News tagged with signaling system


Immunological genome project researchers probe every type of immune cell

(Medical Xpress)—They haven't cured the common cold yet, but a nationwide "big science" team aims to identify new strategies for orchestrating immune responses to better fight disease.

Immunology created Aug 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New key element discovered in pathogenesis of Burkitt lymphoma

Burkitt lymphoma is a malignant, fast-growing tumor that originates from a subtype of white blood cells called B lymphocytes of the immune system and often affects internal organs and the central nervous system. Now Dr. Sandrine ...

Cancer created Aug 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

First study of heart 'maps' for kids could help correct rapid rhythms

The first study of a procedure to make three-dimensional "maps" of electrical signals in children's hearts could help cardiologists correct rapid heart rhythms in young patients, according to new research presented at the ...

Cardiology created Jul 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mayo Clinic uses new approach to reverse multiple sclerosis in mice models

Mayo Clinic researchers have successfully used smaller, folded DNA molecules to stimulate regeneration and repair of nerve coatings in mice that mimic multiple sclerosis (MS). They say the finding, published today in the ...

Medical research created Jun 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Glucose deprivation activates feedback loop that kills cancer cells: study

Compared to normal cells, cancer cells have a prodigious appetite for glucose, the result of a shift in cell metabolism known as aerobic glycolysis or the "Warburg effect." Researchers focusing on this effect as a possible ...

Cancer created Jun 26, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (16) | comments 23 | with audio podcast

Danish scientists detect new immune alert signal

Researchers from Aarhus University have now located the place in the human body where the earliest virus alert signal triggers the human immune system. They have also discovered a new alarm signal, which is activated at the ...

Immunology created Jun 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists show lack of single protein results in persistent viral infection

Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have shown a single protein can make the difference between an infection clearing out of the body or persisting for life. The results also show where the defects occur in the ...

Medical research created Jun 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Genetic 'reset switch' enables signaling pathway to induce multiple developmental outcomes for olfactory neurons

Within the nervous system, a handful of signaling pathways modulate development of a cornucopia of different neuronal subtypes. “Even small alterations in neuron differentiation pathways can disrupt subsequent ...

Neuroscience created May 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Growth factor in stem cells may spur recovery from multiple sclerosis

A substance in human mesenchymal stem cells that promotes growth appears to spur restoration of nerves and their function in rodent models of multiple sclerosis (MS), researchers at Case Western Reserve University School ...

Neuroscience created May 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists find new mechanism by which cell signaling pathway contributes to rheumatoid arthritis development

A new study led by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery identifies the mechanism by which a cell signaling pathway contributes to the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In addition, the study provides evidence ...

Immunology created May 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

To assess the mobility of bed-ridden patients

In June a monitoring system is becoming commercially available that will allow nursing staff to accurately record the mobility of bedridden persons. The system has been developed for the prevention of bedsores ...

Health created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Human skin model shows signaling pathway effects from low dose exposure

(Medical Xpress) -- In studies on a human skin tissue model, researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory used a systems biology approach to show that an ionizing radiation dose mimicking that received ...

Genetics created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Chemo may get boost from cholesterol-related drug

Johns Hopkins investigators are testing a way to use drugs that target a cholesterol pathway to enhance the cancer-killing potential of standard chemotherapy drugs. Their tests, in mouse models of pancreatic cancer, may yield ...

Cancer created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Genes for learning, remembering, forgetting: Proteins important in embryos found to change the adult brain

Certain genes and proteins that promote growth and development of embryos also play a surprising role in sending chemical signals that help adults learn, remember, forget and perhaps become addicted, University ...

Medical research created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Rush offering new motion sensor technology found in smart phones for chronic pain relief

Experts from the Rush Pain Center at Rush University Medical Center are the first in Chicago to offer patients a neurostimulation system that uses new, motion sensor technology found in smart phones and Wii video gaming systems ...

Other created Mar 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0