Neuroscience
Scientists pinpoint proteins vital to long-term memory
Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have found a group of proteins essential to the formation of long-term memories.
Sep 12, 2013
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News tagged with cellular proteins
Neuroscience
Autism gene stunts neurons, but growth can be restored, in mice
Brown University researchers have traced a genetic deficiency implicated in autism in humans to specific molecular and cellular consequences that cause clear deficits in mice in how well neurons can grow the intricate branches ...
Sep 12, 2013
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Immunology
Research discoveries uncover secrets of immune system
A series of discoveries made by scientists at the University of Dundee is helping to uncover the secrets of how chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases such as Lupus and rheumatoid arthritis are caused and could lead ...
Sep 12, 2013
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Medical research
First proteomic analysis of birth defect demonstrates power of a new technique
The first proteomic analysis of an animal model of a rare, sometimes deadly birth defect, Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome (SLOS), has revealed that the molecular mechanisms that cause it are more complex than previously understood. ...
Sep 11, 2013
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Neuroscience
Biologists uncover details of how we squelch defective neurons
Biologists at the University of California, San Diego have identified a new component of the cellular mechanism by which humans and animals automatically check the quality of their nerve cells to assure they're working properly ...
Sep 4, 2013
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Neuroscience
Feeding fruit flies with spermidin suppresses age-dependent memory impairment
(Medical Xpress)—Age-induced memory impairment can be suppressed by administration of the natural substance spermidin. This was found in a recent study conducted by Prof. Dr. Stephan Sigrist from Freie Universität Berlin ...
Sep 2, 2013
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Medical research
Study identifies molecular process behind form of non-syndromic deafness
Researchers identify an underlying molecular process that causes a genetic form of non-syndromic deafness in a new study that also suggests affected families may be at risk of damage to other organs.
Aug 27, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
How untying knots promotes cancer
Researchers have long known that high levels of a specific protein in human cells are linked to tumor growth – but no one has fully understood how.
Aug 20, 2013
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Copper identified as culprit in Alzheimer's disease
Copper appears to be one of the main environmental factors that trigger the onset and enhance the progression of Alzheimer's disease by preventing the clearance and accelerating the accumulation of toxic proteins in the brain. ...
Aug 19, 2013
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Genetics
Researchers find 'grammar' plays key role in activating genes
Researchers have probed deep into the cell's genome, beyond the basic genetic code, to begin learning the "grammar" that helps determine whether or not a gene gets switched on to make the protein it encodes.
Aug 12, 2013
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