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Research may hold key to maintaining embryonic stem cells in lab

In a new study that could transform embryonic stem cell (ES cell) research, scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered why mouse ES cells can be easily grown in a laboratory while other mammalian ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jul 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1




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Researchers find important 'target' playing role in tobacco-related lung cancers

Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., have discovered that the immune response regulator IKBKE (serine/threonine kinase) plays two roles in tobacco-related non-small cell lung cancers. Tobacco carcinogens induce ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Regulating nuclear signalling in cancer

Research findings published recently in Nature Communications describe a completely new way in which TGFβ receptors regulate nuclear signalling. The findings are significant given that this new signalling pathway seems ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 04, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The way to (kill) a bug's heart is through its stomach

A study at Michigan State University has revealed a potential new way for plants to fend off pests – starvation.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 29, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Different evolutionary paths lead plants and animals to the same crossroads

In analyzing the molecular sensor for the plant growth hormone brassinolide, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies discovered that although plants took an evolutionary path different from ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 14 | with audio podcast

Study reveals how changes in gene expression could lead to infertility

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers used a yeast model to map epigenetic processes-- those that influence gene expression -- in cells as they undergo sperm formation. Understanding the process can help explain how it goes awry in ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Aug 23, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Experiments decipher key piece of the ‘histone code’ in cell division

Reproduce or perish. That’s the bottom line for genes. Because nothing lives forever, reproduction is how life sustains itself, and it happens most fundamentally in the division and replication of the cell, ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 16, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Key enzyme discovered to be master regulator in protein-protein reactions

Protein phosphorylation is a process by which proteins are flipped from one activation state to another. It is a crucial function for most living beings, since phosphorylation controls nearly every cellular ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 24, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Biomarkers may help predict risk of Alzheimer's disease in patients with mild cognitive impairment

Several cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers showed good accuracy in identifying patients with mild cognitive impairment who progressed to Alzheimer disease, according to a study in the July 22/29 issue of JAMA.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jul 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Brain imaging and proteins in spinal fluid may improve Alzheimer's prediction and diagnosis

Changes in the brain measured with MRI and PET scans, combined with memory tests and detection of risk proteins in body fluids, may lead to earlier and more accurate diagnosis of Alzheimer's, according to new research reported ...

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Hitting cancer where it hurts

Two studies in the May 29th issue of Cell, a Cell Press publication, have taken advantage of new technological advances to search for and find previously unknown weaknesses in a hard to treat form of cancer. The discoveries lend n ...

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created May 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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