News tagged with biochemical mechanisms
Researchers link cancer to failures in chromosome protection for the first time
A study published today in the journal Nature Genetics explores a new mechanism that may contribute to the development of several tumours, including Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia, a type of cancer that affects more than a ...
Genetics
Mar 19, 2013 |
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Why a hereditary anemia is caused by genetic mutation in mechanically sensitive ion channel
A genetic mutation that alters the kinetics of an ion channel in red blood cells has been identified as the cause behind a hereditary anemia, according to a paper published this month in the Proceedings of the National Ac ...
Medical research
Mar 08, 2013 |
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Researchers identify possible drug target in breast cancer metastasis
The spread of breast cancer to distant organs within the body, an event that often leads to death, appears in many cases to involve the loss of a key protein, according to UC San Francisco researchers, whose new discoveries ...
Cancer
Jan 27, 2013 |
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Researchers identify lynchpin to activating brown fat cells
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) have identified the lynchpin that activates brown fat cells, which burn fat molecules instead of storing them, making them ...
Medical research
Oct 19, 2012 |
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3Qs: Many questions remain in meningitis outbreak
In recent weeks, an outbreak of fungal meningitis has infected more than 200 people and killed 15. The infection was traced back to a steroidal injection prepared at a compounding pharmacy based ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 18, 2012 |
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Multi-functional anti-inflammatory/anti-allergic developed
A synthetic, anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic family of drugs to combat a variety of illnesses while avoiding detrimental side effects has been developed by a Hebrew University of Jerusalem researcher.
Inflammatory disorders
Sep 06, 2012 |
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Researchers find success with new immune approach to fighting some cancers
A national research collaboration of senior researchers, including a researcher from Moffitt Cancer Center, has found that 20 to 25 percent of "heavily pre-treated" patients with a variety of cancers who enrolled in a clinical ...
Cancer
Jun 13, 2012 |
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Brain tumour treatment hope
Australian scientists have played a key role in the identification of a new biochemical mechanism that allows brain tumours to survive and grow, offering hope of new drug treatments for some of the most aggressive ...
Cancer
Oct 20, 2011 |
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High iron, copper levels block brain-cell DNA repair
No one knows the cause of most cases of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other neurodegenerative disorders. But researchers have found that certain factors are consistently associated with these debilitating conditions. One is ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 20, 2011 |
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