News tagged with signaling molecules
Why the thumb of the right hand is on the left hand side
May 22, 2009 |
4.8 / 5 (13) |
0
It is the concentration of a few signaling molecules that determines the fate of individual cells during the early development of organisms. In the renowned journal Current Biology, a team of molecular biologists led by Pia ...
Researchers identify alternate pathway that leads to palate development
Biology /
Aug 11, 2008 |
4 / 5 (2) |
0
Researchers at the University Of Southern California School Of Dentistry have uncovered another clue behind the causes of cleft palate and the process that leads to palate formation.
Search results for signaling molecules
'Cross-talk' mechanism contributes to colorectal cancer
Nov 13, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health have identified a molecular mechanism that allows two powerful signaling pathways to interact and begin a process leading to colorectal ...
Researchers discover 'on switch' for cell death signaling mechanism
Biology /
Jan 05, 2009 |
4.5 / 5 (6) |
0
Scientists at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) have determined the structure of the interactions between proteins that form the heart of the death inducing signaling complex (DISC), which is responsible for ...
Researchers discover new molecular pathway for targeting cancer, disease
Jul 20, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
1
(PhysOrg.com) -- A UCLA study has identified a way to turn off a key signaling pathway involved in physiological processes that can also stimulate the development of cancer and other diseases. The findings may lead to new ...
Study Unravels Detail of 'Most Important' Cellular Signal
Dec 03, 2009 |
5 / 5 (2) |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study provides crucial details that promise to help researchers better understand, and perhaps fine-tune with drugs, one of the most important signaling mechanisms in human cells, according to a study ...
Stopping MRSA before it becomes dangerous is possible, researchers find
Dec 03, 2009 |
5 / 5 (3) |
0
Most scientists believe that staph infections are caused by many bacterial cells that signal each other to emit toxins. The signaling process is called quorum sensing because many bacteria must be present ...
Plants on Steroids: Key Missing Link Discovered
Sep 08, 2009 |
5 / 5 (2) |
1
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Carnegie Institution's Department of Plant Biology have discovered a key missing link in the so-called signaling pathway for plant steroid hormones (brassinosteroids). Many important signaling ...
Battling cancer, one cell at a time
Oct 06, 2008 |
4.7 / 5 (3) |
1
New research suggests that the identification and examination of key cell signaling events required for initiation and progression of cancer might be best accomplished at the single cell level. The research, published by ...
NJIT professor finds engineering technique to identify disease-causing genes
Oct 28, 2008 |
4.3 / 5 (3) |
0
Scientists believe that complex diseases such as schizophrenia, major depression and cancer are not caused by one, but a multitude of dysfunctional genes. A novel computational biology method developed by a research team ...
New MRI signaling method could picture disease metabolism in action
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Mar 26, 2009 |
5 / 5 (2) |
0
Duke University chemists are using modified magnetic resonance imaging to see molecular changes inside people's bodies that could signal health problems such as cancer.
Researchers find new molecule to block ‘Hedgehog’ signaling in cancer, development
Biology /
Jan 19, 2009 |
5 / 5 (2) |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have achieved a feat drug developers had thought difficult, if not impossible, discovering a compound that blocks the functioning of a key developmental protein by binding to an “undruggable” ...
List of search results for signaling molecules
