New York University and University of Iowa biologists have identified a key mechanism controlling early embryonic development that is critical in determining how structures such as appendages -- arms and legs in humans -- ...
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Researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center have found that a type of normal stem cell fuels ovarian cancer by encouraging cancer stem cells to grow.
Jul 18, 2011
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The protein Foxp3 is vital to the function of immune cells called regulatory T cells, which control immune system activation. Despite its importance, how Foxp3 regulates the immune system using environmental cues has remained ...
Jun 27, 2024
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In the search for effective and safe therapeutics for hyposensitization, colleagues at the Paul-Ehrlich-Institut and the Justus Liebig University in Giessen investigated the effect of the birch pollen allergen-containing ...
Oct 10, 2022
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(HealthDay)—Work is proceeding apace on a "universal" flu vaccine capable of protecting humans from all forms of influenza, researchers report.
Mar 9, 2020
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You could say Hollis Cline's lab at The Scripps Research Institute is building better tadpoles.
May 3, 2018
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Proteins responsible for controlling levels of iron in the body also play an important role in combatting infection, according to a study published today in Cell Host & Microbe.
Jul 16, 2015
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When cataracts encroach on the eyes, the only effective remedy is to surgically replace the eyes' lenses with synthetic substitutes.
Jun 18, 2015
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Researchers have found that levels of a regulatory protein called ATF4, and the corresponding levels of the molecules whose expression it controls, are elevated in the livers of mice exposed to multiple interventions known ...
Sep 15, 2014
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Many proteins undergo an assembly line-style process of glycosylation as they travel from a cellular structure called the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) to the Golgi apparatus and on through its various compartments, after which ...
Aug 27, 2014
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