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Researchers gain insight into abnormally shaped cell nuclei of people with cancer

Misshapen cell nuclei are frequently observed in the cells of people with cancer and other diseases, but what causes the abnormality—and why it is associated with certain disorders—has remained unclear.

Cancer created Feb 19, 2013 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Epigenetic processes orchestrate neuronal migration

(Medical Xpress)—Neurobiologists at the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI) are the first to show that directional migration of neurons during brain development is controlled through ...

Neuroscience created Jan 11, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers determine pathway for origin of most common form of brain and spinal cord tumor

(Medical Xpress) -- Johns Hopkins researchers say they have discovered one of the most important cellular mechanisms driving the growth and progression of meningioma, the most common form of brain and spinal cord tumor. A ...

Cancer created Jun 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Engineers put the squeeze on cells to diagnose disease

(Medical Xpress) -- If you throw a rubber balloon filled with water against a wall, it will spread out and deform on impact, while the same balloon filled with honey, which is more viscous, will deform much ...

Medical research created May 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New discovery of proteins involved in positioning muscular nuclei

The position of cellular nuclei in muscle fibres has an important role in some muscle weaknesses. Edgar Gomes, an Inserm researcher in the myology group at the Institute of Myology (mixed Inserm/UPMC unit) recently made this ...

Medical research created Mar 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Abnormal oscillation in the brain causes motor deficits in Parkinson's disease

The research group headed by Professor Atsushi Nambu (The National Institute for Physiological Sciences) and Professor Masahiko Takada (Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University) has shown that the 'oscillatory' nature ...

Neuroscience created Nov 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

High levels of master heat shock protein linked to poor prognosis in breast cancer patients

Whitehead Institute scientists report that patients whose estrogen receptor (ER)-positive breast cancers have high levels of the ancient cellular survival factor heat shock factor 1 (HSF1) experience poor ...

Cancer created Oct 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New instrument helps researchers see how diseases start and develop in minute detail

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an established technique which over the years has made it possible for researchers and healthcare professionals to study biological phenomena in the body without using ionising radiation, ...

Medical research created Oct 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Unraveling the ins and outs of brain development

The embryonic nervous system is a hollow tube consisting of elongated neural progenitor cells, which extend from the inner to the outer surface of the tube. In a section inside the tube called the ventricular ...

Neuroscience created Jun 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0