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Key protein that may cause cancer cell death identified

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

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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Reducing p38MAPK levels delays aging of multiple tissues in lab mice

Medicine & Health / Research

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

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 ...


New 3-D structural model of critical H1N1 protein developed

Chemistry / Biochemistry

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

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.


Key protein regulating inflammation may prove relevant to controlling sepsis

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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

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 ...


Landmark discovery of 'engine' that drives cell movement

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

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 ...


Gene enhancer in evolution of human opposable thumb

Medicine & Health / Genetics

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

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 ...


Miniature lab can detect deadly bird flu virus in 30 minutes

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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

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 ...


Distinguishing Friend from Foe in the Battle Against Cancer

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

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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