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How mitochondria get their membranes bent
Jun 24, 2009 |
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Underneath their smooth surface mitochondria harbor an elaborately folded inner membrane. It holds a multitude of bottleneck like invaginations, which expand into elongated cavities. Now researchers have identified two proteins ...
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Systems properties of insulin signaling revealed
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Jun 20, 2008 |
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A team of Swedish researchers has characterized novel systems properties of insulin signaling in human fat cells. Their mathematical modeling, described in an article published June 20th in the open-access journal PLoS Co ...
Stripes key to nanoparticle drug delivery
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Jun 09, 2008 |
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In work that could at the same time impact the delivery of drugs and explain a biological mystery, MIT engineers have created the first synthetic nanoparticles that can penetrate a cell without poking a hole ...
Protective pathway in stressed cells not so helpful when it comes to prions
Sep 15, 2008 |
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Scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have discovered that an important cellular quality control mechanism may actually be toxic to some brain cells during prion infection. The research, published by Cell ...
New clue emerges for cellular damage in Huntington's disease
Nov 17, 2008 |
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"Huntington's disease presents an ideal vantage point to study neurodegenerative disease, because we know the misfolded protein that's responsible," says Martin Duennwald, formerly a postdoctoral researcher in the lab of ...
Scientists determine drug target for the most potent botulinum neurotoxin
Apr 29, 2008 |
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Botulinum neurotoxin – responsible for the deadly food poisoning disease botulism and for the beneficial effects of smoothing out facial wrinkles – can also be used as a dreaded biological weapon. When ingested or inhaled, ...
MicroRNAs as tumor suppressors
Apr 16, 2007 |
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In the May 1st issue of Genes & Development, Drs. Yong Sun Lee and Anindya Dutta (UVA) reveal that microRNAs can function as tumor suppressors in vitro.
Improving vaccines to trigger T cell as well as antibody response
Sep 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Killed or disabled viruses have proven safe and effective for vaccinating billions worldwide against smallpox, polio, measles, influenza and many other diseases.
Scientists unwrap the elements of life
Oct 22, 2008 |
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Researchers at Newcastle University have taken a step forward in our understanding of how the fundamental building blocks of life are put together.
RNA on the move
Nov 26, 2009 |
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In the fruit fly Drosophila, oskar mRNA, which is involved in defining the animal’s body axes, is produced in the nuclei of nurse cells neighbouring the oocyte, and must be transported to the oocyte and along ...
Pathway links inflammation, angiogenesis and breast cancer
Aug 09, 2007 |
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A well-known inflammatory protein spawns an enzyme that inactivates two tumor-suppressing genes, ultimately triggering production of new blood vessels to nourish breast cancer cells, researchers at The University of Texas ...
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