Medical Xpress: PHYSorg news tagged with: cellular responses http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Disrupting cell signals may lead to new cancer treatments (Medical Xpress)—Scientists have taken a major step towards developing new treatments for certain cancers by disrupting the internal cellular signals that lead to the uncontrolled growth of cancerous cells. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-disrupting-cell-cancer-treatments.html Cancer Mon, 29 Apr 2013 08:50:02 EST news286441447 Researchers use Web 2.0 apps to share vaccine study In a manuscript published today in Immunity, scientists at the Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason (BRI) and the Baylor Institute for Immunology Research (BIIR) report the results of a comparative study of the molecular immune responses to influenza and pneumococcal vaccines. In addition, cutting-edge web technology was used to improve dissemination of data in order to accelerate the pace of scientific discovery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-web-apps-vaccine.html Immunology Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:16:12 EST news285506165 BPA substitute could spell trouble: Experiments show bisphenol S also disrupts hormone activity A few years ago, manufacturers of water bottles, food containers, and baby products had a big problem. A key ingredient of the plastics they used to make their merchandise, an organic compound called bisphenol A, had been linked by scientists to diabetes, asthma and cancer and altered prostate and neurological development. The FDA and state legislatures were considering action to restrict BPA's use, and the public was pressuring retailers to remove BPA-containing items from their shelves. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-bpa-substitute-bisphenol-disrupts-hormone.html Health Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:04:03 EST news278096634 Geometry plays a role in GPCR transmembrane signaling A recent study in The Journal of General Physiology characterizes the movement of rhodopsin, a GPCR and member of a large family of transmembrane receptors responsible for many cellular responses and involved in many human diseases. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-geometry-role-gpcr-transmembrane.html Medical research Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:43:57 EST news267882225 Metal binding important for metformin action (HealthDay) -- The ability of metformin to bind mitochondrial copper may be essential to its mechanism of action, according to a study published online April 9 in Diabetes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-metal-important-metformin-action.html Diabetes Sat, 14 Apr 2012 06:10:01 EST news253601302