News tagged with nuclear envelope


Scientists find clues to some inherited heart diseases

(Medical Xpress)—Cornell researchers have uncovered the basic cell biology that helps explain heart defects found in diseases known as laminopathies, a group of some 15 genetic disorders that include forms ...

Medical research created May 07, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers use stem cells to show connection between neural cell disruption and Parkinson's disease

(Medical Xpress)—A diverse team of biologists has shown using induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) that a gene mutation that causes malformations in the structure of the nuclear envelope of neural cells, ...

Parkinson's & Movement disorders created Oct 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

One for you, one for me: Researchers gain new insight into the chromosome separation process

Each time a cell divides -- and it takes millions of cell divisions to create a fully grown human body from a single fertilized cell -- its chromosomes have to be accurately divvied up between both daughter ...

Genetics created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cell discovery could hold key to causes of inherited diseases

Fresh insights into the protective seal that surrounds the DNA of our cells could help develop treatments for inherited muscle, brain, bone and skin disorders.

Medical research created Feb 26, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast