News tagged with targeted muscle

Scientists create potent molecules aimed at treating muscular dystrophy

While RNA is an appealing drug target, small molecules that can actually affect its function have rarely been found. But now scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have for the first time designed ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New malaria protein structure upends theory of how cells grow and move

Researchers from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute have overturned conventional wisdom on how cell movement across all species is controlled, solving the structure of a protein that cuts power to the cell ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists pinpoint earliest steps of common form of muscular dystrophy

Nearly two decades after they identified the specific genetic flaw that causes a common type of muscular dystrophy, scientists believe they have figured out how that flaw brings about the disease. The finding by an international ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Aug 19, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists find survival factor for keeping nerve cells healthy

Scientists at the Babraham Institute have discovered a novel survival factor whose rapid transport along nerve cells is crucial for keeping them alive. The same factor seems likely to be needed to keep our nerves healthy ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jan 26, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0