Neuroscience
Protecting the brain when energy runs low
Researchers from the Universities of Leeds, Edinburgh and Dundee have shed new light on the way that the brain protects itself from harm when 'running on empty.'
Oct 17, 2011
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Oncology & Cancer
Without 'yoga and chardonnay' leukemia stem cells are stressed to death
Change is stressful. The change that a healthy blood stem cell undergoes to become a leukemia stem cell (LSC) is no exception—think of healthy blood stem cells as young professionals and the transformation into an LSC as ...
Jun 14, 2018
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Endocrinology & Metabolism
Study shows how to prevent a high-fat diet from throwing metabolism out of whack
Eating lots of fats increases the risk of metabolic disorders, but the mechanisms behind the problem have not been well understood. Now, University of California, Irvine biologists have made a key finding about how to ward ...
Apr 5, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Genetic 'whodunnit' for cancer gene solved
Long thought to suppress cancer by slowing cellular metabolism, the protein complex AMPK also seemed to help some tumors grow, confounding researchers. Now, Salk Institute researchers have solved the long-standing mystery ...
Nov 8, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
'Ancient' system unlocks cancer secrets
A long-hidden metabolic system in cells could lead to new strategies for therapeutic cancer treatments in future.
Jan 21, 2020
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Medical research
Two enzymes control liver damage in NASH, study shows
As much as 12 percent of adults in the United States are living with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), an aggressive condition that can lead to cirrhosis or liver cancer. After identifying a molecular pathway that allows ...
Feb 6, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Study suggests well-known growth suppressor actually fuels lethal brain cancers
Scientists report finding a potentially promising treatment target for aggressive and deadly high-grade brain cancers like glioblastoma. But they also say the current lack of a drug that hits the molecular target keeps it ...
Jun 18, 2018
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Medical research
The role of metabolic signaling in preventing atrial fibrillation
Research from the Yale School of Medicine indicates that a protein kinase that is a master regulator of cell metabolism is critical to preventing atrial fibrillation. The research appeared April 22 in the journal JCI Insight.
Apr 26, 2022
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Medical research
Cell energy sensor mechanism discovered: Studies linked to better understanding of cancer drugs
Johns Hopkins and National Taiwan University researchers have discovered more details about how an energy sensing "thermostat" protein determines whether cells will store or use their energy reserves.
Feb 21, 2012
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Medical research
Enzyme restores function with diabetic kidney disease
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine say that, while a prevailing theory suggests elevated cellular levels of glucose ultimately result in diabetic kidney disease, the truth may, in fact, ...
Oct 25, 2013
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