The amyloid precursor protein has always been vilified as a major cause of Alzheimer's disease. One of its fragments, the amyloid-beta peptide, can break off and accumulate in the brain, giving rise to the puffy white globs ...
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The mistaken activation of certain cell-surface receptors contributes to a variety of human cancers. Knowing more about the activation process has led researchers to be able to induce greater vulnerability by cancer cells ...
May 20, 2016
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One of the hallmarks of Parkinson's disease (PD) is the accumulation in the brain of a protein known as alpha-synuclein. For more than two decades, alpha-synuclein has been a focal point of attention for researchers, clinicians ...
Jun 9, 2022
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In preclinical experiments, University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers have revealed a key missing piece of the Alzheimer's disease puzzle. That allowed proof-of-concept experiments—using an existing drug—that dramatically ...
Jan 15, 2020
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Eric Prossnitz, Ph.D., and his team hope to help 93 million obese Americans fight their fat.
Feb 6, 2020
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Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have discovered a novel strategy for preventing infections due to the highly common herpes simplex viruses, the microbes responsible for causing genital ...
Mar 25, 2013
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The release of neurotransmitters and hormones in the body is tightly controlled by complex protein machinery embedded in cell membranes.
Mar 8, 2019
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Cells in the gut send secret messages to the immune system. Thanks to new research from the La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI), scientists finally got a look at what they're saying.
Jul 29, 2022
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Human noroviruses are the leading cause of acute gastroenteritis worldwide, a major global health problem for which there are no specific treatments or vaccines. Understanding the first phase of infection—the process the ...
Mar 2, 2023
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A new multi-institution study spearheaded by researchers at Florida State University and the University of California, Los Angeles suggests a tiny protein could play a major role in combating heart failure related to Duchenne ...
Jun 14, 2019
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