News tagged with protein activity


Major advance in cell reprogramming technology

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In a paper publishing online April 23rd in Cell Stem Cell, a Cell Press journal, Dr. Sheng Ding and colleagues from the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, report an important step forward in the race to mak ...





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'Anti-Atkins' low protein diet extends lifespan in flies

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Flies fed an "anti-Atkins" low protein diet live longer because their mitochondria function better. The research, done at the Buck Institute for Age Research, shows that the molecular mechanisms responsible for the lifespan ...


Low cholesterol transfer protein activity associated with heart disease risk

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Although seen as a potential heart disease therapy, raising high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels by inhibiting activity of a transfer protein may not be effective, a new study suggests. Scientists at the Jean ...


Two genes cooperate to cause aggressive leukemia

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...


Intrinsic changes in protein shape influence drug binding

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Computational biologists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have shown that proteins have an intrinsic ability to change shape, and this is required for their biological activity. This shape-changing also ...


Scientists pinpoint protein link to fat storage

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A protein found present in all cells in the body could help scientists better understand how we store fat.


Researchers find potential treatment for Huntington's disease (w/ Video)

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Investigators at Burnham Institute for Medical Research, the University of British Columbia's Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics and the University of California, San Diego have found that normal synaptic activity ...


Breakthrough uses light to manipulate cell movement

Breakthrough uses light to manipulate cell movement

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1

One of the biggest challenges in scientists' quest to develop new and better treatments for cancer is gaining a better understanding of how and why cancer spreads. Recent breakthroughs have uncovered how ...


Of Mutants and Mechanisms: Researching Growth-Regulation Proteins That Underlie Cancer

Of Mutants and Mechanisms: Researching Growth-Regulation Proteins That Underlie Cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) --A University of Arkansas researcher will study potential cancer-causing mutants of a protein involved in cell growth regulation, thanks to a supplemental grant from the National Institutes ...


Synthetic protein mimics structure, function of metalloprotein in nature

Synthetic protein mimics structure, function of metalloprotein in nature

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Scientists have designed a synthetic protein that is both a structural model and a functional model of a native protein, nitric-oxide reductase.


Antioxidant controls spinal cord development

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine have discovered how one antioxidant protein controls the activity of another protein, critical for the development of spinal cord neurons. The research, publishing this ...



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