A team of scientists led by RIKEN researcher Yutaka Muto, in collaboration with Hidehito Kuroyanagi of Tokyo Medical and Dental University and Masatoshi Hagiwara of Kyoto University, has revealed some of the mechanisms that ...
Oct 17, 2014
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Neurons are electrically charged cells, located in the nervous system, that interpret and transmit information using electrical and chemical signals. Now, researchers at the University of Missouri have determined that individual ...
Oct 14, 2014
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Scientists have discovered a new form of dystrophin, a protein critical to normal muscle function, and identified the genetic mechanism responsible for its production. Studies of the new protein isoform, published online ...
Aug 10, 2014
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) regulate protein-coding gene abundance levels by interacting with the 3´ end of various messenger RNAs. Each target site matches the first few nucleotides of the targeting miRNA, the so called "seed" region, ...
Aug 8, 2014
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Much like using dimmer switches to brighten or darken rooms, biochemists have identified a protein that can be used to slow down or speed up the growth of brain tumors in mice.
May 13, 2014
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Recent research has shown that tiny fragments of DNA circulating in a person's blood can allow scientists to monitor cancer growth and even get a sneak peek into a developing fetus' gene sequences. But isolating and sequencing ...
May 5, 2014
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A new study led by Weill Cornell Medical College scientists shows that the most common genetic form of mental retardation and autism occurs because of a mechanism that shuts off the gene associated with the disease. The findings, ...
Feb 27, 2014
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(Medical Xpress)—A group of Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Harvard Stem Cell Institute researchers and collaborators at MIT and MGH have found a way to use stem cells as drug delivery vehicles.
Oct 4, 2013
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A family of microRNAs (miR-200) blocks cancer progression and metastasis by stifling a tumor's ability to weave new blood vessels to support itself, researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center report ...
Sep 11, 2013
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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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