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Variant form of amyloid beta hinders amyloidogenesis, development of Alzheimer's disease
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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 ...
Brain damage found in cognitively normal people with Alzheimer's marker
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Mar 10, 2009 |
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Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have linked a potential indicator of Alzheimer's disease to brain damage in humans with no signs of mental impairment.
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Enzyme with a Sugar Antenna: Researchers achieve semisynthesis of homogeneous glycoproteins
Jan 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- More than half of all human proteins, as well as many important pharmaceutical agents, are glycoproteins, which means that they contain sugar components. In general, natural glycoproteins ...
Scientists begin to untangle root cause of Alzheimer's disease
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Sep 03, 2009 |
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In a research report published online in the FASEB Journal, an international team of scientists describe how the N60 fragment of the RanBP9 protein increases the production of the amyloid beta protein, which is present in ...
New mechanism explains how the body prevents formation of blood vessels
Nov 11, 2009 |
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Researchers at Uppsala University, in collaboration with colleagues in Sweden and abroad, have identified an entirely new mechanism by which a specific protein in the body inhibits formation of new blood vessels. Inhibiting ...
Linking 2 molecular pieces of the Alzheimer's puzzle
Oct 03, 2007 |
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Researchers have uncovered a biological link between the protein whose mutation causes early-onset Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and a gene variant linked to late-onset AD. The researchers said their finding could lead to new ...
Destroying amyloid proteins with lasers
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Jan 07, 2009 |
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Researchers have found that a technique used to visualize amyloid fibers in the laboratory might have the potential to destroy them in the clinic. The technique involves zapping the fluorescently-tagged fibers with a laser, ...
Double duty: Loss of protective heart failure protein causes high blood pressure
May 05, 2008 |
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Scientists at the Center for Translational Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia have found that a protein that appears to have protective and perhaps healing effects for failing hearts also plays a similar ...
Researchers discover a protein that amplifies cell death
Jan 15, 2009 |
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Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have identified a small intracellular protein that helps cells commit suicide. The finding, reported as the "paper of the week" in the ...
MIT biologists solve vitamin puzzle
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Mar 21, 2007 |
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Solving a mystery that has puzzled scientists for decades, MIT and Harvard researchers have discovered the final piece of the synthesis pathway of vitamin B12-the only vitamin synthesized exclusively by microorganisms.
Model shows how mutation tips biochemistry to cause Alzheimer's
May 12, 2008 |
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Your fate can be determined by tiny events. Imagine you live in the city and you walk everywhere to get exercise – you are healthy and not afraid of getting mugged. You almost never eat breakfast so you don’t stop at the ...
New insights into cause of diabetes emerge from U-M research
Apr 30, 2008 |
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University of Michigan researchers have new clues to what goes awry at the cellular level in type 2 diabetes.
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