Nobel pioneers unlocked the cell door
For most of the 20th century, scientists were puzzled by how cells in our body are able to sense and react to external conditions.
Biochemistry
Oct 10, 2012
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News tagged with parkinson s disease
Researchers closer to early detection of Parkinson's disease
(Phys.org)—In collaboration with colleagues at Oxford, a team of researchers at Umeå University in Sweden has now further elaborated its discovery of a way to detect Parkinson's disease at an early stage, and applications ...
Biochemistry
Sep 26, 2012
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Bacteria disarmer activates fiber formation in Parkinson's protein
(PhysOrg.com) -- The same substance that hampers the infection capability of bacteria can hasten the fiber formation of the protein that is involved in the development of Parkinson’s disease. The study shows how important ...
Biochemistry
Feb 16, 2012
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Fighting Parkinson's with carbon nanoparticles
One of the problems affecting the human nervous system is dopamine deficiency. But testing of dopamine concentration is costly and requires sophisticated equipment not available in a doctor's office. Enter a team of Polish ...
Bio & Medicine
Nov 29, 2011
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Coffee could offer key ingredient for new treatments for Parkinson's disease
Scientists from Heptares Therapeutics have used Diamond Light Source, the UK’s national synchrotron facility, to understand the structure of a protein involved in Parkinson’s disease and other neurological disorders. ...
Biochemistry
Sep 5, 2011
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Researchers find new clues about protein linked to Parkinson's disease
Researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) have uncovered structural clues about the protein linked to Parkinson's disease (PD), which ultimately could lead to finding a cure ...
Biochemistry
Jun 17, 2011
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Similarities cause protein misfolding
A large number of illnesses stem from misfolded proteins, molecules composed of amino acids. Researchers at the University of Zurich have now studied protein misfolding using a special spectroscopic technique. Misfolding, ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 31, 2011
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Researchers find drug that stops progression of Parkinson's disease in mice
In a major breakthrough in the battle against Parkinson's disease, researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine have discovered a drug that stops the progression of the degenerative illness in mice and is ...
Biochemistry
Mar 8, 2011
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Scientists create neurons with symptoms of Parkinson's disease from patient's skin cells
Neurons have been derived from the skin of a woman with a genetic form of Parkinson's disease and have been shown to replicate some key features of the condition in a dish, say researchers at the Stanford University School ...
Biotechnology
Mar 3, 2011
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Chemists make discovery that may lead to drug treatment possibilities for Alzheimer's
UC Santa Barbara scientists have made a discovery that has the potential for use in the early diagnosis and eventual treatment of plaque-related diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and Type 2 diabetes. Their work is published ...
Biochemistry
Feb 10, 2011
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