News tagged with target proteins
Indian plant could play key role in death of cancer cells
Scientists at the Georgia Regents University Cancer Center have identified an Indian plant, used for centuries to treat inflammation, fever and malaria, that could help kill cancer cells.
Cancer
Feb 14, 2013 |
4.3 / 5 (3) |
0
|
Research finds protein that prevents light-induced retinal degeneration
Research led by Minghao Jin, PhD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Neuroscience at the LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans Neuroscience Center of Excellence, has found a protein that protects retinal photoreceptor ...
Neuroscience
Feb 12, 2013 |
5 / 5 (2) |
0
|
Identification of abnormal protein may help diagnose, treat ALS and frontotemporal dementia
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig's disease, and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) are devastating neurodegenerative diseases with no effective treatment. Researchers are beginning to recognize ...
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Feb 12, 2013 |
not rated yet |
0
|
Researchers identify new strategy for interfering with potent cancer-causing gene
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is an aggressive blood cancer that is currently incurable in 70% of patients. In a bold effort, CSHL scientists are among those identifying and characterizing the molecular mechanisms responsible ...
Cancer
Feb 11, 2013 |
5 / 5 (2) |
0
|
A scanner for hereditary defects
Our genetic material is constantly exposed to damage, which the body's own proteins normally repair. One of these proteins works like a scanner, continually scouring the genetic material for signs of damage. ...
Genetics
Jan 24, 2013 |
4 / 5 (2) |
0
|
Discovery promises to improve drugs used to fight cancer, other diseases
(Medical Xpress)—Even when at rest, the human body is a flurry of activity. Like a microscopic metropolis locked in a state of perpetual rush hour traffic, the trillions of cells that make us who we are work feverishly ...
Medical research
Jan 11, 2013 |
4.3 / 5 (3) |
0
|
Scientists use 'virtual experiments' to uncover missing cancer targets
(Medical Xpress)—Scientists have identified 46 previously overlooked but potentially 'druggable' cancer targets, using a powerful new online approach that allows researchers to carry out 'virtual experiments' to quickly ...
Cancer
Jan 02, 2013 |
5 / 5 (2) |
0
|
Protein kinase Akt identified as arbiter of cancer stem cell fate, paper reports
(Medical Xpress)—The protein kinase Akt is a key regulator of cell growth, proliferation, metabolism, survival, and death. New work on Akt's role in cancer stem cell biology from the lab of senior author ...
Cancer
Dec 20, 2012 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
|
Removing protein 'garbage' in nerve cells may help control two neurodegenerative diseases
Neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center say they have new evidence that challenges scientific dogma involving two fatal neurodegenerative diseases—amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and frontotemporal ...
Medical research
Dec 20, 2012 |
5 / 5 (6) |
0
|
New research discovery provides therapeutic target for ALS
Research led by Dr. Udai Pandey, Assistant Professor of Genetics at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, has found that the ability of a protein made by a gene called FUS to bind to RNA is essential to the development ...
Genetics
Dec 19, 2012 |
5 / 5 (2) |
0
|
Novel antibodies for combating Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease
Antibodies developed by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are unusually effective at preventing the formation of toxic protein particles linked to Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, ...
Neuroscience
Dec 03, 2012 |
4 / 5 (2) |
1
|
Genome-scale study identifies hundreds of potential drug targets for Huntington's disease
Scientists searching for ways to develop treatments for Huntington's disease (HD) just got a roadmap that could dramatically speed their discovery process. Researchers at the Buck Institute have used RNA interference (RNAi) ...
Genetics
Nov 29, 2012 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
|
Protein tug of war points toward better therapies for cardiovascular disease
Two proteins are in a tug of war that determines how much the body makes of superoxide, a highly reactive and potentially destructive product of oxygen that's dramatically elevated in cardiovascular disease, ...
Cardiology
Nov 15, 2012 |
5 / 5 (2) |
0
|
Study finds diabetes raises levels of proteins linked to Alzheimer's features
Growing evidence suggests that there may be a link between diabetes and Alzheimer's disease, but the physiological mechanisms by which diabetes impacts brain function and cognition are not fully understood. ...
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Oct 26, 2012 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
|
Cold viruses point the way to new cancer therapies
Cold viruses generally get a bad rap—which they've certainly earned—but new findings by a team of scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies suggest that these viruses might also be a valuable ...
Cancer
Oct 16, 2012 |
5 / 5 (5) |
0
|
