News tagged with receptor proteins

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Curry spice component may help slow prostate tumor growth

Curcumin, an active component of the Indian curry spice turmeric, may help slow down tumor growth in castration-resistant prostate cancer patients on androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), a study from researchers ...

Cancer created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Common brain receptor in eyes may link epilepsy, cataracts and antidepressants

Researchers from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) and Columbia University have discovered that the most common receptor for the major neurotransmitter in the brain is also present in the lens ...

Medical research created Jan 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists show brain vulnerable to Hepatitis C virus

(Medical Xpress) -- Scientists at the University of Birmingham have demonstrated for the first time that human brain cells can become infected with the Hepatitis C virus (HCV), it is reported today.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Research helping combat drug addiction

(Medical Xpress) -- Better help with battling drug addiction could be at hand as a result of research underway at Victoria University of Wellington.

Medical research created Jan 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Signaling to chromatin

(Medical Xpress) -- Scientists from the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI) in collaboration with their colleagues from the Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering of the ETH ...

Genetics created Jan 03, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Self-regulation of the immune system suppresses defense against cancer

Regulatory T cells, which are part of the body's immune system, downregulate the activity of other immune cells, thus preventing the development of autoimmune diseases or allergies. Scientists at the German Cancer Research ...

Immunology created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New study shows how B cells may generate antibodies after vaccination

Steve Reiner, MD, professor of Medicine, and Burton Barnett, a doctoral student in the Reiner lab at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, have shown how immune cells, called B ...

Medical research created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Jamb and Jamc are essential proteins for the fusion of muscle cells: study

Researchers at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have discovered two proteins that are essential for the fusion of muscle cells to build muscle fibres. Their discovery might help us better understand and treat illnesses ...

Medical research created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Proteins do not predict outcome of herceptin treatment in HER2-positive breast cancer

Precisely quantifying the amount of three different HER growth proteins, along with several other proteins believed linked to breast cancer, did not predict a patient's outcome after treatment for HER2-Positive Breast Cancer ...

Cancer created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cancer-causing protein strongly tied to hormone resistance in breast cancer

In dozens of experiments in mice and in human cancer cells, a team of Johns Hopkins scientists has closely tied production of a cancer-causing protein called TWIST to the development of estrogen resistance in women with breast ...

Cancer created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists design experimental treatment for iron-overload diseases

Iron overload is a common condition affecting millions of people worldwide. Excess iron in the body is toxic, and deposits can cause damage to the liver, heart and other organs. Current treatments, researchers ...

Medical research created Nov 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Understanding human transmembrane signalling

(Medical Xpress) -- New international collaborative research led by Stanford University, the University of Michigan and involving Trinity College Dublin recently published in Nature, increases our unders ...

Medical research created Oct 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Combination therapies for drug-resistant cancers

Some cancers can be effectively treated with drugs inhibiting proteins known as receptor tyrosine kinases, but not those cancers caused by mutations in the KRAS gene. A team of researchers led by Jeffrey Engelman, at Massachusetts ...

Cancer created Oct 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Research provides unprecedented insight into fighting viral infections

Researchers at Rutgers and UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School have determined the structure of a protein that is the first line of defense in fighting viral infections including influenza, hepatitis C, West Nile, rabies, ...

Medical research created Sep 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Structure of vital protein complex, G protein-coupled receptors, described in unprecedented detail

Three international teams of scientists, led by researchers at the University of California San Diego, University of Michigan and Stanford University, have published a trio of papers describing in unprecedented ...

Medical research created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast