Study outlines how stroke, head injury can increase risk of Alzheimer's disease
...called lysosomes, a process that is disrupted if a molecular signal on the enzyme is altered. That signal binds to GGA proteins, which are required for the transport of several types of enzymes into lysosomes. One of these proteins, GGA3, can be degraded by caspase, an enzyme takes part in the cell-death pro...UCLA researchers develop new nanomaterials to deliver anti-cancer drugs to cells
...oi, UCLA professor of microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics and director of the Jonsson Cancer Centers Signal Transduction and Therapeutics Program Area, and Jeffrey Zink, UCLA professor of chemistry and biochemistry. Tamanoi and Zink devised a method for incorporating the representative hydrophob...DFG approves 11 new Collaborative Research Centers
...ction of biological body functions using versatile molecular switches and innovative optical technology. Four o...ctives of their work will be to develop autonomous molecular switches suitable for use in medical or technical applications. (Host university: Christian Albrecht...USC researchers show that molecular markers predict tumor recurrence
...Southern California (USC) have identified specific molecular markers that may help to predict tumor recurrence ...and the principal investigator on the study. These molecular markers not only help us to identify patients who are at high risk, but they may be critical to sele...The Burroughs Wellcome Fund awards $8 million to infectious disease investigators
... Ph.D. The Scripps Research Institute Chemical and molecular approaches to probe viral pathogenesis in real time Yorgo Modis, Ph.D. Yale University Cell entry and innate immune recognition of flaviviruses Neal Silverman, Ph.D. University of Massachusetts Medical School Intracellular bacterial recognition i...Gender impacts colorectal cancer progression
...apy, Lenz says. Researchers were able to identify molecular markers predicting response time to tumor progress...ys Lenz. This is the very first study showing that molecular markers may be sex specific. There has been increasing evidence that gender plays a significant ro...Adding radioimmunotherapy to chemo may help patients with lymphoma
...n emission tomographya scan that measures abnormal molecular cell activity. PET was used to determine which patients had an early complete disease response after treatment with chemotherapy alone and after treatment with IT. The researchers found that five out of 16 patients who had a positive PET scan after t...Fat protein cuts blood vessel inflammation, may help heart, Jefferson scientists find
...osario Scalia, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of molecular physiology and biophysics, both of Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, discovered that mice lacking adiponectin had an increase in so-called "adhesion" molecules and high levels of white blood cells sticking to t...Treatment outcomes of patients with HIV and tuberculosis
...was corroborated by a similar study that also used molecular genotyping as a relapse indicator. HIV-infected patients who received 6 months of rifamycin-based TB treatment or who were treated intermittently (one to three times per week), were four times more likely to have a reoccurrence than those r who t...Brain inflammation may be friend, not foe, for Alzheimer's patients
...work suggests that doctors not rush in to turn off molecular events that scientists have widely considered to b...cule known as interleukin-1beta, a well-recognized molecular kingpin in the realm of inflammation. IL-1 beta, a signaling molecule that promotes brain inflamma...Cedars-Sinai endocrine researchers to discuss gene that may be linked to polycystic ovary syndrome
...ehensive treatments and support, and research into molecular mechanisms and future therapies for PCOS, androgen excess and related disorders. The Androgen Excess Society meets June 1. The Endocrine Society meeting extends from June 2 through 5. Both will be held in Toronto, Canada. Among the Endocrine Soci...Detecting cold, feeling pain: Study reveals why menthol feels fresh
...series of discoveries led by the Julius lab on the molecular mechanisms of temperature sensation and pain. In 1997, the lab cloned the gene for the capsaicin receptor, the main pungent ingredient in some chili peppers (Nature, Oct. 23, 1997), and in 2000 reported that, in mice, the receptor triggers the nerves...Scripps Research awarded $17 million for adult stem cell use to treat eye diseases
... they do," says Friedlander. "By understanding the molecular events initiated by these cells, we hope we might ... signaling; from the Nemerow and Siuzdak groups in molecular tools for the modification and analysis of progenitor cells; and from the Balch lab on the cell biol...'How innovation drives our economy' set for June 5 at UD
...before they even touch the patient" Can we explore molecular details of biological processes in an interactive, immersive environment where we can literally fly through the molecules" Karl V. Steiner, professor of electrical and computer engineering, and associate director of the Delaware Biotechnology Institu...Possible new breast cancer gene
...ry, we have made significant new insights into the molecular mechanism by which BRCA1 recognizes sites of DNA d..."Now we have gained a partial understanding of the molecular basis between cancer-causing BRCA1 failures to fix DNA damage versus normal BRCA1s ability to fix DN...UQ researchers honored with leading fellowships
... with applications in photonics, metrology and bio molecular imaging. Professor Quiggin, from UQ's Schools of Economics and Political Science & International Relations, is analysing options for adaptation to climate change in Australia, and in particular, the role and management of uncertainty, with a focus...'Star Trek'-type scanning may reveal genetic activity of tumors, Stanford study shows
...alif. -- Peering into the body and visualizing its molecular secrets, once the stuff of science fiction, is one..., who said their work will help doctors obtain the molecular details of a specific tumor or disease without having to remove body tissue for a biopsy. "Ideally, ...Scavenger cells may have role blocking obesity, Stanford study shows
...gs." Chawla and his colleagues have identified a molecular "switch" that can shift the cells into the more de...flammatory mode. Now that they have identified a molecular switch, the researchers are pursuing further studies to nail down the details of how the cells flip-...Nanomedicine opens the way for nerve cell regeneration
...overcome even before we fully understand them at a molecular level "why axons in central nervous system do not regenerate"" Dr. Mauris N. De Silva describes the novel nanotechnology based approach designed that includes the use of magnetic nanoparticles and magnetic fields for addressing the challenges associa...UCLA Nobel Laureate honored with membership in the American Philosophical Society
... at UCLA for 22 years, is currently a professor of molecular and medical pharmacology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science. Born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1941, Ignarro rece...