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Key protein that may cause cancer cell death identified

Researchers at A*STAR's Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB) have become the first to discover and characterize a human protein called Bax-beta (Baxβ), which can potentially cause the death of cancer cells ...

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created Jan 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1




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Scientists make headway for cancer treatment and cancer prevention with landmark discovery

Scientists at A*STAR's Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB) have made a landmark discovery in the battle against the rapid spread of aggressive cancers associated with PRL-3 oncoprotein . Contrary to the current ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists perform genome-wide study of human stem cells

A team of scientists from Singapore led by the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) and the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), two biomedical research institutes of Singapore's Agency of Science, Technology and ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 18, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists score 'hat-trick' against cancer

Scientists from Singapore's Agency of Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) have made three successive breakthroughs in key areas of cancer research. Their work, published in top scientific journals Cancer Cell, Nature ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 13, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Reducing p38MAPK levels delays aging of multiple tissues in lab mice

In the new issue of the Developmental Cell journal, a team of scientists at Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and the University of North Carolina School of Medicine at Chapel Hill, report resear ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New 3-D structural model of critical H1N1 protein developed

Singapore scientists report an evolutionary analysis of a critical protein produced by the 2009 H1N1 influenza A virus strain in Biology Direct journal's May 20 issue.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Key protein regulating inflammation may prove relevant to controlling sepsis

Scientists at Singapore's Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), under the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), have identified the protein, WIP1, as the molecular "brake" that curbs severe inflammation ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Landmark discovery of 'engine' that drives cell movement

This research by Thomas Leung, Ph.D., and his team in the GSK-IMCB Group at the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), under Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research, is fundamental to the understanding ...

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created Oct 06, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Gene enhancer in evolution of human opposable thumb

Scientists have discovered a gene enhancer, known as HACNS1, that may have contributed to the evolution of the uniquely opposable human thumb, and possibly also modifications in the ankle or foot that allow humans to walk ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Sep 04, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Miniature lab can detect deadly bird flu virus in 30 minutes

Researchers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN), Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB) and Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) have successfully developed a miniaturized device that can be ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 23, 2007 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Distinguishing Friend from Foe in the Battle Against Cancer

The latest generation of cancer chemotherapeutic drugs specifically targets mutant enzymes or “oncoproteins” that have run amok and now promote uncontrolled cell growth. As promising as these drugs are, cancer cells with ...

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created Sep 11, 2006 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0


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