http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (PhysOrg.com) -- Like yoga for office drones, cells do have coping strategies for stress. Heat, lack of nutrients, oxygen radicals - all can wreak havoc on the delicate internal components of a cell, potentially damaging it beyond repair. Proteins called HSPs (heat shock proteins) allow cells to survive stress-induced damage. Scientists have long studied how HSPs work in order to harness their therapeutic potential. http://www.physorg.com/news176051015.html Medicine & Health Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:20:01 EST news176051015 Cancer and Alzheimer's have excess protein in common and scientists say learning more about how proteins are made and eliminated will lead to better treatment for both. http://www.physorg.com/news168778507.html Medicine & Health Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:00:02 EST news168778507 (PhysOrg.com) -- The secret to fighting often lethal drug resistant fungal infections is to knock out the bug's molecular chaperone, according to U of T researchers. http://www.physorg.com/news168263294.html Biology Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:49:04 EST news168263294 The human eye lens consists of a highly concentrated mix of several proteins. Protective proteins prevent these proteins from aggregating and clumping. If this protective function fails, the lens blurs and the patient develops cataracts. http://www.physorg.com/news168253150.html Biology Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:10:01 EST news168253150 Dissecting how heat shock protein 90 gets steroid receptors into shape to use hormones like estrogen and testosterone could lead to targeted therapies for hormone-driven cancers, such as breast and prostate, that need them as well, Medical College of Georgia researchers say. http://www.physorg.com/news164891162.html Medicine & Health Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:07:48 EST news164891162 (PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists in Indiana are reporting development of a new biosensor for use in a faster, more sensitive test for detecting the deadliest strain of Listeria food poisoning bacteria. That microbe causes hundreds of deaths and thousands of hospitalizations each year in the United States, particularly among people with weakened immune systems. Their study appears in the current issue of ACS` Analytical Chemistry. http://www.physorg.com/news159701332.html Chemistry Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:29:36 EST news159701332 (PhysOrg.com) -- Cornell researchers have uncovered surprising new information about the process by which genes are unwrapped and exposed so that they can be expressed. http://www.physorg.com/news135269659.html Biology Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:54:19 EST news135269659