News tagged with tumor suppressor protein
Novel 'On-Off Switch' Mechanism Stops Cancer in Its Tracks
Sep 11, 2009 |
4.9 / 5 (32) |
6
(PhysOrg.com) -- A tiny bit of genetic material with no previously known function may hold the key to stopping the spread of cancer, researchers at Yale School of Medicine and Sichuan University in Chengdu, ...
Research shows cell's inactive state is critical for effectiveness of cancer treatment
Biology /
Jan 09, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
A new study sheds light on a little understood biological process called quiescence, which enables blood-forming stem cells to exist in a dormant or inactive state in which they are not growing or dividing. According to the ...
Search results for tumor suppressor protein
New understanding of how to prevent destruction of a tumor suppressor
Dec 07, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Researchers from the Indiana University School of Medicine and colleagues at the University of Texas Southwestern and Case Western University have determined how the protein Mdm2, which is elevated in late-stage ...
Tumor suppressor gene in flies may provide insights for human brain tumors
Jun 22, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
In the fruit fly's developing brain, stem cells called neuroblasts normally divide to create one self-renewing neuroblast and one cell that has a different fate. But neuroblast growth can sometimes spin out of control and ...
Cell biologists identify new tumor suppressor for lung cancer
Jan 05, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Cancer and cell biology experts at the University of Cincinnati (UC) have identified a new tumor suppressor that may help scientists develop more targeted drug therapies to combat lung cancer.
Gene helps protect tumor suppressor in breast cancer
Apr 06, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Scientists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have discovered a gene that protects PTEN, a major tumor-suppressor that is reduced but rarely mutated in about half of all breast cancers.
A surprise 'spark' for pre-cancerous colon polyps
May 14, 2009 |
4 / 5 (1) |
0
Researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah studied the events leading to colon cancer and found that an unexpected protein serves as the "spark" that triggers formation of colon polyps, the precursors ...
Oncoproteins double-team and destroy vital tumor-suppressor
Feb 14, 2008 |
not rated yet |
0
Two previously unconnected cancer-promoting proteins team up to ambush a critical tumor suppressor by evicting it from the cell's nucleus and then marking it for death by a protein-shredding mechanism, a team led by scientists ...
Promising biomarker and candidate tumor suppressor gene identified for colorectal cancer
Jun 18, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Researchers have identified a new candidate tumor suppressor gene in colorectal cancer and examined its use as a potential biomarker in stool samples, according to a new study published online June 17 in the Journal of th ...
Preventing prostate cancer the complex way
Feb 03, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- Blocking a specific protein complex prevents the formation of tumors in mice genetically predisposed to develop prostate cancer, researchers at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research ...
Bacterial peptide provides new insight into common tumor suppressor
Jul 07, 2008 |
4 / 5 (1) |
0
Scientists have identified a new antitumor drug that might prove useful in developing treatments for a multiple human cancers. The research, published by Cell Press in the July 8 issue of the journal Cancer Cell, advances the un ...
Gene found to play a suppressor role in skin cancer development
Feb 06, 2008 |
not rated yet |
0
Researchers at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham Institute) have provided genetic evidence that Activating Transcription Factor 2 (ATF2) plays a suppressor role in skin cancer development. ATF2 is a protein ...
List of search results for tumor suppressor protein
