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Scientists find new structural motif in key enzymes is essential to prevent autoimmune disease

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists from the Scripps Research Institute and the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation have found a specific mutation that leads to the development of severe autoimmune kidney disease in mice. The research ...





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Study reveals a reprogrammed role for the androgen receptor

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

The androgen receptor - a protein ignition switch for prostate cancer cell growth and division - is a master of adaptability. When drug therapy deprives the receptor of androgen hormones, thereby halting cell proliferation, ...


Tapeworm Drug May Hold Promise For Colon Cancer, Future Research

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Duke University Medical Center researchers have discovered an already-FDA-approved compound that can effectively “silence” a cell receptor shown to interfere with chemotherapy.


Eliminating cell receptor prevents infection in animal study

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New research from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia sheds light on the role of cell receptors in acting as gatekeepers for infectious viruses. By using mice genetically engineered to lack a particular receptor in heart ...


Milestone discovery in cell behaviors

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A team of international molecular scientists, led by a Monash University researcher has discovered a new, fast mechanism by which cells communicate change - for example their location during spreading of a cancer in the human ...


Flexible neck in cell-receptor DC-SIGN targets more pathogens

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Pathogen recognition is the foundation of the body's immune response and survival against infection. A small cell-receptor protein called DC-SIGN is part of the immune system, and recognizes certain pathogens, including those ...


Why don't brain tumors respond to medication?

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Malignant brain tumors often fail to respond to promising new medication. Researchers in Heidelberg have discovered a mechanism and a tumor marker for the development of this resistance. A "death receptor" can possibly provide ...


Newly appreciated membrane estrogen receptor important therapeutic target for breast cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New research at Rhode Island Hospital has uncovered the biological effects of a novel membrane estrogen receptor, a finding that has potential implications for hormonal therapy for breast cancer. The study is published in ...


Researchers discover antibody receptor identity, propose renaming immune-system gene

Researchers discover antibody receptor identity, propose renaming immune-system gene

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) have uncovered the genetic identity of a cellular receptor for the immune system's first-response antibody, a discovery that sheds new light on ...


Newly discovered gene regulates balance of 'bad' cholesterol

Newly discovered gene regulates balance of 'bad' cholesterol

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In an article in Science, Noam Zelcer from the LACDR (The Netherlands) describes a previously unknown mechanism for regulating the amount of LDL cholesterol. This offers opportunities for supplementing and im ...


Plants on Steroids: Key Missing Link Discovered

Biology / Biotechnology

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Carnegie Institution's Department of Plant Biology have discovered a key missing link in the so-called signaling pathway for plant steroid hormones (brassinosteroids). Many important signaling ...



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