...
Apr 01, 2011 |
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New functional understanding outlines therapy for untreatable breast cancer
Cancer biologists from the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research have been part of a collaborative effort that identified a novel rationale for the treatment of currently not curable triple-negative ...
Mar 07, 2011 |
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Study shows rapamycin reverses myocardial defects in mouse model of LEOPARD syndrome
Congenital heart diseases affect approximately one in 100 patients, making them the most common type of birth defect and the number-one cause of pediatric deaths.
Feb 21, 2011 |
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Tackling cognitive deficits in Alzheimer's disease: 1 'STEP' at a time
Lowering levels of a key protein involved in regulating learning and memory -- STtriatal-Enriched tyrosine Phosphatase (STEP) -- reversed cognitive deficits in mice with Alzheimer's disease, Yale School of Medicine researchers ...
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Oct 18, 2010 |
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Cigarette smoking, fructose consumption exacerbates liver disease
Recent studies suggest that modifiable risk factors such as cigarette smoking and fructose consumption can worsen nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). With NAFLD, fat accumulates in the liver of overweight individuals ...
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Apr 27, 2010 |
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Scientists identify gene vital to early embryonic cells forming a normal heart and skull
New research from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center highlights the critical role a certain gene and its protein play during early embryonic development on formation of a normal heart and skull.
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Jun 16, 2009 |
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Scientists identify key decision-point at which cells with broken DNA repair themselves or die
When cells undergo potentially catastrophic damage, for example as a result of exposure to ionizing radiation, they must make a decision: either to fix the damage or program themselves for death, a process called apoptosis.
Apr 10, 2009 |
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Decreasing insulin resistance prevents obesity-related cardiovascular damage
AUGUSTA, Ga. - Knocking out one gene that contributes to insulin resistance appears to prevent much of the cardiovascular damage typically associated with obesity, researchers say.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 11, 2009 |
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