Molecular Target
Restless cells: Cause of serious genetic disease discovered – Mouse mutant essential for identification of the responsible gene
In patients suffering from the hereditary disease LAD III (leukocyte adhesion deficiency) this passage is blocked. The cause of this defect has now been…
Researchers Identify Gene Linked to Aggressive Progression of Liver Cancer
Hepatocellular carcinoma, HCC, or liver cancer, is the fifth most common cancer and the third leading cause of cancer deaths in the world. Treatment options…
Forgotten and lost – when proteins "shut down" our brain
Which modules of the tau protein, in neurons of Alzheimer disease patients, may act in a destructive manner were investigated by researchers from the Max…
Researchers Discover Molecular Gatekeeper in Enzyme
The article in which the team reports its finding has been declared Paper of the Week by the Journal of Biological Chemistry, an honour given to only one in…
Molecular motors in cells work together
Molecular motors, the little engines that power cell mobility and the ability of cells to transport internal cargo, work together and in close coordination,…
How cells handle broken chromosomes
Thus the researchers uncovered a surprising feature of how DNA strand breaks can be handled. Their unexpected findings have important implications for the…