News tagged with protein markers
Imaging technique IDs plaques, tangles in brains of severely depressed older adults
Depression is one of the most common mental disorders in the elderly, but little is known about the underlying biology of its development in older adults.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 08, 2011 |
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Protein 'switches' could turn cancer cells into tiny chemotherapy factories
Johns Hopkins researchers have devised a protein "switch" that instructs cancer cells to produce their own anti-cancer medication.
Sep 23, 2011 |
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Researchers discover blood proteins associated with early development of lung cancer
A research team led by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has discovered proteins in the blood that are associated with early lung cancer development in mice and humans. The advance brings the reality of a blood test ...
Sep 12, 2011 |
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Cancer gene therapy from camels
Nanobodies produced from camel blood have unique properties, which can be used in future drug development. New research published in Journal of Controlled Release confirms that camel blood can help scientists in the fight ...
Jul 14, 2011 |
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Brain scan identifies patterns of plaques and tangles in adults with Down syndrome
In one of the first studies of its kind, UCLA researchers used a unique brain scan to assess the levels of amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles -- the hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease -- in adults with ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 13, 2011 |
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Oncolytic viruses effectively target and kill pancreatic cancer stem cells
Oncolytic viruses quickly infect and kill cancer stem cells, which may provide a treatment for tumors that are resistant to conventional chemotherapy and radiation, particularly pancreatic cancer, according to new research ...
May 09, 2011 |
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Protein snapshots reveal clues to breast cancer outcomes
Measuring the transfer of tiny amounts of energy from one protein to another on breast cancer cells has given scientists a detailed view of molecular interactions that could help predict how breast cancer patients will respond ...
May 05, 2011 |
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Simple blood test at discharge could help reduce hospital readmissions for heart failure patients
An inexpensive, routine blood test could hold the key to why some patients with congestive heart failure do well after being discharged from the hospital and why others risk relapse, costly readmission or death within a year, ...
Mar 01, 2011 |
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Poor sleep quality increases inflammation, study finds
People who sleep poorly or do not get enough sleep have higher levels of inflammation, a risk factor for heart disease and stroke, researchers have found.
Nov 14, 2010 |
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Engineered coral pigment helps scientists to observe protein movement
Scientists in Southampton, UK, and Ulm and Karlsruhe in Germany have shown that a variant form of a fluorescent protein (FP) originally isolated from a reef coral has excellent properties as a marker protein ...
Jul 27, 2010 |
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Cardiac biomarker indicates fluid overload in dialysis patients
Nephrologists must consider fluid overload effects when prescribing dialysis, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (CJASN). The fluid overload biomar ...
May 27, 2010 |
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Gene causes blue light to have a banana odor
German scientists have succeeded to genetically modify Drosophila (fruit fly) larvae allowing them to smell blue light. The research team can activate single receptor neurons out of 28 olfactory neurons in ...
May 26, 2010 |
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Ultrasound enhances noninvasive Down syndrome tests
The addition of a "genetic sonogram" maximizes the accuracy of non-invasive testing for Down syndrome, said a Baylor College of Medicine researcher who was lead author of a landmark study in the current issue of Obstetrics an ...
Nov 20, 2009 |
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Nanoscopic probes can track down and attack cancer cells
A researcher has developed probes that can help pinpoint the location of tumors and might one day be able to directly attack cancer cells.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Mar 16, 2009 |
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