News tagged with notch signaling


Breast cancer researchers find new drug target companion prognostic test for hormone therapy resistance

A team of international cancer researchers led by Dr. Mathieu Lupien at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, has identified the signalling pathway that is over-activated in estrogen receptor (ER)-positive ...

Cancer created Apr 01, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Differences in bone healing in mice may hold answers to bone healing for seniors

(Medical Xpress)—By studying the underlying differences in gene expression during healing after a bone break in young versus aged mice, Jaimo Ahn, MD, PhD, assistant professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Perelman School ...

Surgery created Mar 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A better bone marrow transplant: Preventing graft-versus-host disease

Bone marrow transplant is a key treatment for patients with leukemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma and other blood disorders.

Medical research created Mar 01, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Ruling the airways: Notch controls bronchial cell fates and distributions

Nestled deep within the body, the epithelial lining of the respiratory system is nonetheless seriously exposed. Its direct contact with environmental air necessitates protective mechanisms that both seal ...

Medical research created Jan 22, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

At the right place at the right time—new insights into muscle stem cells

Muscles have a pool of stem cells which provides a source for muscle growth and for regeneration of injured muscles. The stem cells must reside in special niches of the muscle for efficient growth and repair.

Medical research created Sep 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists find new mechanism by which cell signaling pathway contributes to rheumatoid arthritis development

A new study led by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery identifies the mechanism by which a cell signaling pathway contributes to the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In addition, the study provides evidence ...

Immunology created May 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Gatekeeper signal controls skin inflammation

A new study unravels key signals that regulate protective and sometimes pathological inflammation of the skin. The research, published online on January 26th in the journal Immunity by Cell Press, identifies a "gatekeeper" that, ...

Medical research created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Previously unconnected molecular networks conspire to promote cancer

An inflammation-promoting protein triggers deactivation of a tumor-suppressor that usually blocks cancer formation via the NOTCH signaling pathway, a team of researchers led by scientists at The University of Texas MD Anderson ...

Cancer created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study reveals origins of a cancer affecting the blood and bone marrow

A new study by the NYU Cancer Institute, an NCI-designated cancer center, sheds light on the origins of myeloid leukemia, a type of blood cancer that affects children and adults. The researchers discovered that novel mutations ...

Cancer created May 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Buenos 'notch-es': Universal signaling pathway found to regulate sleep

Sleeping worms have much to teach people, a notion famously applied by the children's show "Sesame Street," in which Oscar the Grouch often reads bedtime stories to his pet worm Slimy. Based on research with their own worms, ...

Medical research created May 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast