News tagged with target molecule

A thought-provoking new therapeutic target for brain cancer?

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common of all malignant brain tumors that originate in the brain. Patients with GBM have a poor prognosis because it is a highly aggressive form of cancer that is commonly resistant ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Scientists reveal how bacteria build homes inside healthy cells

(PhysOrg.com) -- Bacteria are able to build camouflaged homes for themselves inside healthy cells - and cause disease - by manipulating a natural cellular process.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Microbiologists identify two molecules that kill lymphoma cells in mice

Researchers at the University of Southern California have identified two molecules that may be more effective cancer killers than are currently available on the market.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Medical researchers ID potential new drug target that could stop debilitating effects of MS

Medical researchers at the University of Alberta have discovered a potential new drug target for Multiple Sclerosis that could prevent physical disability associated with the disease, once a new drug is developed.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Enzymes possible targets for new anti-malaria drugs

Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Monash University, and Virginia Tech have used a set of novel inhibitors to analyze how the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, uses enzymes ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers discover a treatment against an aggressive childhood cancer

A study made by IDIBELL researchers shows that glucose metabolism inhibition with 2-deoxyglucose (2-DG) induces cell death in a type of childhood sarcoma: alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma. The results have been published in the ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new set of building blocks for simple synthesis of complex molecules

Assembling chemicals can be like putting together a puzzle. University of Illinois chemists have developed a way of fitting the pieces together to more efficiently build complex molecules, beginning with a ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Aug 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Small molecules shed light on cancer therapies

Patients suffering from an aggressive brain cancer will benefit from the results of a University of Illinois study that could advance the development of targeted gene therapies and improve prognosis.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers map pathway of infection for a common, potentially life-threatening respiratory virus

Researchers at the University of Toronto, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), St. Paul's Hospital and the University of British Columbia have identified a new treatment target for a virus that causes severe lung infections ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Pocket chemistry: DNA helps glucose meters measure more than sugar

Glucose meters aren't just for diabetics anymore. Thanks to University of Illinois chemists, they can be used as simple, portable, inexpensive meters for a number of target molecules in blood, serum, water ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jul 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New microscope enables 'super' science

Using the only microscope of its kind in Australia, medical scientists have seen for the first time the inner workings of T-cells, the front-line troops that alert our immune system to go on the defensive against germs and ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

P7 protein resistance mutations identified; represent drug targets for hepatitis C virus

British researchers have identified specific resistance mutations for two classes of p7 inhibitor, which may explain their lack of effectiveness in clinical trials combined with current standard of care. Study results support ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jun 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hitting moving RNA drug targets

By accounting for the floppy, fickle nature of RNA, researchers at the University of Michigan and the University of California, Irvine have developed a new way to search for drugs that target this important molecule. Their ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jun 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

In search of the memory molecule, a key protein complex discovered

Have a tough time remembering where you put your keys, learning a new language or recalling names at a cocktail party? New research from the Lisman Laboratory at Brandeis University points to a molecule that is central to ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jun 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Boosting research into new drugs: 'Smart materials' make proteins form crystals

Scientists have developed a new method to make proteins form crystals using 'smart materials' that remember the shape and characteristics of the molecule. The technique, reported today in Proceedings of the National Academy of ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jun 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast