Chinese scientists recently reported the key role in tumor survival played by a histone-acetylation-regulated long noncoding RNA called lysosome cell death regulator (LCDR), providing a potential diagnostic and therapeutic ...
Jan 17, 2022
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A research team led by Wim Annaert (VIB-KU Leuven) uncovered the early assembly of gamma-secretase, a protein complex linked to numerous cellular processes including the development of Alzheimer's disease. In a first step, ...
Jul 22, 2021
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The brains of people suffering from Alzheimer's disease (AD) are slowly and inescapably being depleted of neurons, which leads to the characteristic loss of memory and cognitive function associated with this condition. However, ...
Jun 29, 2020
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Rapid communication of neurons in the brain, as well as the ability to learn, fundamentally rely on neurotransmitter receptors located in the contact sites of neurons, the synapses. The most important receptors in the mammalian ...
Oct 15, 2019
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HIV-1 replication requires the coordinated movement of the virus's components toward the plasma membrane of an immune cell, where the virions are assembled and ultimately released. A study in The Journal of Cell Biology reveals ...
May 4, 2015
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The ability to construct complex myelin sheaths around axons is one of the greatest vertebrate inventions since the hinged jaw.
Diseases such as tuberculosis, anthrax, and shigellosis—a severe food-borne illness—eventually could be treated with an entirely new and more-effective kind of antibiotic, thanks to a team of scientists led by Kenneth ...
Jun 3, 2013
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(Medical Xpress)—A study led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has discovered mutations in two genes that lead to the death of nerve cells in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, ...
Mar 18, 2013
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