News tagged with molecular structure
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New research may have discovered how memories are encoded in our brains
University of Alberta led research may have discovered how memories are encoded in our brains.
Neuroscience
Mar 19, 2012 |
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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
Mar 19, 2012 |
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New study shows promise for developing new treatments for breast cancer
A new study by University of Kentucky researchers provides insight into developing new treatment strategies for basal-like breast cancer, commonly known as triple-negative breast cancer. This cancer is associated with early ...
Cancer
Mar 14, 2012 |
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Sending out an SOS: How telomeres incriminate cells that can't divide
The well-being of living cells requires specialized squads of proteins that maintain order. Degraders chew up worn-out proteins, recyclers wrap up damaged organelles, and-most importantly-DNA repair crews ...
Medical research
Mar 12, 2012 |
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How mitochondrial DNA defects cause inherited deafness
(Medical Xpress) -- Yale scientists have discovered the molecular pathway by which maternally inherited deafness appears to occur: Mitochondrial DNA mutations trigger a signaling cascade, resulting in programmed ...
Medical research
Feb 17, 2012 |
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Scientists create molecular map to guide treatment of multiple sclerosis
A team of scientists from the Scripps Research Institute, collaborating with members of the drug discovery company Receptos, has created the first high-resolution virtual image of cellular structures called ...
Medical research
Feb 16, 2012 |
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Human 'shock absorbers' discovered
(Medical Xpress) -- An international team of scientists, led by the University of Sydney, has found the molecular structure in the body which functions as our 'shock absorber'.
Medical research
Feb 14, 2012 |
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Study reveals enzyme function, could help find muscular dystrophy therapies
Researchers at the University of Iowa have worked out the exact function of an enzyme that is critical for normal muscle structure and is involved in several muscular dystrophies. The findings, which were published Jan. 6 ...
Medical research
Jan 09, 2012 |
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Researchers find malignancy-risk gene signature for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer
A malignancy-risk gene signature developed for breast cancer has been found to have predictive and prognostic value for patients with early stage non-small cell lung cancer. The advancement was made by researchers at Moffitt ...
Cancer
Jan 06, 2012 |
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A brighter future for infertility treatment: study
(Medical Xpress) -- Male infertility could soon have a boost through new treatments at a sub-DNA 'epigenetic' level, according to researchers from The Australian National University.
Genetics
Dec 05, 2011 |
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Internal skin cancer prevention: Repairing UV damage in the skin
(Medical Xpress) -- Scientists at the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI) of the Novartis Research Foundation have elucidated the mechanisms underlying the repair of UV-induced damage ...
Cancer
Nov 24, 2011 |
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Chinese researchers tap GPU supercomputer for world's first simulation of complete H1N1 virus
Chinese researchers achieved a major breakthrough in the race to battle influenza by using NVIDIA Tesla GPUs to create the world's first computer simulation of a whole H1N1 influenza virus at the atomic level.
Medical research
Nov 15, 2011 |
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Cellular repair could reduce premature aging
Researchers have identified a potential drug therapy for a premature ageing disease that affects children causing them to age up to eight times as fast as the usual rate.
Genetics
Nov 02, 2011 |
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Scientists establish a new class of anti-diabetic compound
In a joint study, scientists from The Scripps Research Institute and Harvard University's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have established a new class of anti-diabetic compound that targets a unique molecular switch.
Medical research
Sep 04, 2011 |
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Scientists find new drug candidates for set of protein-folding diseases
Collaborating researchers at Stanford University and The Scripps Research Institute have identified chemical compounds that show promise as potential therapeutics for a set of medical conditions caused by the abnormal clumping ...
Medical research
Aug 29, 2011 |
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