Medical research
Yes, the COVID vaccine came out super-quickly—but here's why it's safe
Remember when the pandemic started and some people were really into baking bread?
May 20, 2021
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News tagged with cell nucleus
Medical research
Protein research: Supposed disorder is not disorder after all
Many, but not all, proteins in a living cell have a defined three-dimensional structure. The interrelationship between the structure and function of proteins is the focus of many research initiatives that extend to the development ...
Jul 29, 2019
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Research sheds light on new strategy to treat infertility
New research from Oregon Health & Science University describes the science behind a promising technique to treat infertility by turning a skin cell into an egg that is capable of producing viable embryos.
Mar 8, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers identify new therapeutic target for colorectal cancer
Researchers at the University of Toronto have identified a key protein that supports the growth of many colorectal cancers. The study, which will be published December 27 in the Journal of Cell Biology, reveals that a protein ...
Dec 27, 2019
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Medical research
The difference between physical and psychosocial stress
A sports stress test and psychosocial stress produce similar stress hormone increases. And yet, the first one is perceived as positive, the second one as negative. Researchers attempt to find out why.
Mar 5, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Colorectal cancer: Aspirin found to activate protective genes
LMU researchers have identified a signaling pathway by which aspirin can inhibit colorectal cancer.
Nov 2, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Disorderly DNA helps cancer cells evade treatment
Each cell in the human body holds a full two meters of DNA. In order for that DNA to fit into the cell nucleus—a cozy space just one hundredth of a millimeter of space—it needs to be packed extremely tight.
Jan 8, 2020
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Medical research
Autophagy works in cell nucleus to guard against start of cancer
Autophagy, literally self-eating or the degradation of unwanted cellular bits and pieces by the cell itself, has been shown for the first time to also work in the cell nucleus. In addition, in this setting it plays a role ...
Oct 28, 2015
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Genetics
Anti-ageing hormone receptors
(Medical Xpress)—A reduced caloric intake increases life expectancy in many species. But how diet prolongs the lives of model organisms such as fruit flies and roundworms has remained a mystery until recently.
Aug 7, 2013
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Neuroscience
Making sense of socially enhanced aggression in the brains of mice
When male animals spend time around other males of the same species, subsequent aggressive behavior tends to be amplified—this type of priming is known as social instigation. However, the pathway in the brain that leads ...
Jul 22, 2022
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