News tagged with faulty protein
Mystery solved: Tiny protein-activator responsible for brain cell damage in Huntington disease
Jun 04, 2009 |
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Johns Hopkins brain scientists have figured out why a faulty protein accumulates in cells everywhere in the bodies of people with Huntington's disease (HD), but only kills cells in the part of the brain that controls movement, ...
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The downside of microtubule stability
Jun 15, 2009 |
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Stalled microtubules might be responsible for some cases of the neurological disorder Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease, Tanabe and Takei report in the Journal of Cell Biology . A mutant protein makes the mi ...
Drug fights cystic fibrosis
Medicine & Health / Medications
Feb 05, 2008 |
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An experimental drug that has proven effective in treating muscular dystrophy also works for cystic fibrosis, according to researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).
RNA toxicity contributes to neurodegenerative disease, scientists say
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May 21, 2008 |
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Expanding on prior research performed at the University of Pennsylvania, Penn biologists have determined that faulty RNA, the blueprint that creates mutated, toxic proteins, contributes to a family of neurodegenerative ...
A fantastic voyage brought to life
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 15, 2009 |
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Ever since the 1966 Hollywood movie, doctors have imagined a real-life Fantastic Voyage -- a medical vehicle shrunk small enough to "submarine" in and fix faulty cells in the body. Thanks to new research by ...
New hope for Huntington's sufferers
Aug 22, 2007 |
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A major breakthrough in the understanding and potential treatment of Huntington's disease has been made by scientists at the University of Leeds.
A surprise 'spark' for pre-cancerous colon polyps
May 14, 2009 |
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Researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah studied the events leading to colon cancer and found that an unexpected protein serves as the "spark" that triggers formation of colon polyps, the precursors ...
Connection between startled response and schizophrenia
Nov 13, 2007 |
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Schizophrenia is a debilitating psychiatric illness. Its cause is currently poorly understood, and there is no known cure. In a new study published online this week in the open-access journal PLoS Biology, Akiko ...
Faulty cell membrane repair causes heart disease
Jul 03, 2007 |
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During vigorous exercise, heart muscle cells take a beating. In fact, some of those cells rupture, and if not for a repair process capable of resealing cell membranes, those cells would die and cause heart damage (cardiomyopathy).
New gene discovered for new form of intellectual disability
Apr 24, 2008 |
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The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) has discovered a new form of intellectual disability involving mental retardation (MR) along with the eye defect retinitis pigmentosa (RP). CAMH also discovered the previously ...
Brain disorder suggests common mechanism may underlie many neurodegenerative diseases
Jan 11, 2009 |
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A Mayo Clinic-led international consortium has found a mechanism that may help explain Parkinson's and other neurological disorders.
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