The cycling of water across membrane transporters is an hallmark of the cell metabolism and is potentially of high diagnostic significance for the characterization of tumors and other diseases. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, ...
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A new study reveals for the first time the steps through which human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) binds to the receptors on the membranes of T cells—white blood cells that fight infection. The finding could have implications ...
Nov 28, 2023
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The majority of breast cancers start in the lining of a breast milk duct and, if they remain there, are very treatable. But once these cancers become invasive—breaking through a thin matrix around the duct, called the basement ...
Nov 14, 2023
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The protein alpha-synuclein (aSN) has long been known as a main cause in Parkinson's disease and Lewy Body Dementia, for example, when it forms lumpy protein aggregates that destroy cell function—but aSN in its natural ...
Nov 6, 2023
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Selenium-enriched diets may help ward off myeloid leukemia, and a new study led by researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences has described the mechanism by which this occurs.
Oct 24, 2023
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A team of researchers investigating the transmission of HIV have discovered that HIV antibodies provide sterilizing immunity by inhibiting the infection of the first cell. The research is published in the journal Cell Reports ...
Oct 12, 2023
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Researchers at Harvard Medical School have discovered that a molecule made by Streptococcus pyogenes—the bacterium that causes strep throat and other infections—could help explain several long-standing medical mysteries, ...
Oct 6, 2023
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Scientists have identified a molecule that can prevent tangling of a brain protein that is linked to diseases such as Parkinson's. The findings may provide insights into new ways of treating or diagnosing the early stages ...
Sep 27, 2023
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Researchers at Utah State University have successfully demonstrated that hagfish slime proteins can accurately replicate membranes in the human eye.
Sep 13, 2023
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Research suggests one of the many ways cancer can spread is an explosive form of cell death known as necroptosis.
Sep 8, 2023
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