News tagged with protein translation
Mutations within a conservative region of HCV affects the therapy
Mar 30, 2009 |
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At least 200 million individuals are currently infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) worldwide. Approximately 30%-50% of patients respond to interferon/ribavirin combination therapy. Response to interferon therapy depends ...
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New target to enhance anti-cancer drug sensitivity found in translation
Jun 12, 2008 |
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The development of resistance to anticancer chemotherapeutic agents remains a large problem. In some cases, such resistance is associated with altered control of a cellular process known as translation, which is central to ...
New protein key for cell proliferation identified
Dec 14, 2009 |
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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 ...
Repressive protein plays unexpected role in odor adaptation
Jan 14, 2009 |
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New research provides valuable insight into the molecular mechanisms that allow experience to influence behavior. The study, published by Cell Press in the January 15th issue of the journal Neuron, shows that a normally repres ...
Scientists capture the first image of memories being made
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 18, 2009 |
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The ability to learn and to establish new memories is essential to our daily existence and identity; enabling us to navigate through the world. A new study by researchers at the Montreal Neurological Institute ...
A new control mechanism for genetic code translation discovered in bacteria
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Feb 14, 2008 |
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Almost all organisms, from bacteria to human beings, share the same genetic code, a group of universal instructions used to convert DNA or RNA sequences into proteins, the “building blocks” of life. Identification of the ...
Johns Hopkins neuroscientists discover a critical early step of memory formation
Sep 15, 2008 |
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Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine report in the July issue of Neuron how nerve cells in the brain ensure that Arc, a protein critical for memory formation, is made instantly after nerve stimul ...
Scientists uncovered molecular machinery related to stem cell fate
Jun 26, 2009 |
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The Stowers Institute's Xie Lab has revealed how the BAM protein affects germline stem cell differentiation and how it is involved in regulating the quality of stem cells through intercellular competition. The work was published ...
Worm provides clues about preventing damage caused by low-oxygen during stroke, heart attack
Jan 29, 2009 |
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Neurobiologists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified pathways that allow microscopic worms to survive in a low-oxygen, or hypoxic, environment.
Mechanism of microRNAs deciphered
May 16, 2007 |
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Over 30% of our genes are under the control of small molecules called microRNAs. They prevent specific genes from being turned into protein and regulate many crucial processes like cell division and development, but how they ...
Researchers shed light on mechanism of action used by anti-cancer drug
Jun 11, 2007 |
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Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center researchers have uncovered a new mechanism of action of the anti-cancer drug sorafenib, which could stimulate the development of novel regimens in which it is combined ...
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