Neuroscience
Omega-3s may hold key to unlocking blood-brain barrier
Spectacular images of a molecule that shuttles omega-3 fatty acids into the brain may open a doorway for delivering neurological therapeutics to the brain.
Jun 16, 2021
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News tagged with transporter proteins
Oncology & Cancer
New inhibitor found to combat drug-resistant cancer cells
A new substance could improve the treatment of persistent cancers. Researchers at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and the University of Greifswald have developed a new inhibitor that makes drug-resistant tumor ...
Mar 8, 2021
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Medical research
Protein twist and squeeze confers cancer drug resistance
In 1986, cellular biochemist Kazumitsu Ueda, currently at Kyoto University's Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS), discovered that a protein called ABCB1 could transport multiple chemotherapeutics out of ...
Dec 29, 2020
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Neuroscience
Researchers illuminate neurotransmitter transport using X-ray crystallography and molecular simulations
Scientists from the MIPT Research Center for Molecular Mechanisms of Aging and Age-Related Diseases have joined forces with their colleagues from Jülich Research Center, Germany, and uncovered how sodium ions drive glutamate ...
Dec 21, 2020
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Neuroscience
Guilt by dissociation: Study sheds light on serotonin in autism
Recent estimates indicate a prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the United States of 1 in 59 children with a well-established 4:1 male predominance. Individual costs for care are estimated at about $2.4 million, ...
Sep 2, 2020
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Neuroscience
Study reveals intricate details about Huntington's disease protein
A new study reveals intricate details about the biology of the huntingtin protein (HTT), which is responsible for Huntington's disease.
Jul 17, 2020
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
The analysis of copper levels in blood facilitates diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease
In biology, it is well-known that every living organism is triggered by the DNA that encodes various protein molecules, which in turn perform all the necessary biological functions, and it might seem that nothing else is ...
May 27, 2020
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Neuroscience
How brain cells lay down infrastructure to grow and create memories
Research published today in Science Advances sheds new light on the molecular machinery that enables the shape, growth and movement of neurons. It is the first time scientists have revealed how the brain shuttles genetic ...
Mar 13, 2020
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Neuroscience
Researchers repair faulty brain circuits using nanotechnology
Working with mouse and human tissue, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers report new evidence that a protein pumped out of some—but not all—populations of "helper" cells in the brain, called astrocytes, plays a specific ...
Jul 30, 2019
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Neuroscience
Brain protein mutation from child with autism causes autism-like behavioral change in mice
A de novo gene mutation that encodes a brain protein in a child with autism has been placed into the brains of mice. These mice then showed severe alterations of specific behaviors that closely resemble those seen in human ...
Jul 24, 2019
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