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According to the conclusions of a new study by investigators at the Mayo Clinic, it would appear that the enzyme BACE2 is very efficient at destroying beta-amyloid, the protein that builds up to form plaques in the brains of patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease.
These plaques emerge between neurons, and ... |
20 September 2012
02:58 GMT |
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A group of investigators at the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) announces the development of a 3D model representing a protein complex that is critical to the development of the human fetus.
This is the first time that such a detailed and complete picture of... |
17 September 2012
08:32 GMT |
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In the words of Shakespeare – to consume milk from genetically-modified goats or not to consume it? That is the question we could soon be forced to answer. Geneticists in Russia and Belarus (no surprise there) say they have modified dairy goats to give milk containing a protein found in human breast milk.
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10 September 2012
09:43 GMT |
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A group of investigators at the University of Rochester, in the United Kingdom, announces the discovery of a protein that appears to play an important role in promoting DNA repair in cells. The molecule is apparently present in smaller amounts when the cells get older.
A long time ago, researchers discovered that l... |
4 September 2012
04:02 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of a new study conducted by researchers at the Cambridge-based Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), it would appear that a specific protein in the human body is capable of hindering the motions of malaria-infected cells through tiny channels.
Compared to healthy cells, the infec... |
30 August 2012
09:41 GMT |
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University of Copenhagen scientists recently discovered a molecular switch that can force a class of enzymes to break down fat three times faster than usual. The finding could easily be the most important in enzymology to date. If such a molecular switch exists for all enzymes, then all actions for which these protei... |
23 August 2012
08:14 GMT |
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For years, scientists have wondered why the human brain is so much larger and complex than that of other species. According to a new study, it could be that a single protein domain (a specific unit of a protein molecule) may be responsible for this advantage.
Little is known about how the brain evolved, but what sc... |
17 August 2012
04:02 GMT |
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Exposure to a compound called diacetyl (DA) has been shown to increase a person's chances of developing a neurodegenerative form of dementia known as Alzheimer's disease. The chemical is found in an extremely wide array of food products, researchers explain.
Workers in the food industry are particularly su... |
3 August 2012
03:58 GMT |
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An international team of researchers was recently able to figure out why proteins such as myoglobin are able to carry out their functions even in the absence of water. The study will contribute to the development of advanced wound dressing and next-generation biochemical gas sensors, among others.
Without proteins p... |
2 August 2012
09:24 GMT |
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Vision problems are extremely common around the world, affecting literally billions of people. Now, investigators at the Purdue University are studying the eyes of zebrafish in order to figure out how our own vision functions. The studies could lead to new therapies for a wide array of conditions.
One of the most si... |
2 August 2012
04:22 GMT |
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Officials at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) say they awarded scientists at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston with a two-year, $1.25 million grant. The purpose of the research will be developing a technique for growing customized human lung tissue in the lab.
The procedure will enable e... |
28 July 2012
06:24 GMT |
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A team of scientists at the Northwestern University announces the creation of a drug that addresses the type of brain inflammation characteristic to traumatic brain injury, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer's disease, and multiple sclerosis, among several other conditions.
Over the past couple of years, sci... |
26 July 2012
09:59 GMT |
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A collaboration of scientists from NASA and various universities announces that a recent study conducted on meteorite samples collected from a Canadian lake provided new insights into the reason why life on Earth appears to prefer a certain chirality. The last-named is a property of molecules dealing with their orie... |
26 July 2012
03:41 GMT |
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Scientists at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology (VIB/KU Leuven) announce the discovery of a new avenue of research in developing an effective treatment against melanoma, a malignant and highly aggressive form of skin cancer.
One of the things that make melanoma so dangerous is the f... |
23 July 2012
04:27 GMT |
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An avalanche of studies recently published in two of the world's foremost journals, Science and Nature, finally begin to shed some light on the nature of a medically-important class of molecules, called G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR). These proteins managed to keep their structure a secret for decades.
They ... |
13 July 2012
04:47 GMT |
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A newly-discovered molecule holds great potential for treating inflammation, researchers at the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research (FIMR) explain. They say that their latest study on the issue revealed the existence of a molecule that would make an excellent target for next-generation drugs.
What the research ... |
10 July 2012
10:57 GMT |
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According to a collaboration of American and Danish researchers, molecules extracted from the Mediterranean Basin weed called Thapsia garganica proved extremely effective at addressing cancer tumors in mice. The active ingredient in the plant is a compound called thapsigargin.
What is interesting about this chemical... |
10 July 2012
04:03 GMT |
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Experts in the United States may have just found a way to make it easier for neuroscientists to figure out what causes depression and how the condition acts inside the human brain. This was achieved when experts created a tag that can be applied to a critically-important molecule.
According to Vanderbilt University... |
5 July 2012
09:13 GMT |
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A group of experts from the Arizona State University (ASU) and the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NULS) have recently discovered that foraging bees that are made to take on social duties and nest responsibility display a rejuvenation of their brain.
This change is equivalent to a human brain aging backwards... |
3 July 2012
08:02 GMT |
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In a paper published in the July 1 issue of the top scientific journal Nature Cell Biology, investigators at the University of Cambridge and the Instituto de Neurociencias, in Spain, detail a newly found mechanism for regulating cold sensation.
Scientists have known that the cold and menthol, for example, have stro... |
2 July 2012
04:28 GMT |
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Following a study that could have significant implications for the fields of genetic engineering and genomics research, investigators at the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) announced the development of extremely effective DNA scissors.
The tools are generall... |
29 June 2012
10:51 GMT |
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A group of researchers from the Karolinska Institutet, in Sweden, reports that a vaccine against Alzheimer's has been successfully tested in a new series of clinical trials. The drug is said to be able to stop the disease from progressing.
The CAD106 vaccine holds great promise towards addressing this illness,... |
8 June 2012
09:52 GMT |
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Scientists know that Huntington's disease is partially caused by a protein called huntingtin, which is modified from its usual self via a genetic mutation. A new study reveals that the proteins huntingtin encounters inside nerve cells can lead to reactions that promote the condition. After a large number ... |
6 June 2012
11:50 GMT |
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In a study that may lead to the development of new therapies for conditions such as schizophrenia and autism, researchers at the New York University have identified a protein that they say plays a critical role in underlying behavioral flexibility.
In other words, this molecule is essential for our ability to adapt ... |
30 May 2012
05:48 GMT |
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In a paper published in the latest issue of the esteemed journal Nature Biotechnology, investigators with an international team say they have been able to create genes that can be used as antivirals. The material has the ability to disrupt some of the key functions of the flu virus, potentially preventing epidemics.
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28 May 2012
08:18 GMT |
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The three-dimensional structure of one of the most important molecular players in RNA interference (RNAi), the protein Argonaute-2, has just been resolved by investigators at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL).
This study is very important, and could have far-reaching ramifications for molecular biology, prima... |
26 May 2012
06:10 GMT |
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Experts at that Iowa State University (ISU) announce the development of a technique that relies on nanotechnology to deliver both proteins and strands of DNA into plant cells. Their achievement has the potential to boost crop yields, among other benefits for worldwide agriculture.
The best part about this work is t... |
25 May 2012
11:02 GMT |
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During transport and storage, proteins are very prone to suffering degradation, or losing their active properties. Excipients such as polyethylene glycol are used to stabilize them, but experts now announce the development of special polymers that could do this more effectively.
The materials are capable of stabiliz... |
22 May 2012
08:29 GMT |
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Scientists involved in studies of how living cells grow observed a long time ago that cells are able to figure out when and where to develop. Determining how this is possible has been a long-standing goal, but researches have thus far yielded few results. A new study finally makes some headway.
Working together wit... |
19 May 2012
05:38 GMT |
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The protein Cdt1, which is required for a process known as DNA replication, was recently discovered to play a very important role in mitosis, a critical part of the cellular division cycle. The finding sheds light on why cancers are based on genomic instabilities and unusual numbers of chromosomes.
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15 May 2012
04:41 GMT |
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A team of investigators in the United States has recently managed to discover the origins of a critically important class of proteins in plants. Their discovery could result in improved crop yields, increased food security, and advancements in biomedicine, nutrition and renewable biofuels.
The origin of the chalcon... |
14 May 2012
04:20 GMT |
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A study published in the latest online issue of the journal Neurology indicates that eating a diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids may yield a protective effect against Alzheimer's disease. The compound makes it less likely for the neurodegenerative form of dementia to set in and progress.
Foods that contain high a... |
3 May 2012
10:41 GMT |
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Social norms have unfortunately placed a negative connotation on mucus, despite the substance's extremely important role in our bodies. Experts are currently trying to decipher the advanced mechanisms through which the stuff enables us to smell, reproduce, and avoid infections.
Katharina Ribbeck, a biological ... |
26 April 2012
07:56 GMT |
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Investigators from the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine say that a single molecule, the cellular protein HDAC6, may be used as a target for new therapies meant to prevent the development of associated disorders in people suffering from stress.
This condition is a known risk factor for depressio... |
24 April 2012
05:45 GMT |
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In an outstanding new study, investigators from the University of Edinburgh, in the United Kingdom, have been able to discover a molecule that is common to a large number of different malaria strains. All of these microorganisms have the potential to induce severe infections.
Malaria accounted for 2.2 percent of al... |
23 April 2012
09:44 GMT |
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Researchers at the University of Bristol, in the United Kingdom, announce the discovery of an interesting link between the SUMO molecule and kainate receptors, a series of proteins involved in a number of conditions. The work may lead to the creation of new drugs against epilepsy and stroke.
SUMOs (Small Ubiquitin-... |
23 April 2012
04:52 GMT |
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A collaboration of investigators from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in Cambridge, and Boston University, has recently conducted a study that finally revealed how all three major classes of antibiotics work. These mechanisms have never been fully understood until now.
Though antibiotics first start... |
20 April 2012
04:25 GMT |
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University of Bristol investigators say – in a paper published in the March 20 online issue of the journal Chemical Science – that the presence of water is not necessarily required for the survival of proteins.
For the longest time, it was believed that this class of molecules could not exist without wa... |
18 April 2012
03:45 GMT |
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For a very long time, scientists had a hard time figuring out whether autism is triggered by environmental factors, or if it develops based on genetic aberrations and predispositions. A new study demonstrates that three genes play a role in allowing the condition to develop.
While the results of the new investigati... |
5 April 2012
08:47 GMT |
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A group of biologists in the United States announces the discovery of a new protein in fruit flies. The molecule plays an important role in allowing the diminutive insect's wings to develop properly. An analog may exist in humans as well, and identifying it could lead to developing treatments for a host of medic... |
3 April 2012
04:29 GMT |
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Using unsuspecting lab mice as models for the human body, investigators in the United States were recently able to demonstrate that blocking a molecule called the PRC2 protein inhibits the uncontrolled proliferation of white blood cell cancer within the bone marrow.
The condition, called acute myeloid leukemia (AML... |
3 April 2012
03:43 GMT |
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When various organisms and plants first began conducting photosynthesis, the process did not result in the production of oxygen (anoxygenic photosynthesis). However, in time, a switch occurred, which enabled the emergence of an oxygenic (oxygen-production) version of the process. A team of experts now analyzes how th... |
3 April 2012
03:13 GMT |
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In a study that could lead to the development of new therapies and prognostics for breast cancer, researchers in the United States were recently able to study a series of molecular interactions occurring in breast cancer cells.
They discovered how the protein survivin is able to escape the nucleus of such a cancer ... |
29 March 2012
04:32 GMT |
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Researchers from an international collaboration that included the Uppsala University announce the discovery of a new molecule that could be used as a basis for a rapid, inexpensive and precise diagnostic method for autism spectrum disorders.
ASD includes autism, Asperger's syndrome, Heller's syndrome (als... |
26 March 2012
08:21 GMT |
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A group of investigators at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announces the creation of a new method for determining the form and function of proteins at extremely brief intervals. This approach is significantly more efficient and useful than anything currently available for researchers.
One of the thi... |
26 March 2012
07:35 GMT |
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Official statistics published in the Alzheimer World Report 2011 indicated that 20 to 25 million people out of the 36 million suffering from dementia have Alzheimer's. Detecting the condition early is therefore very important, so researchers recently developed a new method for doing that. As the population in d... |
24 March 2012
05:57 GMT |
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Interestingly, it would appear that some cases of obesity are caused by a single mutation, on a gene that is usually responsible for suppressing the signals that make us feel hungry. With this feedback mechanism knocked off, people have no way of knowing when they've had enough to eat.
Protein synthesis inside ... |
19 March 2012
16:31 GMT |
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A paper published in the latest issue of the peer-reviewed journal PLoS ONE suggests that the “RNA world” hypothesis explaining the early evolution of life here on Earth may be incorrect. The idea was first suggested back in 1986, but new evidence is currently working against it.
The issue at hand is ho... |
19 March 2012
03:35 GMT |
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The same basic molecules that form the basis of life here on Earth have been discovered in carbon-rich meteorites that fell to Earth from outer space. The finding appears to suggest that the basic building blocks of life permeate the Universe, waiting for the proper conditions to develop. The study was led by experts... |
10 March 2012
04:10 GMT |
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An international collaboration of researchers was recently able to create a model of the unique enzyme Lsd19, which researchers say common species of soil bacteria use to create compounds with natural antibiotic properties.
Ever since microorganisms were found to be able to create antibiotics, chemists have been wo... |
5 March 2012
03:28 GMT |
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