Life & Chemistry

Life & Chemistry

'Muscle' protein drives prostate cancer

In a series of lab studies with human prostate cancer cells, the Hopkins scientists were surprised to find overproduction of myosin VI in both prostate tumor…

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Young Rats Show Faster Recovery from Spinal Cord Injury

Neuroscientists had long believed that the only way to repair a spinal cord injury was to grow new neural connections, but researchers at Georgetown University…

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Gene Therapy Successfully Inhibits Epilepsy in Animal Studies

For the first time, researchers have inhibited the development of epilepsy after a brain insult in animals. By using gene therapy to modify signaling pathways…

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Tyk2’s Key Role in Human Immunity: Insights from Mouse Models

Dr. Yoshiyuki Minegishi from Tokyo Medical and Dental University and colleagues investigated immunological abnormalities in a patient diagnosed with a unique…

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'Nanorust' cleans arsenic from drinking water

The discovery of unexpected magnetic interactions between ultrasmall specks of rust is leading scientists at Rice University's Center for Biological and…

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Enzyme Inhibitor Shows Promise for Advanced Solid Tumors

Professor Alex Adjei told the EORTC-NCI-AACR [1] Symposium on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics in Prague today (Wednesday 8 November) that the drug…

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New Drug Targets Cell Division in Advanced Solid Tumors

The drug works by blocking aurora proteins, which play a key role in cell division and are implicated in the onset and progression of cancer. It was discovered…

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Embryonic Stem Cell Vaccine Shows Promise Against Lung Cancer

The findings suggest that it could be possible to develop embryonic stem cell vaccines that prevent cancers in humans, such as hereditary breast and colon…

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Block Prostate Cancer Growth: New Drug Shows Promise in Mice

They found that a drug that blocks this pathway significantly prolonged survival and inhibited tumour development in mice that were genetically engineered to…

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New Method Enhances Lubrication for Joints and Implants

‘Boundary lubrication is common in machines but is also thought to act between joints and other living organs in the form of phospholipid films,’ said…

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Finland Develops Biofuel Cell for RFID Tag Power Solutions

An enzyme-based power source is a viable source of electricity for the rapidly proliferating RFID tags used in the medical sector and logistics. Applications…

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New Study Links Odor Discrimination to Neuron Firing Timing

Their work, appearing in the Nov. 8 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience, describes for the first time a cellular mechanism linking a specific stimulus to the…

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Bacterium-Plant Link May Unlock New Chlamydia Treatment

“The unique connection between the Chlamydia bacterium and plants had been proposed by others,” said Thomas Leustek,” a professor in the department of plant…

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Gene Linked to Mental Illness Alters Brain’s Pulvinar Region

The region of the brain called the pulvinar is larger and contains more nerve cells in humans who carry the gene. “This might indicate that the brain regions…

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Boosting Ethanol Production: Unlocking Plant Fiber Potential

Oh, Verkade said, that's just a prank. Go hide around the corner and do some peeking until the joker shows up again. Thirty minutes later Hendricker was back…

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Nature's nanomachines harnessed to make drugs

Researchers at the John Innes Centre (JIC) in Norwich have used state-of-the-art technology to study a nanomachine in soil bacteria called the Tat system,…

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