News tagged with molecular biology

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Discovery may lead to targeted heart disease treatments

University of Guelph researchers have found the location and effect of abnormal heart proteins that can cause cardiac failure, a discovery that points to potential new ways to treat the most costly health problem in the world.

Cardiology created May 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Timing is everything when using oxygen to regenerate bone

A research team at Tulane University will report this week that the application of high levels of oxygen to a severed bone facilitates bone regrowth, study results that may one day hold promise for injured soldiers, diabetics ...

Medical research created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New yeast prion helps cells survive

One of the greatest mysterious in cellular biology has been given a new twist thanks to findings reported in Science. Researchers at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute show that prions, proteins that transm ...

Medical research created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

'Housekeeping' mechanism for brain stem cells discovered

Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) have identified a molecular pathway that controls the retention and release of the brain's stem cells. The discovery offers new insights into normal and abnormal neurologic ...

Neuroscience created Apr 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cellular pathway linked to diabetes, heart disease

Cardiac researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) have found that a certain cellular pathway is linked to obesity-related disorders, like diabetes, heart disease and fatty liver disease.

Medical research created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists tailor cell surface targeting system to hit organelle ZIP codes

Scientists who developed a technology for identifying and targeting unique protein receptor ZIP Codes on the cellular surface have found a way to penetrate the outer membrane and deliver engineered particles - called iPhage ...

Medical research created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers have identified a gene with a key role in neuronal survival

Spanish researchers at the Institute of Neurosciences at Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (INc-UAB) identified the fundamental role played by the Nurr1 gene in neuron survival associated with synaptic activity. The discovery, ...

Neuroscience created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Discovery reveals chromosomes organize into 'yarns'

Chromosomes, the molecular basis of genetic heredity, remain enigmatic 130 years after their discovery in 1882 by Walther Flemming. New research published online in Nature by the team of Edith Heard, PhD, from the Curie ...

Genetics created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Diet may treat some gene mutations

Scientists have moved a step closer to correcting some unhealthy gene mutations with diet, according to a new research report appearing in the April 2012 issue of the journal Genetics. Researchers from the University of Cal ...

Genetics created Apr 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers uncover multiple faces of deadly breast cancer

An international team of scientists, including four at Simon Fraser University, has made a discovery that will change the way the most deadly form of breast cancer is treated.

Cancer created Apr 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

A new application allows online statistical analysis of gene-expression data

The journal Computers in Biology and Medicine has published an article on the new IT application BootstRatio, created by IDIBELL researchers. The application allows online statistical analysis of data from gene expression. It is ...

Genetics created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New research could stop tumor cells from spreading

Researchers from the Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Gothenburg have managed for the first time to obtain detailed information about the role of the protein metastasin in the spread of tumour ...

Cancer created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Newly found protein helps cells build tissues

As they work together to form body parts, cells in developing organisms communicate like workers at a construction site. The discovery of a new signaling molecule in flies by Brown University biologists not only helps explain ...

Medical research created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Exploring the antidepressant effects of testosterone

Testosterone, the primary male sex hormone, appears to have antidepressant properties, but the exact mechanisms underlying its effects have remained unclear. Nicole Carrier and Mohamed Kabbaj, scientists at Florida State ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Solving the mystery of blood clotting

How and when our blood clots is one of those incredibly complex and important processes in our body that we rarely think about. If your blood doesn't clot and you cut yourself, you could bleed to death, if ...

Medical research created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast