New membrane lipid measuring technique may help fight disease
Could controlling cell-membrane fat play a key role in turning off disease?
Biochemistry
Oct 9, 2011
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X-rays help advance the battle against heart disease
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from Imperial College London and Diamond Light Source have revealed the structure of a cholesterol-lowering-drug target. Published in the journal Nature, this finding could lead to much more effective ...
Biochemistry
Oct 6, 2011
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First detection of pregnancy protein in older people destined for Alzheimer's disease
In an advance toward a much-needed early diagnostic test for Alzheimer's disease (AD), scientists have discovered that older women destined to develop AD have high blood levels of a protein linked to pregnancy years before ...
Biochemistry
Sep 28, 2011
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Researchers uncover secrets of 'miracle fruit'
(PhysOrg.com) -- Though not very well known in the United States, at least until the past few years, the miracle fruit is a cranberry like fruit that has the unique property of being able to make acidic or bitter foods taste ...
A chaperone for the 'guardian of the genome'
The protein p53 plays an essential role in the prevention of cancer by initiating the controlled death of a cell with damaged genes which is in danger to transform into a cancerous cell. The heat shock protein Hsp90, in turn, ...
Biotechnology
Sep 7, 2011
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Glowing, blinking bacteria reveal how cells synchronize biological clocks
Biologists have long known that organisms from bacteria to humans use the 24 hour cycle of light and darkness to set their biological clocks. But exactly how these clocks are synchronized at the molecular level to perform ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 1, 2011
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Researchers discover method to decrease harmful cyanogens and increase protein levels in key crop
Researchers working at The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center have made an another advancement in their efforts to improve the root crop cassava which is a major source of calories to 700 million people worldwide, primarily ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 2, 2011
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Cell's power generator depends on long-sought protein: 50-year search for calcium channel ends
(PhysOrg.com) -- Mitochondria, those battery-pack organelles that fuel the energy of almost every living cell, have an insatiable appetite for calcium. Whether in a dish or a living organism, the mitochondria of most organisms ...
Biochemistry
Jun 19, 2011
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Bacterial protein caught in the act of secreting sticky appendages
(PhysOrg.com) -- New atomic-level "snapshots" published in the June 2, 2011, issue of Nature reveal details of how bacteria such as E. coli produce and secrete sticky appendages called pili, which help the microbes attach ...
Biochemistry
Jun 1, 2011
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From gene to protein: Gene expression quantification offers new insights
How do genes control us? This fundamental question of life still remains elusive despite decades of research. Genes are blueprints for proteins, but it is the proteins that actually carry out vital functions in the body for ...
Biotechnology
May 18, 2011
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