News tagged with human cells
McGill researchers identify key genetic factors which can lead to cancer
Nov 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at McGill University have discovered a previously unknown series of interactions between genes that control whether cells become cancerous. The discovery may lead to a new generation of targeted ...
Mount Sinai leads unprecedented attempt to discover rules for assembling human tissue
Sep 24, 2009 |
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Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine and two other academic institutions have received federal funding to systematically assemble functional human kidney tissue from tissue modeled on a computer. If successful, ...
Evolution still scientifically stable
Sep 14, 2009 |
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An international team of researchers, including Monash University biochemists, has discovered evidence at the molecular level in support of one of the key tenets of Darwin's theory of evolution.
From cell division to ageing: Scientists locate main cell switches
Aug 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Protein function and gene expression are often regulated by reversible modifications of already existing proteins. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry and the University ...
Link uncovered between viral RNA and human immune response
Aug 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In its fight against an intruding virus, an enzyme in our immune system may sense certain types of viral RNA pairs, according to scientists.
Gorillas are new source of HIV, scientists reveal
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Aug 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have discovered that gorillas are a source of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), having diagnosed a Cameroonian woman living in Paris with a strain that is different to those previously ...
New electron microscopy images reveal the assembly of HIV
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jun 23, 2009 |
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Scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and the University Clinic Heidelberg, Germany, have produced a three-dimensional reconstruction of HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), which shows ...
New study reveals structure of the HIV protein shell
Jun 12, 2009 |
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New research by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute and other institutions provides a close-up look at the cone-shaped shell that is the hallmark of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), revealing how ...
Newly discovered reactions from an old drug may lead to new antibiotics
Jun 01, 2009 |
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A mineral found at health food stores could be the key to developing a new line of antibiotics for bacteria that commonly cause diarrhea, tooth decay and, in some severe cases, death.
In a rare disorder, a familiar protein disrupts gene function
May 27, 2009 |
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As reported this week in the open-access journal PLoS Biology, an international team of scientists studying a rare genetic disease has discovered that a bundle of proteins already known to be important for keeping chromo ...
Why do people with Down syndrome have less cancer?
May 20, 2009 |
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Most cancers are rare in people with Down syndrome, whose overall cancer mortality is below 10 percent of that in the general population. Since they have an extra copy of chromosome 21, it's been proposed that people with ...
Protein from algae shows promise for stopping SARS
May 20, 2009 |
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A protein from algae may have what it takes to stop Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) infections, according to new research. A recent study has found that mice treated with the protein, Griffithsin (GRFT), had a 100 ...
Carbon nanotubes and the environment
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
May 05, 2009 |
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Carbon nanotubes have made a meteoric career in the past 15 years, even if their applications are still limited. Recent research results show that - apart from their favorable mechanical and electrical properties ...
New view of HIV entry may lead to next generation of inhibitors
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Apr 30, 2009 |
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Scientists may need to rethink the design of drugs meant to block HIV from infecting human cells, according to a study that appears in the May 1st issue of the journal Cell, a Cell Press publication. That's because the ne ...
Prostate cancer immunotherapy significantly prolongs survival in men with advanced prostate cancer
Apr 29, 2009 |
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Sipuleucel-T (Provenge), an experimental immunotherapy improved survival in men with metastatic disease, according to new results to be presented April 28 at the American Urological Association (AUA) Annual Scientific Meeting ...
