News tagged with regulatory mechanism


One step closer to understanding biology behind genetic variants linked to blood cell traits

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and University of Cambridge have unpicked genetic variants that affect the formation of blood cells. They found that around a third of ...

Genetics created Apr 17, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists use nature against nature to develop an antibiotic with reduced resistance

A new broad range antibiotic, developed jointly by scientists at The Rockefeller University and Astex Pharmaceuticals, has been found to kill a wide range of bacteria, including drug-resistant Staphylococcus (MRSA) bacter ...

Medications created Apr 10, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers say silencing of retinoblastoma gene regulates differentiation of myeloid cells

Researchers at the Moffitt Cancer Center have found a potential mechanism by which immune suppressive myeloid-derived suppressor cells can prevent immune response from developing in cancer. This mechanism includes silencing ...

Immunology created Feb 19, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers discover how the deadly malaria parasite evades the immune system, make progress toward developing a cure

(Medical Xpress)—More than a million people die each year of malaria caused by different strains of the Plasmodium parasite transmitted by the Anopheles mosquito. The medical world has yet to find an effective ...

Medical research created Dec 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New brain target for appetite control identified

Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) have identified a brain receptor that appears to play a central role in regulating appetite. The findings, published today in the online edition of Cell, could lead t ...

Medical research created Jun 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Regulatory immune cell diversity tempers autoimmunity in rheumatoid arthritis

Untangling the root cause of rheumatoid arthritis has been a difficult task for immunologists, as decades of research has pointed to multiple culprits in our immune system, with contradictory lines of evidence. Now, researchers ...

Arthritis & Rheumatism created May 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Culprit behind unchecked angiogenesis identified

German researchers unravel a critical regulatory mechanism controlling blood vessel growth that might help solve drug resistance problems in the future.

Medical research created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The balancing act between protection and inflammation in MS

Scientists have discovered a molecular mechanism that could help explain how multiple sclerosis (MS) and other autoimmune diseases can be exacerbated by the onset of an infection.

Immunology created Feb 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Gene regulator in brain's executive hub tracked across lifespan

For the first time, scientists have tracked the activity, across the lifespan, of an environmentally responsive regulatory mechanism that turns genes on and off in the brain's executive hub. Among key findings ...

Autism spectrum disorders created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

External stimuli control the hormonal regulation of our eating behavior

Max Planck researchers have proven something scientifically for the first time that laypeople have always known: the mere sight of delicious food stimulates the appetite. A study on healthy young men has documented ...

Health created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

How unchecked alarms can spark autoimmune disease

(Medical Xpress) -- One in five Americans suffers from autoimmune disease, in which the immune system goes off-track and attacks the body's own cells. Cornell researchers have identified a signaling mechanism ...

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

Study confirms males and females have at least one thing in common: Upregulating X

In a study published today in the journal Nature Genetics, a group of scientists including UNC biologist Jason Lieb, PhD, present experiments supporting a longstanding hypothesis that explains how males can survive with o ...

Genetics created Oct 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Progression of lung fibrosis blocked in mouse model

A study by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine may lead to a way to prevent the progression, or induce the regression, of lung injury that results from use of the anti-cancer chemotherapy ...

Medical research created Oct 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast