A new twist in genetic switches: Theorists reveal new mechanism of gene regulation
Rice University researchers have a new twist for those clinging to old ideas about a basic biological process.
Rice University researchers have a new twist for those clinging to old ideas about a basic biological process.
Biotechnology
Dec 21, 2015
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Our cells live ever on the verge of suicide, requiring the close attention of a team of molecules to prevent the cells from pulling the trigger. This self-destructive tendency can be a very good thing, as when dangerous precancerous ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 20, 2010
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Every year around 450,000 people in Germany are diagnosed with cancer. Each one of them dreams of a victory in the battle against it. But can cancer ever be completely defeated? Researchers at Kiel University (CAU) have now ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 24, 2014
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Plants transport water in pipe-like structures made of dead and empty cells within a vascular tissue called xylem. Sacha Escamez concludes in his doctoral dissertation that different cell types work together to build the ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 25, 2016
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An international team of researchers is reporting that it has uncovered new information about human papillomavirus that one day may aid in the development of drugs to eliminate the cervical-cancer-causing infection.
Biochemistry
Jan 11, 2011
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In a recently published study, LMU researchers show that, in a nerve-cell lineage in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, a single protein controls the rate of cell-cycle progression, and decides whether cells divide, differentiate ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 15, 2013
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Programmed cell death (PCD) is a highly regulated process that occurs in all animals and plants as part of normal development and in response to the environment. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 24, 2012
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A previously poorly investigated signalling pathway is crucial for the growth and proliferation of prostate cancer cells. An international research team discovered this when studying the enzyme "soluble adenylyl cyclase" ...
Biochemistry
Feb 5, 2013
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Basic and translational research on cancer, and development of new cancer therapeutics, has focused on different aspects of cancer cellular function. One area of focus is the life and death of a cancer cell. Apoptosis, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 15, 2011
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New light on a key factor involved in diseases such as Parkinson's disease, gastric cancer and melanoma has been cast through latest University of Otago, New Zealand, research carried out in collaboration with Australian ...
Biochemistry
Feb 27, 2017
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