A family of proteins called G proteins are a recognized component of the communication system the human body uses to sense hormones and other chemicals in the bloodstream and to send messages to cells. In work that further ...
Apr 9, 2015
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Keck Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) scientists have found a promising new therapeutic target for prostate cancer. The findings offer evidence that a newly discovered member of a family of cell surface ...
Feb 20, 2015
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A lung-damaging bacterium turns the body's antibody response in its favor, according to a study published in The Journal of Experimental Medicine.
Aug 11, 2014
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Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine researchers have made an important advancement toward developing a vaccine against the debilitating and potentially deadly tick-transmitted disease, human granulocytic anaplasmosis ...
Jul 30, 2014
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In lab experiments using tissue samples cultured from cystic fibrosis patients, scientists at the UNC School of Medicine and the UNC Marsico Lung Institute have shown that a new CF drug counteracts the intended beneficial ...
Jul 23, 2014
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They are the largest family of receptors on the surface of our cells, and they help us maintain basics like blood pressure and heart rate.
Jun 25, 2014
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If you have it, you probably don't know it. Cytomegalovirus, or CMV, is perhaps one of the biggest pathogens you've never heard of—big, both proportionately and epidemiologically. It contains approximately 200 genes, compared ...
Jun 5, 2014
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A genetic mechanism that controls the production of a large spike-like protein on the surface of Staphylococcus aureus (staph) bacteria alters the ability of the bacteria to form clumps and to cause disease, according to ...
Feb 6, 2014
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Scientists have discovered a potential cure for one of the most aggressive and least treatable forms of breast cancer called "triple negative breast cancer." In laboratory experiments involving human cancer cells, scientists ...
Jan 30, 2014
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Many proteins at the cell surface are 'decorated' with carbohydrate molecules called glycans. Changes in a cell's glycan profile can greatly alter how it behaves and interacts with its environment, and abnormalities in this ...
Jan 29, 2014
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