News tagged with cellular basis


Researchers identify nerves associated with ciguatera, deadly tropical disease

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers from The University of Queensland's Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) have identified the nerves involved in the painful tropical disease called ciguatera.

Medical research created Dec 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Probing sleep's drowsy mystery: Researchers stay up nights trying to understand rhythms, effects

It is one of the ironies of sleep research that scientists stay up all night to do it.

Health created Nov 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The scientific side of steroid use and abuse

Leslie Henderson investigates the cellular basis for behavioral changes seen with the abuse of anabolic androgenic steroids. In her laboratory work, Henderson has looked at three major behavioral systems typically ...

Addiction created Aug 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers identify mechanism that makes breast cancer invasive

A new study has identified a key mechanism that causes breast cancer to spread. The research, published by Cell Press on March 30th in the journal Molecular Cell, enhances our knowledge about the signals that drive cancer ...

Cancer created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Exercise triggers stem cells in muscle

University of Illinois researchers determined that an adult stem cell present in muscle is responsive to exercise, a discovery that may provide a link between exercise and muscle health. The findings could lead to new therapeutic ...

Medical research created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers show how memory is lost -- and found

Yale University researchers can't tell you where you left your car keys- but they can tell you why you can't find them.

Medical research created Jul 27, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mutation provides new insight into the molecular mechanisms of aging

A new study identifies the mutation that underlies a rare, inherited accelerated-aging disease and provides key insight into normal human aging. The research, published by Cell Press online May 5 in the American Journal of ...

Genetics created May 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers demonstrate why DNA breaks down in cancer cells

Damage to normal DNA is a hallmark of cancer cells. Although it had previously been known that damage to normal cells is caused by stress to their DNA replication when cancerous cells invade, the molecular basis for this ...

Cancer created May 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast