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Genetic mutation linked with typical form of migraine

A research team led by a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator at the University of California, San Francisco has identified a genetic mutation that is strongly associated with a typical form of migraine.

Genetics created May 01, 2013 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Enzyme accelerates malignant stem cell cloning in chronic myeloid leukemia

An international team, headed by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, has identified a key enzyme in the reprogramming process that promotes malignant stem cell cloning ...

Cancer created Dec 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study: Common gene mutation affects kids with autism spectrum disorders

(Medical Xpress)—Over the past decade, researchers have made great strides in identifying genes that lead to an increased risk of autism spectrum disorders (ASD), which result in a continuum of social deficits, communication ...

Autism spectrum disorders created Sep 14, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers identify protein required to regrow injured nerves in limbs

A protein required to regrow injured peripheral nerves has been identified by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

Neuroscience created Jun 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Map of substrate-kinase interactions may lead to more effective cancer drugs

(Medical Xpress) -- Later-stage cancers thrive by finding detours around roadblocks that cancer drugs put in their path, but a Purdue University biochemist is creating maps that will help drugmakers close ...

Cancer created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

BIM gene variation in East Asians found to explain resistance to cancer drugs

A multi-national research team led by scientists at Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School has identified the reason why some patients fail to respond to some of the most successful cancer drugs.

Cancer created Mar 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The protein that makes us remember pain

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research by scientists in Arizona in the US has demonstrated that an enzyme makes the body remember and remain sensitive to pain after an injury has healed.

Neuroscience created May 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

Can traumatic memories be erased? Cell biology offers promise

(Medical Xpress) -- Could veterans of war, rape victims and other people who have seen horrific crimes someday have the traumatic memories that haunt them weakened in their brains? In a new study, UCLA life ...

Neuroscience created Apr 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Transcription factors regulating blood oxygen linked to melanoma metastases

Researchers at the University of North Carolina have discovered that transcription factors regulating the levels of oxygen in the blood also play a role in the spread of the skin cancer melanoma.

Cancer created Apr 16, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cancer cell metabolism kills

Adenosine-5'-triphosphate (ATP) is the main energy source for all forms of work inside our cells. Scientists from the University of Helsinki, Finland, have found that even a short-term shortage of ATP supply ...

Cancer created Apr 15, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists identify brain's 'molecular memory switch'

Scientists have identified a key molecule responsible for triggering the chemical processes in our brain linked to our formation of memories. The findings, published in the journal Frontiers in Neural Circuits, reveal ...

Neuroscience created Mar 28, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Better 'mousetrap' discovered in fruit flies might stop human cancer-driving kinase in its tracks

A seemingly obscure gene in the female fruit fly that is only active in cells that will become eggs has led researchers at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research to the discovery of a atypical protein ...

Cancer created Mar 13, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

p38beta MAPK not critical to brain inflammation, study finds

(Medical Xpress)—A study by a leading Alzheimer's researcher at the University of Kentucky provides new evidence that will help researchers home in on the molecular mechanisms involved in inflammation of the central nervous ...

Medical research created Feb 19, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study finds possible link between diabetes and increased risk of heart attack death

Having diabetes doubles a person's risk of dying after a heart attack, but the reason for the increased risk is not clear. A new University of Iowa study suggests the link may lie in the over-activation of an important heart ...

Cardiology created Feb 15, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The good side of the prion: A molecule that is not only dangerous, but can help the brain grow

A few years ago it was found that certain proteins, the prions, when defective are dangerous, as they are involved in neurodegenerative syndromes such as the Creutzfeldt-Jakob and the Alzheimer diseases. ...

Medical research created Feb 14, 2013 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Kinase

In chemistry and biochemistry, a kinase is a type of enzyme that transfers phosphate groups from high-energy donor molecules, such as ATP, to specific substrates, a process referred to as phosphorylation. Kinases are part of the larger family of phosphotransferases. Kinases are not to be confused with phosphorylases, which carry out phosphorolysis, the breaking of a bond using an inorganic phosphate group; or with phosphatases, which remove phosphate groups.

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