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Pores finding reveals targets for cancer and degenerative disease

Pores finding reveals targets for cancer and degenerative disease

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Walter and Eliza Hall Institute scientists have identified a key step in the biological process of programmed cell death, also called apoptosis.


Researchers create new 'smart' nanocapsule delivery system for use in protein therapy

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

the delivery of healthy proteins directly into human cells to replace malfunctioning proteins — is considered one of the most direct and safe approaches for treating diseases. But its effectiveness has been limited by low ...


Heme channel found

Heme channel found

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In some ways a cell in your body or an organelle in that cell is like an ancient walled town. Life inside either depends critically on the intelligence of the gatekeepers.


A Search for Stability for Platinum Catalysts

A Search for Stability for Platinum Catalysts

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new carbon support that greatly increases the durability of proton-exchange membrane fuel cells has been developed by scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Princeton University. ...


Within a cell, actin keeps things moving

Within a cell, actin keeps things moving

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using new technology developed in his University of Oregon lab, chemist Andrew H. Marcus and his doctoral student Eric N. Senning have captured what they describe as well-orchestrated, actin-driven, ...


Researchers find human protein that prevents H1N1 influenza infection

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers have identified a naturally occurring human protein that helps prevent infection by H1N1 influenza and other viruses, including West Nile and dengue virus.


Invasion without a stir

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bacteria of the genus Salmonella cause most food-borne illnesses. The bacteria attach to cells of the intestinal wall and induce their own ingestion by cells of the intestinal epithelium. Up till now, researchers assumed ...


New study links DHA type of omega-3 to better nervous-system function

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The omega-3 essential fatty acids commonly found in fatty fish and algae help animals avoid sensory overload, according to research published by the American Psychological Association. The finding connects low omega-3s to ...


Penn researchers find reproductive germ cells survive and thrive in transplants, even among species

Researchers find reproductive germ cells survive and thrive in transplants, even among species

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Reproductive researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia have succeeded in isolating and transplanting pure populations of the immature cells that enable male ...


Study explores 'garbage disposal' role of VCP and implications for degenerative disease

Study explores 'garbage disposal' role of VCP and implications for degenerative disease

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

It's important to finish what you start, say Jeong-Sun Ju and researchers from Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis. In the December 14, 2009 issue of the Journal of Cell Biology, Ju et al. ...



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