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Controlling key enzyme in brain offers clue for future obesity treatment

Controlling key enzyme in brain offers clue for future obesity treatment

Medicine & Health / Research

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The Sirt1 enzyme in the body has generated enormous attention as a possible secret to living longer. Some scientists believe that fasting and drinking wine appear to aid in this quest because both likely activate ...


New protein key for cell proliferation identified

Chemistry / Biochemistry

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at McGill University have identified a protein that plays a key role in cell proliferation and is likely to promote cancer development. The work may lead to the development of new diagnostic tools ...


New suppressor of common liver cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Tumor suppressor genes make proteins that help control cell growth. Mutations in these genes that generate nonfunctional proteins can contribute to tumor development and progression. One of the most well-known tumor suppressor ...


More blood vessels in hormone-resistant prostate tumors

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Patients with advanced prostate cancer are often treated with hormones, but when the tumours start growing again they have more and different blood vessels, reveals a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy, at the University ...


Study points way to development of drugs for deadly childhood leukemia

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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A new study could point the way to the development of better drugs to fight a deadly form of childhood leukemia called mixed-lineage leukemia (MLL).


Scientists uncover protective mechanism against liver cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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A team of scientists from the UC San Diego School of Medicine and Osaka University in Japan have identified a protein switch that helps prevent liver damage, including inflammation, fibrosis and cancer. The findings suggest ...


Less TV time may help overweight adults burn more calories, researcher says

Medicine & Health / Health

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Adults may stave off weight gain by simply spending less time watching television, according to a new study. Overweight adults who cut television time in half burned more calories as a result. ...


Low cholesterol transfer protein activity associated with heart disease risk

Medicine & Health / Research

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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 ...


Research on muscle development in pigs led to new basic knowledge on the evolution of mammals

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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Researchers at Uppsala University, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Broad Institute have discovered a previously unknown gene ZBED6 that is unique to placental mammals. The gene originates from a so called ...


Researchers tackle protein mechanisms behind limb regeneration

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The most comprehensive study to date of the proteins in a species of salamander that can regrow appendages may provide important clues to how similar regeneration could be induced in humans.



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