News tagged with endosome
Taking the conversation inside: Enhancing signals in cell interior
Mar 19, 2009 |
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Scientists used to think most of the exchange of information between cells was conducted at the surface, where cell receptors receive signals from other cells.
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Researchers create new 'smart' nanocapsule delivery system for use in protein therapy
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
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the delivery of healthy proteins directly into human cells to replace malfunctioning proteins — is considered one of the most direct and safe approaches for treating diseases. But its effectiveness has been limited by low ...
Gold Nanoparticles Delivery Platinum Warheads to Tumors
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Oct 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Cisplatin is one of the most powerful and effective drugs for treating a wide variety of cancers, but serious side effects ultimately limit the drug's use and effectiveness. Now, however, researchers have ...
New discovery reveals fate of nanoparticles in human cells
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Sep 22, 2009 |
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Scientists funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) have uncovered what happens to biomimetic nanoparticles when they enter human cells. They found that the important proteins that make ...
Researchers decipher blood stem cell attachment, communication
Mar 25, 2009 |
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Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have deciphered a key sequence of events governing whether the stem cells that produce red and white blood cells remain anchored to the bone marrow, or migrate into the circulatory ...
Researchers describe how cells take out the trash to prevent disease
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Nov 10, 2008 |
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Garbage collectors are important for removing trash; without them waste accumulates and can quickly become a health hazard. Similarly, individual cells that make up such biological organisms as humans also have sophisticated ...
Researchers describe how cells take out the trash to prevent disease
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Nov 03, 2008 |
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Garbage collectors are important for removing trash; without them waste accumulates and can quickly become a health hazard. Similarly, individual cells that make up such biological organisms as humans also ...
Scientists identify machinery that helps make memories
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Oct 30, 2008 |
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A major puzzle for neurobiologists is how the brain can modify one microscopic connection, or synapse, at a time in a brain cell and not affect the thousands of other connections nearby. Plasticity, the ability of the brain ...
Tick-borne encephalitis virus reveals its access code
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Oct 20, 2008 |
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Fritz et al. have identified an amino acid switch that flaviviruses flip to gain access to cells. Flaviviruses such as tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV), yellow fever, and dengue are dangerous human pathogens. These membrane-encircled ...
Scientists uncover Ebola cell-invasion strategy
Sep 03, 2008 |
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University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researchers have discovered a key biochemical link in the process by which the Ebola Zaire virus infects cells — a critical step to finding a way to treat the deadly disease ...
Gene silencer and quantum dots reduce protein production to a whisper
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Jun 23, 2008 |
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More than 15 years ago scientists discovered a way to stop a particular gene in its tracks. The Nobel Prize-winning finding holds tantalizing promise for medical science, but so far it has been difficult to ...
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