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Researchers find explanation for rapid maturation of neurons at birth
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 17, 2009 |
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At the moment a newborn switches from amniotic fluid to breathing air, another profound shift occurs: nerve cells in the brain convert from hyperexcitability to a calm frame against which outside signals can be detected.
The evolution of gene regulation: How microbial neighbors settle differences
May 26, 2009 |
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Supply and demand could be a governing principle even at the genetic level, because most genes are only expressed when needed. Biologists at the Ludwigs-Maximilians-Universitat in Munich, Germany, show that in microbes evolutionary ...
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Muscling in on a mystery protein: Study of brawny pigs reveals key player in the genome
Dec 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For thousands of years, humans have bred pigs for desirable traits, such as more muscle and less fat in the meat. Domestication makes animals ideal models for studying how genes control physical ...
All tied up: Tethered protein provides long-sought answer
Sep 22, 2009 |
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The tools of biochemistry have finally caught up with lactose repressor protein. Biologists from Rice University in Houston and the University of Florence in Italy this week published new results about "lac ...
Inner workings of molecular thermostat point to pathways to fight diabetes, obesity
Sep 11, 2009 |
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Best known as the oxygen-carrying component of hemoglobin, the protein that makes blood red, heme also plays a role in chemical detoxification and energy metabolism within the cell. Heme levels are tightly ...
Some skin cancer may be mediated by primary cilia activity
Aug 23, 2009 |
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Tiny, solitary spikes that stick out of nearly every cell in the body play a central role in a type of skin cancer, new research has found. The discovery in mice shows that the microscopic structures known as primary cilia ...
First human gene implicated in regulating length of human sleep
Aug 13, 2009 |
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Scientists have discovered the first gene involved in regulating the optimal length of human sleep, offering a window into a key aspect of slumber, an enigmatic phenomenon that is critical to human physical and mental health.
DACH1 a key protein for tumor suppression in ER+ breast cancer
Jul 15, 2009 |
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Researchers from the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson have identified a protein relationship that may be an ideal treatment target for ER+ breast cancer. The study was reported in the July 15 issue of Cancer Research.
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 ...
Researchers observe single protein dimers wavering between two symmetrically opposed structures
Jun 19, 2009 |
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Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute, the University of California, San Diego, and Ohio State University have used a very sensitive fluorescence technique to find that a bacterial protein thought to exist in one ...
Epigenetic mark guides stem cells toward their destiny
Mar 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Not all stem cells are completely blank slates. Some, known as adult stem cells, have already partially embraced their fates and are capable of becoming only cells of a particular type of ...
Synthetic gene circuit allows precise dosing of gene expression
Mar 10, 2009 |
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Researchers have crafted a gene circuit that permits precise tuning of a gene's expression in a cell, an advance that should allow for more accurate analysis of the gene's role in normal and abnormal cellular function.
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