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Type of connection procedure after pancreatic surgery influenced rate of pancreatic fistula

After surgery to remove the head of the pancreas, invagination of the pancreas into the small intestine resulted in a lower rate of pancreatic fistula, according to researchers at the Jefferson Pancreas, Biliary and Related ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Cell-CT: A new dimension in breast cancer research

Despite advances in both the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer, the disease remains a leading worldwide health concern.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New mitochondria mechanism identified

A team of researchers led by the University of Freiburg in Germany has identified a novel mechanism that plays a key role in the architecture and functioning of mitochondria - the power plants of the cell, ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 27, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Spiral constriction -- how dynamin mediates cellular nutrient uptake

Dr. Katja Falber and Professor Oliver Daumke, structural biologists at the Max Delbruck Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch, together with researchers from Freie Universität (FU) Berlin, have determined the ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mechanism of sculpting the plasma membrane of intestinal cells identified

The research group of Professor Pekka Lappalainen at the Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, has identified a previously unknown mechanism which modifies the structure of plasma membranes in intestinal epithelial ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers discover the mechanism that determines cell position in the intestinal epithelium

How do cells know where to position themselves and where to accumulate in order to carry out their functions correctly within each organ? Researchers with the Colorectal Cancer Lab at IRB Barcelona have revealed the molecular ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Insights into the story of the eye

(PhysOrg.com) -- Although it is well established that embryonic stem cells (ESCs) have the capacity to develop into every adult cell type in the body, mysteries abound regarding the process by which the differentiation ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Shedding light on the elegant mechanisms that control the push and shove of cells in living organisms

The many amazing photomicrographs on display at the entrance to the Electron Microscope Laboratory in the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology (CDB) were all taken by laboratory leader Shigenobu Yonemura ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Multiple lipomas within jejunal duplication cyst

A research team from China reported a case of 68-year-old man complaining of abdominal bloating for 10 d due to multiple lipomas arising from jejunal duplication cysts. This case highlights intestinal lipoma as an uncommon ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created May 07, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research suggests core nuclear pore elements shared by all eukaryotes

(PhysOrg.com) -- For perhaps 1.8 billion years after life first emerged on Earth, a sort of evolutionary writer’s block stalled the development of organisms more complicated than single cells. Then, a burst of experimental ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jul 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

How mitochondria get their membranes bent

Underneath their smooth surface mitochondria harbor an elaborately folded inner membrane. It holds a multitude of bottleneck like invaginations, which expand into elongated cavities. Now researchers have identified two proteins ...

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created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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