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SANS tracks cell death protein invading biomimetic mitochondrial membrane

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of biochemists, biophysicists, and neutron scientists are using a combination of fluorescence and small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) techniques to assist biochemists ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Novel epigenetic patterns involved in cell fate regulation

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI) publish exciting new results on the regulation of cell fate in the scientific journal Nature. They identified ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers discover tactic to delay age-related disorders

Researchers at Mayo Clinic have shown that eliminating cells that accumulate with age could prevent or delay the onset of age-related disorders and disabilities. The study, performed in mouse models, provides the first evidence ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Cancer cells and stem cells share same origin: study

Oncogenes are generally thought to be genes that, when mutated, change healthy cells into cancerous tumor cells. Scientists at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) have proven that those ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Roadmap published for dynamic mapping of estrogen signaling in breast cancer

The first roadmap to mathematical modeling of a powerful basic "decision circuit" in breast cancer has been developed and published in Nature Reviews Cancer.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Predicting the fate of personalized cells next step toward new therapies

Discovering the step-by-step details of the path embryonic cells take to develop into their final tissue type is the clinical goal of many stem cell biologists. To that end, Kenneth S. Zaret, PhD, professor ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

'Votes' of sub-cellular variables control cell fate

Members of a population of identical cells often "choose" different fates, even though they exist in identical conditions.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 13, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0