News tagged with transforming growth factor beta
Researchers discover mechanism of cell type-specific signaling in tumor development
Mayo Clinic researchers have discovered the mechanisms behind two key checkpoints in cell growth and development — factors that may ultimately allow investigators to benchmark progression of tumor cells or stop them from ...
Apr 07, 2009 |
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Aging human bodies and aging human oocytes run on different clocks
Reproductive and somatic aging use different molecular mechanisms that show little overlap between the types of genes required to keep oocytes healthy and the genes that generally extend life span, according to Coleen Murphy, ...
Dec 06, 2011 |
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Researchers unravel biochemical factor important in tumor metastasis
A protein called "fascin" appears to play a critical transformation role in TGF beta mediated tumor metastasis, say researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., who published a study in a recent issue of the Journal of ...
Nov 09, 2011 |
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Controlling cells' environments: A step toward building much-needed tissues and organs
With stem cells so fickle and indecisive that they make Shakespeare’s Hamlet pale by comparison, scientists today described an advance in encouraging stem cells to make decisions about their fate. The ...
Aug 28, 2011 |
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Leptin resistance may prevent severe lung disease in patients with diabetes
Resistance to leptin, a protein that plays a key role in regulating metabolism and appetite, may help prevent the development of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and acute lung injury (ALI) in individuals with type ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 11, 2011 |
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Hearing loss study reveals role of bone hardness in tissue function
Scientists are reporting the first direct evidence that a subtle change in the physical properties of a tissue can affect its function. The finding has immediate implications for understanding several rare hearing disorders, ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 17, 2010 |
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Stress accelerates breast cancer progression in mice: study
Chronic stress acts as a sort of fertilizer that feeds breast cancer progression, significantly accelerating the spread of disease in animal models, researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have found.
Sep 16, 2010 |
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Multiple sclerosis -- antihypertensive drug ameliorate inflammation in the brain
Researchers in Heidelberg and Stanford have discovered a new signalling pathway of brain cells that explains how widely used antihypertensive drugs could keep inflammation in multiple sclerosis (MS) in check. The peptide ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 28, 2010 |
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Researchers find gene they believe is key to kidney cancer
Researchers at Mayo Clinic's campus in Florida have discovered a key gene that, when turned off, promotes the development of common kidney cancer. Their findings suggest that a combination of agents now being tested in other ...
May 20, 2010 |
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A fat cell grows up: Stages from early to mature cell offer clues for anti-obesity drug development
Getting from point A to B may sound simple, but not so in the formation of fat cells.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 17, 2010 |
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Factors that cause high blood pressure condition in pregnant women protect against breast cancer
Preeclampsia is a high blood pressure syndrome in pregnant mothers that is caused when the blood supply in the placenta of the developing baby is restricted. The blood-deprived placenta releases factors that cause the raise ...
Apr 26, 2010 |
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