News tagged with protein family

Same genes linked to early- and late-onset Alzheimer's disease

The same gene mutations linked to inherited, early-onset Alzheimer's disease have been found in people with the more common late-onset form of the illness.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Small molecule hobbles dengue in vitro and in vivo

A novel compound inhibits dengue virus, as well as other closely related important human pathogens. The research is published in the September 2011 issue of the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In next-gen DNA sequence, new answers to a rare and devastating disease

In Leigh syndrome, infants are born apparently healthy only to develop movement and breathing disorders that worsen over time, often leading to death by the age of 3. The problem is that the mitochondria responsible for powering ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study: Low-income families' diets often fall short in nutrition

(Medical Xpress) -- More than seven in 10 low-income families in a new University of Nebraska-Lincoln study struggled to reach adequate levels of nutrition in their diet, researchers said.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Small change makes a big difference for ion channels

Using a high-resolution single-molecule study technique, University of Illinois researchers have seen the very subtle differences between two branches of an important family of neurotransmitter-gated ion channels.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study analyzes role of PARP enzyme in eukaryotes

An Ohio State University molecular biologist leveraged a supercomputer to help better define the family tree of a group of enzymes that have been implicated in a wide range of human diseases and are important ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 08, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Where did you get those eyes and that brain?

A family history of Alzheimer's disease significantly increases the risk for developing this disorder, but a new study in Biological Psychiatry suggests that which of your parents has the disease is very important.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 15, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New clues about mitochondrial 'growth spurts'

Mitochondria are restless, continually merging and splitting. But contrary to conventional wisdom, the size of these organelles depends on more than fusion and fission, as Berman et al. show. Mitochondrial ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The heart disease mutation carried by 60 million

Heart disease is the number one killer in the world and India carries more than its share of this burden. Moreover, the problem is set to rise: it is predicted that by 2010 India's population will suffer approximately 60% ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jan 18, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0