News tagged with sensitive proteins
Proteomics identifies targets of ionizing radiation in a human skin model
(Phys.org) -- How better to find out what effect ionizing radiation has on human skin than by using the real thing? Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory did that by performing a quantitative ...
Apr 24, 2012 |
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Gene discovery explains how fruit flies retreat from heat
A discovery in fruit flies may be able to tell us more about how animals, including humans, sense potentially dangerous discomforts.
Dec 15, 2011 |
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Knocking out key protein in mice boosts insulin sensitivity
By knocking out a key regulatory protein, scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland dramatically boosted ...
Nov 10, 2011 |
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Scientists uncover novel anti-diabetes mechanism
In a joint study, scientists from The Scripps Research Institute and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute at Harvard University have uncovered a novel mechanism that dramatically increases insulin sensitivity and reduces the ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 21, 2010 |
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New culprit in muscle defects, insulin resistance that come with age
Type 2 diabetes is a widespread problem for many people these days, and our risk for insulin resistance and diabetes only grows as we age. Now, a new report in the May issue of Cell Metabolism reveals a new contributor to the ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 04, 2010 |
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Transparent fish helping to shine new light on how we move
(PhysOrg.com) -- The natural transparency of young zebrafish has allowed neuroscientists to use light, much like we use a remote control, to turn on and off neurons that may be responsible for how we move our bodies.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 05, 2009 |
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Peptide linked to glucose metabolism and neuronal cell survival (w/ Video)
A cellular protein that may prevent nerve cells from dying also helps to improve insulin action and lower blood glucose levels, according to a study by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 22, 2009 |
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The difference between eye cells is... sumo?
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Washington University School of Medicine have identified a key to eye development — a protein that regulates how the light-sensing nerve cells in the retina ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 09, 2009 |
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Insulin is a possible new treatment for Alzheimer's
A Northwestern University-led research team reports that insulin, by shielding memory-forming synapses from harm, may slow or prevent the damage and memory loss caused by toxic proteins in Alzheimer's disease.
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Feb 02, 2009 |
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