Oncology & Cancer
Scientists uncover key mechanism linking DNA replication to cancer
Researchers have gained a clearer insight into how common alterations to the structure of DNA affect the process of DNA replication.
Oct 11, 2023
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News tagged with cellular division
Cardiology
Treating a heart attack before it happens
Imagine getting treatment for a perfectly healthy young heart that would allow it to recover from an otherwise devastating injury decades later.
Aug 9, 2023
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Medical research
Promising new approach to stop growth of brain cancer cells
Inhibiting a key enzyme that controls a large network of proteins important in cell division and growth paves the way for a new class of drugs that could stop glioblastoma, a deadly brain cancer, from growing.
Feb 12, 2021
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Medical research
CBT for social anxiety may have a protective effect on cells
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for patients with social anxiety not only helps to reduce anxiety levels but also seems to protect against accelerated cellular ageing, a study involving researchers at Karolinska Institutet ...
Dec 18, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New look at atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis is the slow and progressive narrowing of arteries due to plaque formation. The atherosclerotic plaque forms by local proliferation of leukocytes and vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) in the vessel wall ...
Jul 15, 2019
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Genetics
Importance of cell cycle and cellular senescence in the placenta discovered
Working with researchers from Stanford University and St. Anna Children's Cancer Research, researchers from Jürgen Pollheimer's laboratory at the Medical University of Vienna's Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology have ...
Oct 15, 2018
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Neuroscience
Researchers discover the machinery that neurons use to form and maintain their neuronal extensions
Scientists at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), headed by Jens Lüders, group leader of the Microtubule Organization Laboratory, have described a new molecular mechanism that plays a key role in forming ...
Jul 22, 2016
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Medical research
Stress wakes up sleeping herpes viruses – but how?
Hiding their DNA genome inside the nuclei of the infected cells, the herpes viruses establish a lifelong infection in humans. Poorly defined stress conditions are known to wake up these parasites from their latent phase and ...
Feb 24, 2016
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Medical research
Dual role: Key cell division proteins also power up mitochondria
An international team led by researchers at UC Davis has shown that the cyclin B1/Cdk1 protein complex, which plays a key role in cell division, also boosts the mitochondrial activity to power that process. This is the first ...
Apr 17, 2014
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Medical research
Researchers identify key molecular components linking circadian rhythms and cell division cycles
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) have identified key molecular components linking circadian rhythms and cell division cycles in Neurospora crassa, providing insights that could lead to improved ...
Jan 14, 2014
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