News tagged with coupled receptor

Structure of vital protein complex, G protein-coupled receptors, described in unprecedented detail

Three international teams of scientists, led by researchers at the University of California San Diego, University of Michigan and Stanford University, have published a trio of papers describing in unprecedented ...

Medicine & Health / Research

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Common drugs initiate a molecular pas de quatre at the surface of the cell membrane

G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are popular drug targets, accounting for about one-third of approved drugs and many hundreds of drugs currently in development. They act as molecular switches that transduce extracellular ...

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Targeted cancer therapy kills prostate tumor cells

A new targeted therapy for prostate cancer halts tumor growth in animals with advanced prostate cancer that is resistant to hormone therapy, a new study finds. The results will be presented Saturday at The Endocrine Society's ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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New clues for asthma treatment

(PhysOrg.com) -- New information that could help in the fight against asthma has been obtained by an international collaboration of scientists utilizing the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Photon ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Research on rarely studied cell-receptor regions opens door to eliminating drugs' side effects

Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have taken an early step toward identifying a new approach to drug discovery that may eventually yield drugs with fewer side effects.

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Study Unravels Detail of 'Most Important' Cellular Signal

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study provides crucial details that promise to help researchers better understand, and perhaps fine-tune with drugs, one of the most important signaling mechanisms in human cells, according to a study ...

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