News tagged with mutant cells

Brain circuits connected with memory discovered

(Medical Xpress) -- A new study published last week in Science reveals the discovery of a brain pathway that helps us link events that happen close together and play a role in memories.

Neuroscience Nov 07, 2011 | 4.7 / 5 (11) | 0 |

Researchers abuzz over caffeine as cancer-cell killer

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers from the University of Alberta are abuzz after using fruit flies to find new ways of taking advantage of caffeine's lethal effects on cancer cells—results that could one day ...

Cancer Apr 18, 2013 | 4.6 / 5 (11) | 0 |

'Very promising' treatment for Huntington disease discovered

Medical researchers at the University of Alberta have discovered a promising new therapy for Huntington disease that restores lost motor skills and may delay or stop the progression of the disease based on lab model tests, ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Feb 13, 2012 | 5 / 5 (9) | 1 |

Study discovers that stem cell senescence drives aging

Declining levels of the protein BubR1 occur when both people and animals age, and contribute to cell senescence or deterioration, weight loss, muscle wasting and cataracts. Mayo Clinic researchers have shown that adult progenitor ...

Medical research Apr 18, 2013 | 5 / 5 (5) | 0 |

Promising treatment for progeria within reach

Pharmaceuticals that inhibit a specific enzyme may be useful in treating progeria, or accelerated aging in children. A new study performed at the Sahlgrenska Academy indicates that the development of progeria ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes May 16, 2013 | 5 / 5 (4) | 0 |

Novel storage mechanism allows command, control of memory

(Medical Xpress)—Introductions at a party seemingly go in one ear and out the other. However, if you meet someone two or three times during the party, you are more likely to remember his or her name. Your ...

Neuroscience Mar 05, 2013 | 4.8 / 5 (4) | 1 |

Possible role for Huntington's gene discovered

About 20 years ago, scientists discovered the gene that causes Huntington's disease, a fatal neurodegenerative disorder that affects about 30,000 Americans. The mutant form of the gene has many extra DNA ...

Genetics Jan 16, 2013 | 5 / 5 (3) | 0 |

One-two punch could be key in treating blindness

Researchers have discovered that using two kinds of therapy in tandem may be a knockout combo against inherited disorders that cause blindness. While their study focused on man's best friend, the treatment ...

Ophthalmology Apr 09, 2013 | 5 / 5 (3) | 0 |

Melatonin delays onset, reduces deaths in mouse model of Huntington's disease

Melatonin, best known for its role in sleep regulation, delayed the onset of symptoms and reduced mortality in a mouse model of Huntington's disease, say researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and ...

Neuroscience Oct 11, 2011 | 4.7 / 5 (3) | 0 |

Mice with big brains provide insight into brain regeneration and developmental disorders

Scientists at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI) and the University of Ottawa (uOttawa) have discovered that mice that lack a gene called Snf2l have brains that are 35 per cent larger than normal. ...

Genetics May 15, 2012 | 3.5 / 5 (4) | 0 |

Study shows underlying connection between 'good' cholesterol and collagen in heart health

(Medical Xpress)—Arterial stiffening has long been considered a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Keeping arteries soft and supple might reduce disease risk, but the mechanisms of how arteries ...

Cardiology Nov 01, 2012 | 4 / 5 (3) | 0 |

Ulcer-causing bacteria tamed by defect in cell-targeting ability

Without the ability to swim to their targets in the stomach, ulcer-causing bacteria do not cause the inflammation of the stomach lining that leads to ulcers and stomach cancer, according to a new study by researchers at the ...

Medical research Nov 21, 2011 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0 |

First trial in humans of 'minicells': A completely new way of delivering anti-cancer drugs

A completely new way of delivering anti-cancer drugs to tumours, using 'minicells' derived from bacteria, has been tested for the first time in humans and found to be safe, well-tolerated and even induced stable disease in ...

Cancer Nov 08, 2012 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

A key gene for brain development

(Medical Xpress)—Neurobiologists at the Research institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP) in Vienna have discovered one of the key genes required to make a brain. Mutations in this gene, called TUBB5, cause ...

Genetics Dec 14, 2012 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0 |

Modified protein could become first effective treatment for vitiligo

Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine researchers have developed a genetically modified protein that dramatically reverses the skin disorder vitiligo in mice, and has similar effects on immune ...

Medical research Feb 27, 2013 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0 |

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