News tagged with cellular pathway
Research could boost coastal economics with crustacean molting on demand (w/ Video)
Oct 27, 2009 |
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University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers are close to unraveling intricate cellular pathways that control molting in blue crabs. The discoveries could revolutionize the soft-shell crab industry, generating ...
Singapore scientists discover widely sought molecular key to understanding p53 tumor suppressor gene
Oct 13, 2009 |
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Scientists at the Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN) have determined how the master gene regulator p53 could switch a gene in a cell "on" or "off" by recognizing specific sequences of nucleotides in the gene's DNA.
'Shock and kill' research gives new hope for HIV-1 eradication
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jun 04, 2009 |
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Latent HIV genes can be 'smoked out' of human cells. The so-called 'shock and kill' technique, described in a preclinical study in BioMed Central's open access journal Retrovirology, might represent a new milestone along ...
Cancer Researchers Identify New Mutant Genes
Jun 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of New Mexico Cancer Center researchers have identified a genetic mutation underlying one of the most common childhood cancers, acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). The discovery could lead to more ...
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Researchers identify new function of protein in cellular respiration
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Jan 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Virginia Commonwealth University researchers have found that the protein Stat3 plays a key role in regulating mitochondria, the energy-producing machines of cells. This discovery could one day lead to the ...
An unexpected link between coronavirus replication and protein secretion in infected cells
Jun 13, 2008 |
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Coronavirus replication is critically linked to two factors within the early secretory pathway, according to new findings by a team of Dutch researchers that are published June 13th in the open-access journal PLoS Pathogens.
Tuning in on cellular communication in the fruit fly
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Feb 18, 2009 |
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In their ongoing study of the processes involved in embryonic development in fruit flies, researchers at WPI's Life Sciences and Bioengineering Center at Gateway Park have identified the function of a protein that sticks ...
Researchers disrupt biochemical system involved in cancer, degenerative disease
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Jan 30, 2009 |
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Screening a chemical library of 200,000 compounds, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified two new classes that can be used to study and possibly manipulate a cellular pathway involved ...
Cellular crosstalk linked to lung disease
Aug 18, 2009 |
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Crosstalk between cells lining the lung (epithelial cells) and airway smooth muscle cells is important in lung development. However, it has also been shown to contribute to several lung diseases, including asthma and pulmonary ...
Unraveling how cells respond to low oxygen
Aug 05, 2009 |
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Gary Chiang, Ph.D., and colleagues at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) have elucidated how the stability of the REDD1 protein is regulated. The REDD1 protein is a critical inhibitor of the mTOR signaling pathway, ...
'Cross-talk' mechanism contributes to colorectal cancer
Nov 13, 2009 |
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Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health have identified a molecular mechanism that allows two powerful signaling pathways to interact and begin a process leading to colorectal ...
Study identifies how tamoxifen stimulates uterine cell growth and cancer
Jul 02, 2009 |
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UCSF researchers have identified a new "feed-forward" pathway linking estrogen receptors in the membrane of the uterus to a process that increases local estrogen levels and promotes cell growth.
A new cellular pathway linked to cancer is identified
Jul 24, 2008 |
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In the life of a cell, the response to DNA damage determines whether the cell is fated to pause and repair itself, commit suicide, or grow uncontrollably, a route leading to cancer. In a new study, published in the July 25th ...
Research reveals what drives lung cancer's spread
Jul 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study by researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) reveals the genetic underpinnings of what causes lung cancer to quickly metastasize, or spread, to the brain and the bone - the ...
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