News tagged with plasma proteins

DGK-alpha helps cancer cells gain traction and mobilize

Metastasizing cancer cells often express integrins that provide better traction. A new study in The Journal of Cell Biology reveals how a lipid-converting enzyme helps the cells mobilize these integrins.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Notre Dame researchers report fundamental malaria discovery

A team of researchers led by Kasturi Haldar and Souvik Bhattacharjee of the University of Notre Dame's Center for Rare and Neglected Diseases has made a fundamental discovery in understanding how malaria parasites cause deadly ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Towards more effective treatment for multiple myeloma

A new study from SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, shows that MAL3-101, a recently developed inhibitor of the heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70), appears to have potent anti-tumor effects on multiple myeloma, ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Nanoparticle proteomics: Characterizing protein-nanoparticle interactions in biofluids

New insights about how the human body interacts with nanoparticles at the protein level were published by an EMSL user team in the December 2011 issue 23 of Proteomics.

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Plasma treatment zaps viruses before they can attack cells

Researchers test a pre-emptive anti-viral treatment on a common virus known to cause respiratory infections.

Physics / Plasma Physics

created Dec 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researcher develops model to foster new drug development to treat pain and epilepsy

Drawing on X-ray crystallography and experimental data, as well as a software suite for predicting and designing protein structures, a UC Davis School of Medicine researcher has developed an algorithm that predicts what has ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers uncover new function for cell master regulator

(PhysOrg.com) -- TORC1 is a master regulator in cells, playing a key role in such diverse processes as gene expression and protein synthesis. While previous studies have described the role that TORC1 plays ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Poor recycling of BACE1 enzyme could promote Alzheimer's disease

Sluggish recycling of a protein-slicing enzyme could promote Alzheimer's disease, according to a study published online on November 21 in The Journal of Cell Biology.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study shows Alzheimer's disease-related peptides form toxic calcium channels in the plasma membrane

Alzheimer's disease is triggered by the inappropriate processing of amyloid precursor protein to generate excess amounts of short peptide fragments called A-beta. For many years, the neurodegeneration associated with Alzheimer's ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Addressing how cigarettes cause cardiovascular disease

Although cigarette smoking has long been linked to cardiovascular disease, scientists are still on the lookout for insights into how smoking causes this disease. A team of researchers at Pacific Northwest ...

Medicine & Health / Health

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

Learning secrets of world's most common organic compound driving research for biofuels

Preliminary research at Kansas State University may make a difference one day at the gas pump.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Aug 23, 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

Awaiting orders to retaliate

(Medical Xpress) -- When immune system B cells are alerted to the presence of a threat within the body, they form structures called germinal centers, which serve as ad hoc headquarters for marshaling a targeted ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Addressing high false-positive rates for mammograms

We've heard it repeatedly: early detection is key to surviving breast cancer. But even with recent advances in mammography, finding indications of breast cancer before it can metastasize remains a problem. Scientists at Pacific ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New path to water efficient seeds opens as TIP pips PIP as water gatekeeper

Research by University of Warwick's School of Life Sciences has opened up a new path to produce water efficient seeds that will be a significant tool to cope with drought resistance, and ensure global food ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast