Grapes, soy and kudzu blunt some menopausal side effects
... complications. The precise mechanism by which soy interacts with the blood to affect hypertension is not yet known. Study 3: Kudzu and Insulin Resistance The UAB researchers have examined kudzu, a vine growing in the southeast United States. Their research, and others, shows kudzu root extract blunts a ...Penn researchers discover how key protein stops inflammation
...nd to infection. Their studies revealed that Bcl-3 interacts with p50, a protein that inhibits gene transcription by binding to DNA. p50 turns off the DNA region coding for inflammation, halting the response to infection, explains Chen. Without Bcl-3, Chen says p50 cannot stop the inflammation response, but ...Research team enlightens the reasons for severe blindness
...eam could demonstrate that lebercilin specifically interacts with other proteins which play a role in the protein transport in the cells. Thus the scientists concluded that lebercilin is relevant for the protein transport within the optical cell: as shown by electro-microscopic pictures, within the optical cel...Researchers find pathway that controls cell size and division
... The third enzyme in the pathway, UgtP, physically interacts with FtsZ to prevent ring formation. UgtP responds to low levels of glucose (nutrient-poor conditions) by becoming unstable and forming what appear to be inactive aggregates. Disrupting this pathway leads to defects in chromosome segregation. A ce......n noise. The Rutgers-Camden scholar makes art that interacts with natural surroundings imagine spotting a tree donning a sweater or finding a rock upholstered as a baseball. She decided to find out if rockin robins do exist. Humans have an impact on other animals around us. Catbirds and mockingbirds listen ...MIT IDs link between brain tumor proteins
...he receptor is so intense and because the receptor interacts with numerous other proteins that also promote tumor growth, said White, who is also affiliated with MITs Center for Cancer Research and its Computational and Systems Biology Initiative. The researchers believe it is the cumulative action of EGFRvI...Study finds Western-style 'meat-sweet' diet increases risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women
...ggests the possibility that the meat-sweet pattern interacts with obesity to increase breast cancer risk, Tseng said. Low consumption of a western dietary pattern plus successful weight control may protect against breast cancer in a traditionally low-risk Asian population that is poised to more broadly adopt ...TU Delft tracks the influence of a cancer inhibitor on a single DNA molecule
...article. The medicine investigated, topotecan, interacts with an important protein (TopoIB), causing a (cancer) cell to malfunction. The TopoIB protein is responsible for the removal of loops from DNA, which arise amongst other things during cell division. The TopoIB protein binds to the DNA molecule, clam...Weill Cornell team identifies potential new cancer drug target
...tructure and activity of XIAP and the molecules it interacts with in cells. "We discovered that XIAP interacts with the NF-kappa B cycle in two distinct ways," Dr. Wu says. "It interacts with another key prot...Now, self-healing materials can mimic human skin, healing again and again
... moves from the capillary into the crack, where it interacts with catalyst particles. If the crack reopens under additional stress, the healing cycle is repeated. Ultimately, the ability to achieve further healing events is controlled by the availability of active catalyst, said Kathleen S. Toohey, a U. of I. ...Crucial progress in understanding Fragile X mental retardation protein
...ofessor in Yale Ob/Gyn, previously found that FMRP interacts with a nuclear mRNA export protein NXF2, in the mouse brain and testes. In this study, the team used mouse neuronal cells to explore the functional characteristics of this interaction. We found that FMRP, together with NXF2, acts to down-regulate ...JCI table of contents: May 24, 2007
... London Dental Institute report that the gene Gas1 interacts with Shh and that mice lacking Gas1 exhibit a form...s a modifier for holoprosencephaly and genetically interacts with sonic hedgehog AUTHOR CONTACT: Martyn T. Cobourne Kings College London, London, United King...A close-up on pancreatic disease: How do we improve the odds?
...eceptor that is stimulated by neuregulin (NRG) and interacts with EGFR � both receptors are often expressed in pancreatic cancer. In this study, a team of researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in Alabama evaluated the relationship of NRG-associated ErbB3 pathway activation to pancreatic can...Einstein researchers' discover 'radiation-eating' fungi
... to ionizing radiation, they showed that radiation interacts with melanin to alter its electron structure. This is an essential step for capturing radiation and converting it into a different form of energy to make food. Dr. Casadevall notes that the melanin in fungi is no different chemically from the mela...How does day length affect aggression in mice? It's in the genes
... While other studies have examined how environment interacts with genes to influence behavior, most of these studies have examined very complex environmental conditions, said Randy Nelson, co-author and professor of psychology and neuroscience at Ohio State. "We're looking at a very simple environmental fac...Stowers Institute's Workman Lab demonstrates mechanism for decoding histone modification marks
...ation, is catalyzed by the human protein HYPB that interacts with the Huntington's disease protein known as huntingtin," said Dr. Workman. "Our findings may one day assist in the design of therapeutic or preventive measures to intervene with the pathology of Huntington's disease and other polyglutamine expansi...Newly identified mechanism for silencing genes points to possible anti-cancer strategies
...gues extended those studies to find that RISC also interacts with another complex that includes molecules required to build functional ribosomes. Ribosomes are cellular organelles responsible for translating messenger RNA into protein. Closer investigation showed that the new complex also included a component ...NMR advance relies on microscopic detector
...ng studied. The coil creates a magnetic field that interacts with the nuclear spin of atoms in the sample, and those interactions reveal how the atoms are connected. With current NMR machines, you need about 1017 (more than a million billion) molecules of a protein to determine its molecular structure. Some ...How does soy promote weight loss? University of Illinois scientist finds another clue
...n is a hormone produced in our adipose tissue that interacts with receptors in the brain and signals us that were full so we stop eating," said Elvira de Mejia, a U of I assistant professor of food science and human nutrition. The researchers wanted to see if soy protein hydrolysates could affect these regul...Salk scientist Ursula Bellugi elected to National Academy of Sciences
...model system to study how a genetic predisposition interacts with the environment to sculpt the brain in unique ways. With unflagging enthusiasm, Bellugi moves closer to understanding how missing genes and the resulting changes in brain structure and function ultimately shape behavior.As of today, 14 of the Sa...