News tagged with beta2
Destroying amyloid proteins with lasers
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Jan 07, 2009 |
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Researchers have found that a technique used to visualize amyloid fibers in the laboratory might have the potential to destroy them in the clinic. The technique involves zapping the fluorescently-tagged fibers with a laser, ...
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Scientists find hormone activity explains adolescent mood swings
Mar 11, 2007 |
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The "raging hormones" of puberty are known to produce mood swings and stress for most teenagers, making it difficult to cope with this period of life. Until now, the specific causes of pubertal anxiety have not been identified, ...
Scientists unveil structure of molecular target of many drugs
Oct 29, 2007 |
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More than 40 years after beta blockers were first used clinically, scientists can finally get a detailed, three-dimensional look at the drugs’ molecular target—the beta2-adrenergic receptor. This receptor ...
Laminin builds the neuromuscular synapse
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Sep 15, 2008 |
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Like a plug and a socket, a nerve and a muscle fiber mesh at the neuromuscular junction. New work by Nishimune et al published in the Journal of Cell Biology reveals that an extracellular matrix protein called laminin shapes ...
Asthma: Commonly used medication shows no clear benefits in children
Medicine & Health / Medications
Dec 10, 2008 |
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There are no clear benefits to using long-acting beta2-agonists (LABAs) for treatment of asthma in children, a new study concludes. In an overview of recent Cochrane reviews, Child Health Field researchers report that there ...
New asthma research opposes current drug treatment
Jan 26, 2009 |
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Just when the Food and Drug Administration is reconsidering the use of stimulants to treat asthma, a new research study offers further evidence to support a University of Houston professor's theory that an opposite approach ...
Human genetic variation -- Science's 'Breakthrough of the Year'
Dec 20, 2007 |
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In 2007, researchers were dazzled by the degree to which genomes differ from one human to another and began to understand the role of these variations in disease and personal traits. Science and its publisher, AAAS, the no ...
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