News tagged with mechanical signals
Soy-based compound may reduce tumor cell proliferation in colorectal cancer
Research on a soy-based treatment for colorectal cancer, a promising agent in ovarian cancer, and a new drug target for advanced prostate cancer was presented at the American Association for Cancer Research 2013 Annual Meeting. ...
Cancer
Apr 11, 2013 |
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Cancer cells disguised as stem cells gain extra resistance
Why are certain cancer cells so resistant? The answer may be that they have either retained or acquired attributes normally found in stem cells.
Cancer
Mar 27, 2013 |
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Mice show innate ability to vocalize: Deaf or not, courting male mice make same sounds
Scientists have long thought that mice might serve as a model for how humans learn to vocalize. But new research led by scientists at Washington State University-Vancouver has found that, unlike humans and ...
Neuroscience
Mar 26, 2013 |
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Uncovering how humans hear one voice among many
Humans have an uncanny ability to zero in on a single voice, even amid the cacophony of voices found in a crowded party or other large gathering of people. Researchers have long sought to identify the precise ...
Neuroscience
Mar 11, 2013 |
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Why a hereditary anemia is caused by genetic mutation in mechanically sensitive ion channel
A genetic mutation that alters the kinetics of an ion channel in red blood cells has been identified as the cause behind a hereditary anemia, according to a paper published this month in the Proceedings of the National Ac ...
Medical research
Mar 08, 2013 |
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A coordinated response to cardiac stress
Myocardial hypertrophy, a thickening of the heart muscle, is an adaptation that occurs with increased stress on the heart, such as high blood pressure. As the heart muscle expands, it also requires greater blood flow to maintain ...
Cardiology
Mar 01, 2013 |
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Parkinson's disease: Parkin protects from neuronal cell death
Researchers from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich identify a novel signal transduction pathway, which activates the parkin gene and prevents stress-induced neuronal cell death.
Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Mar 01, 2013 |
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Medical myth: Stress can turn hair grey overnight
The belief that nervous shock can cause you to go grey overnight (medically termed canities subita) is one of those tales which could nearly be true. There are certainly cases in medical literature of ra ...
Health
Feb 27, 2013 |
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Study of how eye cells become damaged could help prevent blindness
Light-sensing cells in the eye rely on their outer segment to convert light into neural signals that allow us to see. But because of its unique cylindrical shape, the outer segment is prone to breakage, which ...
Medical research
Jan 22, 2013 |
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Cancer biology: Keeping bad company
The p53 tumor suppressor protein manages DNA repair mechanisms in response to genetic damage and kills off precancerous cells before they multiply. The loss of p53 due to mutation greatly increases risk of ...
Cancer
Jan 16, 2013 |
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Rhythms in the brain help give a sense of location, study shows
Research at the University of Edinburgh tracked electrical signals in the part of the brain linked to spatial awareness.
Neuroscience
Jan 10, 2013 |
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Inherited retinal disease research may lead to treatment
Inherited retinal disease is a major cause of vision impairment in early life - and a researcher at The University of Western Australia hopes a study in which he was involved will contribute towards the development ...
Medical research
Jan 08, 2013 |
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Cancer cells co-opt immune response to escape destruction
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine report that tumor cells use stress signals to subvert responding immune cells, exploiting them to actually boost conditions beneficial ...
Cancer
Dec 18, 2012 |
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Mild vibrations may provide some of the same benefits to obese people as exercise
If you're looking to get some of the benefits of exercise without doing the work, here's some good news. A new research report published online in The FASEB Journal shows that low-intensity vibrations led to improvements in the ...
Overweight and Obesity
Nov 29, 2012 |
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New finding gives clues for overcoming tamoxifen-resistant breast cancer
(Medical Xpress)—A University of Cincinnati (UC) cancer biology team reports breakthrough findings about specific cellular mechanisms that may help overcome endocrine (hormone) therapy-resistance in patients ...
Cancer
Nov 02, 2012 |
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