(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers working in Sweden has found that one bird species suffers from a shortened life span when infected by the malaria virus. In their paper published in the journal Science, the team describes ...
Researchers from the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Cancer Center and Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have identified the first potential treatment targeting a pathway by which several aggressive tumors ...
Jan 15, 2015
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Cell biologists at UT Southwestern Medical Center have targeted telomeres with a small molecule called 6-thiodG that takes advantage of the cell's 'biological clock' to kill cancer cells and shrink tumor growth.
Jan 1, 2015
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A team of scientists, led by researchers at The Wistar Institute, has found that an infection with herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) causes rearrangements in telomeres, small stretches of DNA that serve as protective ends to ...
Dec 11, 2014
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Eating a Mediterranean diet might help extend your lifespan, suggests a study published in The BMJ this week. The diet appears to be associated with longer telomere length—an established marker of slower aging.
Dec 2, 2014
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A novel looping mechanism that involves the end caps of DNA may help explain the aging of cells and how they initiate and transmit disease, according to new research from UT Southwestern Medical Center cell biologists.
Nov 14, 2014
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(Medical Xpress)—Stress takes a toll on both mind and body. Intuitively, that's not a big surprise. Many studies have found links among stress, depression and disease. But scientists didn't really know which came first: ...
Oct 29, 2014
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(Medical Xpress)—A brain region that is vital for memory and shrinks in Alzheimer's disease patients also is likely to be smaller in those whose white blood cells have shorter DNA-protecting end caps – called telomeres ...
Jul 16, 2014
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Scientists led by a group of researchers at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) in La Jolla, CA, have discovered some of the key proteins involved in one type of DNA repair gone awry.
May 22, 2014
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Genes amplify the stress of harsh environments for some children, and magnify the advantage of supportive environments for other children, according to a study that's one of the first to document how genes interacting with ...
Apr 7, 2014
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