News tagged with cellular defense

New information on the waste-disposal units of living cells

Important new information on one of the most critical protein machines in living cells has been reported by a team of researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New research finds trigger for breast cancer spread

Research led by Shyamal Desai, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, has discovered a key change in the body's defense system that increases the potential ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Targeting bacterial gas defenses allow for increased efficacy of numerous antibiotics

Although scientists have known for centuries that many bacteria produce hydrogen sulfide (H2S) it was thought to be simply a toxic by-product of cellular activity. Now, researchers at NYU School of Medicine have discovered ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New study uncovers how brain cells degrade dangerous protein aggregates

Researchers at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute (BSI) have discovered a key mechanism responsible for selectively degrading aggregates of ubiquitinated proteins from the cell. Their findings indicate that ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 07, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researchers overcome barrier to cancer immunotherapy

(Medical Xpress) -- In lab studies, researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center have effectively reprogrammed cells of the innate and adaptive immune system to overcome a key cancer defense mechanism ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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MicroRNAs help control HIV life cycle

Scientists at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) have discovered that specific microRNAs (non-coding RNAs that interfere with gene expression) reduce HIV replication and infectivity in human T-cells. In particular, ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jun 25, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0