Proteins that control cell division play a far more nuanced role than researchers previously thought in the process that gives rise to reproductive cells, according to new MIT research. The work could ...
... have recently discovered that a crucial communications pathway in cells not only stops cells from making proteins, it also makes them go. The team was able to define the way in which proteins called ...
... Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) Journal, also highlights the variety of roles that proteins can play.
“The results demonstrate a connection between blood pressure regulation and nutrition ...
... scarring, bumped up the risk of heart failure by 37 percent.
When the inflammatory protein levels were included in the scientists’ statistical analysis, the heightened risk from obesity disappeared ...
A mini-protein found in sunflower seeds could be the key to stopping tumours spreading in prostate cancer patients, according to QUT researchers. The grants came from Queensland Cancer Research, the ...
... . This is true for even the most common class of cancer-associated genes, the protein kinases, which mediate the majority of signaling events in cells by phosphorylating and modulating the activity of ...
... an enzyme of the Japanese mushroom Grifola frondosa (Maitake or dancing mushroom), proteins can be identified without knowing the organism's genetic composition. This advance simplifies the study of ...
A study has discovered the role of the ACE2 protein in linking nutrition and blood pressure regulation, findings that could help explain the rare Hartnup disorder.
Researchers in Korea report development of a way to double production of a sticky protein from marine mussels destined for use as an antibacterial coating to prevent life-threatening infections in ...
... at the Center for Translational Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia have found that a protein that appears to have protective and perhaps healing effects for failing hearts also ...
... disease increases, it is of practical relevance to understand the contribution of this immune protein.”
The history of Properdin extends about 50 years with the first significant biochemical ...
... way for newer and more effective treatments for melanoma.
"We have shown that if we target the two proteins separately, it somewhat inhibits the development of tumors but if we target them together ...
... and TPO have separate functional roles, there were similarities in the structures of the two proteins that suggested TPO may have protective properties similar to erythropoietin.
“We ...
A University of Arizona research team is exploring the evolutionary origins of protein structures. Their findings will help people better understand how proteins evolved to carry out the instructions ...
... such as AIDS patients and transplant recipients. In addition, UL97-like proteins are also found in the other seven human herpes viruses, some of which are directly linked to cancers.
The advantages ...
