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Polycystins : proteins that regulate the cellular barometer

Polycystins : proteins that regulate the cellular barometer

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

What is the role of proteins called polycystins in patients with polycystic kidney disease? A team of researchers from CNRS and INSERM, led by Eric Honoré from the Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire ...


UCSD researchers pave the way for effective liver treatments

Researchers pave the way for effective liver treatments

Medicine & Health / Research

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

A combination of bioengineering and medical research at the University of California, San Diego has led to a new discovery that could pave the way for more effective treatments for liver disease.


Calculating gene and protein connections in a Parkinson's disease model

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers have created an algorithm that meshes existing data to produce a clearer step-by-step flow chart of how cells respond to stimuli. Using this new method, Whitehead Institute and Massachusetts Institute of Technology ...


Immune cells contribute to the development of Parkinson's disease

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 22, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Parkinson disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that impairs movement, balance, speech, and other functions. It is characterized by the loss of nerves in the brain that produce a substance known as dopamine. Although the ...


Broccoli could reverse the heart damaging effects of diabetes

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 06, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (14) | comments 0

Researchers have discovered eating broccoli could undo the damage caused by diabetes to heart blood vessels.