News tagged with mutated protein
Enzyme fights mutated protein in inherited Parkinson's disease
Jun 26, 2009 |
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An enzyme that naturally occurs in the brain helps destroy the mutated protein that is the most common cause of inherited Parkinson's disease, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.
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Promising new treatment for Alzheimer's suggested
Jul 20, 2009 |
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Research carried out at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has resulted in a promising approach to help treat Alzheimer's disease in a significant proportion of the population that suffers from a particularly rapid development ...
Variant form of amyloid beta hinders amyloidogenesis, development of Alzheimer's disease
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 12, 2009 |
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Alzheimer's disease causes misfolding and aggregation of a protein fragment known as amyloid beta and its deposition as plaques in the brain. This process triggers a cascade of event that leads to neurodegeneration. A new ...
Two genes cooperate to cause aggressive leukemia
Nov 03, 2009 |
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Two genes, each one of which is known to cause cancer on its own, together can lead to aggressive leukaemia. This is the conclusion from new research carried out on gene-modified mice at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University ...
Cancer-causing protein can also help fight the tumors it causes
Jun 18, 2009 |
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Oncogenes are genes that when mutated or expressed in high concentrations can cause normal cells to become cancerous. Now research from Tel Aviv University is demonstrating that Ras, one of the first oncogenes ...
Scientists determine 3D structure of proteins in living cells for the first time
Mar 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Glasgow scientist was part of a team of researchers which has, for the first time, been able to determine the three-dimensional structure of protein in living cells.
New cancer treatment targets both tumor cells and blood vessels
Jun 18, 2008 |
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[B]MU researchers develop nontoxic treatment that has broad anti-cancer potential[/B] It takes more than one punch to fight tumors. Often, tumors have more than one way of surviving, and attacking the tumor alone is not ...
Researchers Identify New Protein Important in Breast Cancer Gene's Role in DNA Repair
Mar 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For years, researchers have known that under normal conditions, the breast cancer protein BRCA1 orchestrates the repair of damaged DNA, but the details of just how BRCA1 moves to the damaged ...
Researchers discover cell's 'quality control' mechanism
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Jul 29, 2008 |
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Researchers in Japan and Canada have discovered a key component of the quality control mechanism that operates inside human cells – sometimes too well. The breakthrough has significant implications for the development of ...
Stabilizing cancer-fighting p53 can also shield a metastasis-promoter
May 22, 2008 |
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Efforts to protect the tumor-suppressor p53 could just as easily shelter a mutant version of the protein, causing cancer cells to thrive and spread rather than die, according to research by scientists at The University of ...
Protein-protein interaction explains vision loss in genetic diseases
May 10, 2009 |
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The mystery of genetic disease is only partially solved with the identification of a mutated gene. Often, the pattern of disease - the features or disorders associated with it - vary in type and severity among those who are ...
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