News tagged with toxic protein
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The code for survival: Cells fight stress by reprogramming a system of RNA modifications
(PhysOrg.com) -- When cells are exposed to life-threatening stresses, they take quick action to save themselves. Among other defenses, they start manufacturing proteins that perform critical tasks such as ...
Dec 17, 2010 |
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Rethinking Alzheimer's disease and its treatment targets
(PhysOrg.com) -- Psychiatry professor George Bartzokis introduces a new theory about the fundamental cause of Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 22, 2009 |
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Fish oil protects against diseases like Parkinson's, study
Dr. Nicolas Bazan, Director of the Neuroscience Center of Excellence, Boyd Professor, and Ernest C. and Yvette C. Villere Chair of Retinal Degenerative Diseases Research at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, will present ...
Apr 19, 2009 |
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Rapid venom evolution in pit vipers may be defensive
Research published recently in PLoS One delivers new insight about rapid toxin evolution in venomous snakes: pitvipers such as rattlesnakes may be engaged in an arms race with opossums, a group of snake-eating American marsup ...
Jul 18, 2011 |
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Boosting protein garbage disposal in brain cells protects mice from Alzheimer's disease
Gene therapy that boosts the ability of brain cells to gobble up toxic proteins prevents development of Alzheimer's disease in mice that are predestined to develop it, report researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center. ...
Mar 04, 2011 |
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Mutations that cause Parkinson's disease prevent cells from destroying defective mitochondria
Mutations that cause Parkinson's disease prevent cells from destroying defective mitochondria, according to a study published online May 10 in the Journal of Cell Biology.
May 10, 2010 |
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Scientists sniff out the evolution of chemical nociception
Whenever you choke on acrid cigarette smoke, feel like you're burning up from a mouthful of wasabi-laced sushi, or cry while cutting raw onions and garlic, your response is being triggered by a primordial chemical sensor ...
Mar 17, 2010 |
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Survival mode that protects cells when oxygen is low also slows aging (w/Video)
A biochemical pathway that helps keep cells alive when oxygen is low also plays a role in longevity and resistance against some diseases of old age, according to a report to be published April 16 in the journal ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 16, 2009 |
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Tentacles of venom: New study reveals all octopuses are venomous
Once thought to be only the realm of the blue-ringed octopus, researchers have now shown that all octopuses and cuttlefish, and some squid are venomous. The work indicates that they all share a common, ancient venomous ancestor ...
Apr 15, 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.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 02, 2009 |
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Targeting toxin trafficking
Toxins produced by plants and bacteria pose a significant threat to humans, as emphasized by the recent effects of cucumber-borne Shiga toxin in Germany. Now, new research published on July 21st by the Cell Press journal ...
Jul 21, 2011 |
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Unraveling plant reactions to injury
Better understanding of plant defense systems, and the potential to generate stress-tolerant plants and even new malaria drugs, may all stem from the documentation of a molecular mechanism that plays a significant ...
May 27, 2011 |
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How culprit Alzheimer's protein wreaks havoc
(PhysOrg.com) -- How the toxic protein, amyloid, sets off a chain of events that leads to brain cell death during Alzheimer's disease is described in new detail in a study from the University of Bristol published ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 28, 2011 |
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Protein could be used to treat alcohol effects on pancreas
(PhysOrg.com) -- A Medical Research Council (MRC) study has discovered that a protein provides protection against the effects of alcohol in the pancreas. The findings could lead to the development of new treatments to reduce ...
Mar 22, 2011 |
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Study finds Alzheimer's disease link in eyes of children with Down syndrome
A team of researchers has discovered that the protein that forms plaques in the brain in Alzheimer's disease also accumulates in the eyes of people with Down syndrome. The new findings in Down syndrome show that the toxic ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 20, 2010 |
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