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Research may hold key to maintaining embryonic stem cells in lab
Jul 09, 2009 |
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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 ...
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New discovery about growth factor can be breakthrough for cancer research
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Sep 02, 2008 |
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A research team at the Ludwig Institute and Uppsala University has discovered an entirely new signal path for a growth factor that is of crucial importance for the survival and growth of cancer cells. This discovery, published ...
Pathogens use previously undescribed mechanism to sabotage host immune system
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Dec 08, 2007 |
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New research identifies a previously unknown enzymatic mechanism that subverts the early host immune response and promotes pathogenicity by manipulating a common signaling pathway in host cells.
E. coli persists against antibiotics through HipA-induced dormancy
Jan 15, 2009 |
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Bacteria hunker down and survive antibiotic attack when a protein flips a chemical switch that throws them into a dormant state until treatment abates, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center report ...
New insight into an old reaction: Adenylylation regulates cell signaling
Apr 09, 2009 |
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A new study reveals the importance of adenylylation in the regulation of cell signaling from bacteria to higher organisms. The research, published by Cell Press in the April 10th issue of the journal Molecular Cell, provid ...
Hitting cancer where it hurts
May 28, 2009 |
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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 ...
Biomarkers may help predict risk of Alzheimer's disease in patients with mild cognitive impairment
Jul 21, 2009 |
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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.
Simplest circadian clocks operate via orderly phosphate transfers
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Oct 04, 2007 |
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Researchers at Harvard University and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute have found that a simple circadian clock found in some bacteria operates by the rhythmic addition and subtraction of phosphate groups at two key locations ...
Researchers better understand biological clock
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Oct 12, 2007 |
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Researchers at Harvard University and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) have discovered that a simple circadian clock found in some bacteria operates by the rhythmic addition and subtraction of phosphate groups at ...
Disorderly protein brings order to cell division
Jan 26, 2007 |
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The secret to the ability of a molecule critical for cell division to throw off the protein yoke that restrains its activity is the yoke itself—a disorderly molecule that seems to have a mind of its own, say investigators ...
Researchers identify common gene variant linked to high blood pressure
Dec 29, 2008 |
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Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have identified a common gene variant that appears to influence people's risk of developing high blood pressure, according to the results of a study being published ...
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