News tagged with cellular process
Researchers find important 'target' playing role in tobacco-related lung cancers
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., have discovered that the immune response regulator IKBKE (serine/threonine kinase) plays two roles in tobacco-related non-small cell lung cancers. Tobacco carcinogens induce ...
Feb 09, 2012 |
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Researchers pave the way for improving treatment for Type 2 diabetes
In a study published last week in the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, a team led by Dr. Vincent Poitout of the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHU ...
Feb 07, 2012 |
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Understanding how bacteria come back from the dead
Salmonella remains a serious cause of food poisoning in the UK and throughout the EU, in part due to its ability to thrive and quickly adapt to the different environments in which it can grow. New research involving a team ...
Feb 02, 2012 |
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Weightlessness weighs heavy on genes -- a fly's perspective
On Earth all biology is subjected to gravity. Some biological systems require gravity for correct orientation (geotropism: plants grow up, roots grow down). In the absence of gravity even human biology is affected: astronauts ...
Jan 31, 2012 |
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Gene linked to pancreatic cancer growth, study finds
A mutant protein found in nearly all pancreatic cancers plays a role not only in the cancer's development but in its continued growth, according to a new study from University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer ...
Jan 31, 2012 |
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Detailed picture of how myoV 'walks' along actin tracks
A new study in the Journal of General Physiology uses state-of-the-art fluorescence microscopy to provide a striking 3-D picture of how class V myosins (myoV) "walk" along their actin track.
Jan 30, 2012 |
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Scientists map one of life's molecular mysteries
All living organisms are made up of cells, behind these intricate life forms lie complex cellular processes that allow our bodies to function. Researchers working on protein secretion — a fundamental process in biology ...
Jan 26, 2012 |
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Scientists uncover novel mechanism of glioblastoma development
Most research on glioblastoma development, a complicated tumor of the brain with a poor prognosis, has focused on the gene transcription level, but scientists suggest that post-transcriptional regulation could be equally ...
Jan 18, 2012 |
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Flatworms' minimalist approach to cell division reveals molecular architecture of human centrosome
Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco and the Stowers Institute for Medical Research have discovered that planarians, tiny flatworms fabled for their regenerative powers, completely lack ...
Jan 05, 2012 |
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CSHL's DNA Learning Center awarded Science magazine SPORE prize
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory's DNA Learning Center (DNALC) has been awarded the Science Prize for Online Resources in Education (SPORE) for its creation of a science education portal at www.dnalc.org that attracts more than 7 million ...
Dec 22, 2011 |
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Scientists elevate little-studied cellular mechanism to potential drug target
For years, science has generally considered the phosphorylation of proteins -- the insertion of a phosphorous group into a protein that turns it on or off -- as perhaps the factor regulating a range of cellular processes ...
Dec 11, 2011 |
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Researchers examine role of inflammatory mechanisms in a healing heart
(Medical Xpress) -- Virginia Commonwealth University researchers have found that an inflammatory mechanism known as inflammasome may lead to more damage in the heart following injury such as a heart attack, pointing researchers ...
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Nov 30, 2011 |
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New database for vital model organism launched
A new database promises to be an invaluable resource to scientists who use a unique single-celled fungus to study human diseases.
Nov 28, 2011 |
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Internal skin cancer prevention: Repairing UV damage in the skin
(Medical Xpress) -- Scientists at the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI) of the Novartis Research Foundation have elucidated the mechanisms underlying the repair of UV-induced damage ...
Nov 24, 2011 |
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Researchers identify molecular mechanism that regulates wakefulness, sleep
Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have, for the first time, identified an intracellular signaling enzyme that regulates the wake-sleep cycle, which could help lead to the development of more effective ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 22, 2011 |
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