News tagged with repair
Protein plays unexpected role protecting chromosome tips
Aug 13, 2009 |
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A protein specialist that opens the genomic door for DNA repair and gene expression also turns out to be a multi-tasking workhorse that protects the tips of chromosomes and dabbles in a protein-destruction ...
Scientists uncover function of potential cancer-causing gene product
Aug 09, 2009 |
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The Stowers Institute's Conaway Lab has uncovered a previously unknown function of a gene product called Amplified in Liver Cancer 1 (Alc1), which may play a role in the onset of cancer. The work was published yesterday by ...
Protein complex key in avoiding DNA repair mistakes, cancer
Aug 05, 2009 |
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As the body creates antibodies to fight invaders, a three-protein DNA repair complex called MRN is crucial for a normal gene-shuffling process to proceed properly, University of Michigan research shows.
Finding the Right Connection after Spinal Cord Injury
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 02, 2009 |
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In a major step in spinal cord injury research, scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have demonstrated that regenerating axons can be guided to their correct targets and ...
Solving the mystery of DNA repair
Jul 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Penny Beuning, an assistant professor of chemical biology and biotechnology at Northeastern, this month received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early-Career Development grant ...
'Sloppier copier' surprisingly efficient
Jul 15, 2009 |
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The "sloppier copier" discovered by USC biologists is also the best sixth man in the DNA repair game, an article in the journal Nature shows.
Study identifies potential fix for damaged knees
Jul 09, 2009 |
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Investigators from Hospital for Special Surgery have shown that a biodegradable scaffold or plug can be used to treat patients with damaged knee cartilage. The study is unique in that it used serial magnetic resonance imaging ...
Rampant helper syndrome: Methane-producing molecule can also repair DNA
Jul 02, 2009 |
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The Archaea are single-celled organisms and a domain unto themselves, quite apart from the so called eukaryotes, being bacteria and higher organisms. Many species live under extreme conditions, and carry out unique biochemical ...
DNA's repair system studied in hopes of better cancer treatments
Jul 02, 2009 |
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For a human cell, this is a scary world. Each of the 60 trillion or so cells in the average person's body is damaged tens of thousands, perhaps a million, times a day, scientists say.
Genetically engineered mice yield clues to 'knocking out' cancer
Jul 01, 2009 |
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Deleting two genes in mice responsible for repairing DNA strands damaged by oxidation leads to several types of tumors, providing additional evidence that such stress contributes to the development of cancer. ...
MS study offers theory for why repair of brain's wiring fails
Jul 01, 2009 |
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Scientists have uncovered new evidence suggesting that damage to nerve cells in people with multiple sclerosis accumulates because the body's natural mechanism for repair of the nerve coating called "myelin" stalls out.
BRIT1 allows DNA repair teams access to damaged sites
Jun 19, 2009 |
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Like a mechanic popping the hood of a car to get at a faulty engine, a tumor-suppressing protein allows cellular repair mechanisms to pounce on damaged DNA by overcoming a barrier to DNA access.
Total Laparoscopic Aortic Surgery Is Feasible, Shows Satisfactory Results
Jun 13, 2009 |
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Recently the use of laparoscopy for vascular procedures has been limited by difficulties in aortic exposure and anastomosis techniques, as well as the concurrent competitive progress of endovascular surgery. For aortic repair, ...
NASA clears Atlantis for Monday launch to Hubble
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 10, 2009 |
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(AP) -- After months of delay, NASA cleared space shuttle Atlantis for a Monday launch to the Hubble Space Telescope.
Lithium may help radiation target cancer, spare healthy tissue
May 04, 2009 |
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Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center investigators have uncovered a mechanism that helps explain how lithium, a drug widely used to treat bipolar mood disorder, also protects the brain from damage that occurs during radiation ...
