A protein that helps regulate calcium signaling within heart cells could play a key role in preventing chronic heart failure, according to an international study led by University of Utah Health scientists. The researchers ...
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A protein implicated in neurodegenerative diseases including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) prevents the activation of an innate immune response that leads to cell death, Vanderbilt researchers have discovered.
May 7, 2021
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A research group at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) has discovered molecular events that determine whether cancer cells live or die. With this knowledge, they found that reduced consumption of a specific ...
Apr 27, 2021
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A team of researchers from Duke University Medical Center, the California Institute of Technology, the National Institute of Mental Health and Baylor College of Medicine has found via a new reporter that cholinergic neurons ...
When a muscle grows, because its owner is still growing too or has started exercising regularly, some of the stem cells in this muscle develop into new muscle cells. The same thing happens when an injured muscle starts to ...
Feb 26, 2021
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A new study suggests that a hormone known to prevent weight gain and normalize metabolism can also help maintain healthy muscles in mice. The findings present new possibilities for treating muscle-wasting conditions associated ...
Feb 23, 2021
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Yale scientists have identified a crucial biological link in the process that transforms certain complex sugars into hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells.
Dec 4, 2020
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Obesity is a serious global health problem and a risk factor for diseases such as type II diabetes, heart disease and fatty liver disease. A central element in the development of obesity is adipose tissue, which comprises ...
Nov 17, 2020
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Deleting the TSC2 gene in specific lung cells of mice led to the activation of the mTORC1 signaling pathway and pulmonary disease characteristics consistent with human LAM disease, particularly in female breeder mice. These ...
Nov 9, 2020
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Tumors come in many shapes and forms—curable or deadly, solid or liquid, lodged inside the brain, bone, or other tissues. One thing they all have in common, however, is a knack for molecular deceit. It is often by posing ...
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