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Ultrasound enhances noninvasive Down syndrome tests

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The addition of a "genetic sonogram" maximizes the accuracy of non-invasive testing for Down syndrome, said a Baylor College of Medicine researcher who was lead author of a landmark study in the current issue of Obstetrics an ...


Random DNA mix-ups not so random in cancer development

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers at the UC San Diego School of Medicine have pinpointed a mechanism that may help explain how chromosomal translocations - the supposedly random shuffling of large chunks of DNA that frequently lead to cancer - ...


Synthetic protein mimics structure, function of metalloprotein in nature

Synthetic protein mimics structure, function of metalloprotein in nature

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Scientists have designed a synthetic protein that is both a structural model and a functional model of a native protein, nitric-oxide reductase.


Why cancer cells just won't die (w/ Video)

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

When cells experience DNA damage, they'll try to repair it. But if that fails, the damaged cells are supposed to self-destruct, a process called apoptosis. A cancer researcher at Robarts Research Institute at The University ...


Drug shows promise for T315I-mutated chronic myeloid leukemia

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Results from a phase II clinical trial indicate a novel drug may provide a treatment option for chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) patients who do not respond to current therapies, researchers from The University of Texas M. ...


Reaching the summit of protein dynamics

Reaching the summit of protein dynamics

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Understanding the incredibly speedy atomic mechanisms at work when a protein transitions from one shape to another has been an elusive scientific goal for years, but an essential one for elucidating the full ...


New protein key for cell proliferation identified

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at McGill University have identified a protein that plays a key role in cell proliferation and is likely to promote cancer development. The work may lead to the development of new diagnostic tools ...


Researchers discover a way to strengthen proteins

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Proteins, which perform such vital roles in our bodies as building and maintaining tissues and regulating cellular processes, are a finicky lot. In order to work properly, they must be folded just so, yet many proteins readily ...


Researchers prove key cancer theory

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mayo Clinic researchers have proven the longstanding theory that changes in the number of whole chromosomes -- called aneuploidy -- can cause cancer by eliminating tumor suppressor genes. Their findings, which appear in the ...


A new target for lymphoma therapy

A new target for lymphoma therapy

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers at the Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine and the Immune Disease Institute at Children's Hospital Boston (PCMM/IDI) have found a link between a common mutation that can lead to cancer and ...



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