News tagged with metabolic state
Metabolic state of brain cancer stem cells significantly different than the cancer cells they create
The metabolic state of glioma stem cells, which give rise to deadly glioblastomas, is significantly different from that of the brain cancer cells to which they give birth, a factor which helps those stem cells avoid treatment ...
Sep 06, 2011 |
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Longevity breakthrough: The metabolic state of mitochondria controls life span
If you think life's too short, then you're not alone. A team of scientists from Texas set out to find what it would take to live a very long life and they made important discoveries that bring longer life spans much closer ...
Dec 01, 2010 |
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Study identifies potential way to reverse cancer cell metabolism and tumor growth
A team of scientists led by Professor Adrian Krainer, Ph.D., of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory has discovered molecular factors in cancer cells that boost the production of an enzyme that helps alter the cells' glucose metabolism. ...
Jan 22, 2010 |
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Research may hold key to maintaining embryonic stem cells in lab
In a new study that could transform embryonic stem cell (ES cell) research, scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered why mouse ES cells can be easily grown in a laboratory while other mammalian ...
Jul 09, 2009 |
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Long-sought protein structure may help reveal how 'gene switch' works (Video)
The bacterium behind one of mankind's deadliest scourges, tuberculosis, is helping researchers at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Department of Energy's Brookhaven ...
Feb 07, 2009 |
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Scientists unlock possible aging secret in genetically altered fruit fly
Brown University researchers have identified a cellular mechanism that could someday help fight the aging process.
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Jan 22, 2009 |
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