Medical research
Scientists discover master regulator of cellular aging
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered a protein that fine-tunes the cellular clock involved in aging.
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Genetics
Contributions of a 'sorting nexin' protein to learning impairments in Down's syndrome
Every year, roughly 1 in 1,000 children worldwide are born with Down's syndrome. This developmental disorder, associated with potentially severe intellectual and learning disabilities among other characteristics, is caused ...
Apr 23, 2014
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Protein 'motif' crucial to telomerase activity
It is difficult to underestimate the importance of telomerase, an enzyme that is the hallmark of both aging and the uncontrolled cell division associated with cancer. In an effort to understand and control telomerase activity, ...
Sep 19, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Key regulator of blood vessel formation could be a potential new target for cancer drugs
During formation of the vascular system, successively smaller blood vessels sprout from existing ones to form networks of capillaries in patterns uniquely adapted to the function of the organ they enter. This process, called ...
Aug 30, 2013
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Genetics
Meet CLAMP: A newly found protein that regulates genes
(Medical Xpress)—A newly discovered protein, found in many species, turns out to be the missing link that allows a key regulatory complex to find and operate on the lone X chromosome of male fruit flies, bringing them to ...
Jul 16, 2013
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Genetics
Researchers discover a new gene involved in obesity
The discovery of an unexpected function for a gene that was associated to another process in the organism might be a solution in search of a problem, a clue to unsuspected connections. That is what has happened with RAP1, ...
Jun 20, 2013
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Neuroscience
Scientists at UCI restore long-term memory to mice
University of California-Irvine neurobiologists have discovered a protein complex in neurons that is essential to long-term memory formation and is also corrupted in the brains of people with some developmental disabilities ...
Jun 5, 2013
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Genetics
Researchers identify a new gene that is essential for nuclear reprogramming
Researchers are still fascinated by the idea of the possibility of reprogramming the cells of any tissue, turning them into cells with the capacity to differentiate into cells of a completely different type— pluripotent ...
Jun 5, 2013
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Medical research
How chromosomes keep their loose ends loose
We take it for granted that our chromosomes won't stick together, yet this kind of cellular disaster would happen constantly were it not for a protein called TRF2. Now, scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) ...
Feb 6, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
A new mechanism that contributes to the evolution of cancer
Cancer arises from the accumulation of mutations and structural changes in chromosomes, which in some cases give rise to combinations that favour the growth or expansion of the disease. In this context, chromosomes tend to ...
Jan 31, 2013
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