Little-understood protein previously implicated in a rare genetic disorder plays an unexpected and critical role in building and maintaining healthy cells, Italian and U.S. biologists report in the journal Nature.
The protein, called “atlastin,” does its work by fusing intracellular membranes in a previously undocumented way, the researchers claim.
“If you”d asked me a year ago whether [...]
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Little-known protein, atlastin, plays key role in building healthy cells
July 30th, 2009 |
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Newly discovered gene fusion may improve prostate cancer diagnosis
July 24th, 2009 |
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Researchers have found a new gene fusion that is highly expressed in a subset of prostate cancers-a discovery that could lead to more accurate prostate cancer testing and new targets for potential treatments.
According to researchers from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, gene fusions – a hybrid gene formed from two previously separated genes – may [...]
Human cells secrete protein that kills cancer cells: Study
July 24th, 2009 |
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In a novel study, Indian-origin scientist from University of Kentucky has found that human cells secrete protein that kills cancer cells.
The research team led by Vivek Rangnekar, UK professor of radiation medicine, have determined that the tumour-suppressor protein Par-4, initially thought to be active only within cells expressing the Par-4 gene, is in fact [...]
How flu virus attacks the lungs
July 18th, 2009 |
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Shedding new light on how influenza virus attacks the lungs, a new study conducted by researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and Southern Research Institute has provided targets for new treatments.
Writing about their findings in the online edition of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, the researchers have revealed that [...]
Scientists find 3,600 disease ‘switches’ in human body
July 18th, 2009 |
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A collaborative study conducted by researchers at University of Copenhagen and the Max Planck Institute in Germany has led to the identification of no less than 3,600 molecular switches in the human body, which may prove to be a crucial factor in human ageing and the onset and treatment of cancer, Alzheimer’’s disease and Parkinson’’s [...]