Frontpage » Tag » cell death

News tagged with cell death

Related topics: cancer cells , cells , protein , brain cells , tumor cells




Researcher pieces together AML prognosis puzzle

When patients suffering from Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) express high levels of the gene, MN1, an already aggressive leukemia is accelerated and shortens survival time. While that's a known fact, the mechanisms involved ...

Cancer created Oct 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The body's own recycling system: Researchers discover 'molecular emergency brake' in charge of regulating self-digestion

Times of distress literally eat away at the core of starving cells: They start to digest their own parts and recycle them for metabolic purposes. Ingo Schmitz at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research ...

Medical research created Oct 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Inhibiting CaMKII enzyme activity could lead to new therapies for heart disease

University of Iowa researchers have previously shown that an enzyme called CaM kinase II plays a pivotal role in the death of heart cells following a heart attack or other conditions that damage or stress heart muscle. Loss ...

Cardiology created Oct 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New tool determines leukemia cells' 'readiness to die,' may guide clinical care

Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have developed a novel method for determining how ready acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells are to die, a discovery that may help cancer specialists to choose treatments option more ...

Cancer created Oct 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Anti-cancer traits found in Australian faba beans

(Medical Xpress)—Anti-cancer properties have been found in extracts from Australian-grown faba beans, along with effects that may have implications for treating hypertension and maintaining healthy weight.

Cancer created Oct 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study gives clues to causes of motor neurone disease

(Medical Xpress)—Scientists at the University of Bath are one step further to understanding the role of one of the proteins that causes the neurodegenerative disorder, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), ...

Medical research created Oct 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers study effect of chemotherapy combined with immunotherapy for advanced cancers

Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and colleagues at the University of South Florida and Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital in China have discovered that combining chemotherapy drugs and immunotherapy ...

Cancer created Oct 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Gene variant linked with reduced lung cancer risk

A variant in a gene involved with inflammation and the immune response is linked with a decreased risk of lung cancer. That is the finding of an analysis published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the Am ...

Cancer created Oct 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A novel oncogenic network specific to liver cancer initiation

Researchers headed by Erwin Wagner, the Director of the BBVA Foundation-CNIO Cancer Cell Biology Programme at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), have deciphered how a stress-inducible gene regulator, AP-1, ...

Cancer created Oct 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New mouse model of debilitating lung disease suggests potential treatment regimen

LAM, short for pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis, affects about 1 in 10,000 women of childbearing age and is characterized by proliferation of smooth muscle-like cells in the lung, destruction of lung tissue, and growth ...

Medical research created Oct 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Blocking tumor-induced inflammation impacts cancer development

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine report the discovery of microbial–dependent mechanisms through which some cancers mount an inflammatory response that fuels their ...

Cancer created Oct 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New research model to aid search for degenerative disease cures

(Medical Xpress)—Efforts to treat disorders like Lou Gehrig's disease, Paget's disease, inclusion body myopathy and dementia will receive a considerable boost from a new research model created by UC Irvine scientists.

Medical research created Oct 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Potential new class of drugs protects nerve cells in models of Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Researchers at the University of Iowa and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, have identified a new class of small molecules that block nerve cell death in animal models of Parkinson's disease and ...

Medical research created Oct 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Excitotoxicity and nerve cell death

Neural excitotoxicity can be involved in spinal cord injury, traumatic hearing loss and Alzheimer's. The Stressprotect project has gathered data on this often devastating phenomenon at biochemical, genomic ...

Medical research created Sep 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Obesity promotes prostate cancer by altering gene regulation

Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers in men and early treatment is usually very successful. However, like other cancers, obesity increases the risk of aggressive prostate disease. New research, published in BioMed ...

Cancer created Sep 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0