Researchers discover how malaria parasite disperses from red blood cells
...rom destruction of the cytoskeleton, the molecular scaffolding that helps the cell to maintain its rounded shape. In the next stage, called the "flower" stage, the red blood cell assumes a roughly spherical shape, covered with rounded structures that resemble the petals of a flower. Shortly thereafter, the bloo...Newly discovered gene may predict aggressive ovarian cancer
... same area. Rsf-1 typically opens and closes the scaffolding structure of DNA, which acts as the gatekeeper to protein manufacturing. The Hopkins scientists say that when Rsf-1 is amplified, it may disturb this process and create more space for protein production of certain genes that may promote tumor growth...UCLA finds cancer drug may improve progeria; genetic disease causes accelerated aging in children
... to the accumulation of an abnormal protein on the scaffolding of the cell nucleus. The abnormal protein causes ...t prevented the abnormal protein from reaching the scaffolding of the cell nucleus. "We were very curious to find out if the favorable changes in the shape of cel...Drug-eluting and absorbable stents push interventional frontiers
...prietary magnesium alloy that allows it to provide scaffolding to the vessel wall for approximately two months before being absorbed. It has intriguing potential advantages over a permanent stent because it would not be subjected to long-term mechanical stress, for example, or stimulate a biological interaction...Inhibiting cell process may give cancer drug a boost
A molecule that interferes with the internal scaffolding that shapes the cell may kill cancer cells, retard the growth of tumors and give a boost to a common chemotherapy drug, according to findings appearing in the May 3 issue of the European Journal of Cancer. Although tumor growth depends on the rapid c...Altered activity in receptor pair points to further complexity in schizophrenia pathology
...uron. Both, erbB4 and NMDA receptors, are bound to scaffolding proteins called post-synaptic density (PSD), which can bridge receptor groups together and enhance their interactions. "PSD proteins can act like a raft in the ocean," explains Hahn. "Just as holding onto a raft increases one's chance of survival, by...Hopkins scientists use embryonic stem cells, new cues to awaken latent motor nerve repair
...ehind what's essentially an empty shell, with some scaffolding and non-nerve substances remaining. But with ES injections at the right time and place, and by adding the right cues, we've learned to restore the biological 'memory' for growing neurons, which is clearly still in place," he added. The motor circu...Researchers find molecular 'brake' to cell death
...-1 in the cell cytoplasm, and together they form a scaffolding "death wheel" to activate enzymes called caspases that shred a cell apart. But what they also believed is that a cell needs extra energy from ATP to undergo apoptosis, and that this extra energy was produced from the "pools" of free nucleotides th...Heat therapy for cancer may be key to 'Lance Armstrong Effect'
...ve the temperature boost may have weakened protein scaffolding within the cancer cell's nucleus, making the nucle...s haven't connected precisely how heat affects the scaffolding and might be one of the reasons treatment can cure tumors such as Lance Armstrong's." Support fo...Katrina survey shows many suffered extreme adversity and show signs of post-traumatic stress
...ive future orientations that provide psychological scaffolding protecting against the suicidality often associated with extreme distress. This is an extremely encouraging finding. However, an implicit caution in the result also has to be pointed out: that the low suicidality might be temporary. ...Technique to arrest urinary incontinence
...e obtained and in their processing. Biological scaffolding The treatment of cystoceles (prolapses of the b...ly the reinforcement; the mesh is but a supportive scaffolding rather than an end in itself....Dually porous glass shows promise in helping damaged bone regenerate
...neration because cells will proliferate inside the scaffolding material and form tissues, thus facilitating the delivery of nutrients to regenerating bone tissue." Mohamed Ammar, a dentist and research scientist in the tissue-engineering lab at Alexandria's Faculty of Dentistry, says the glass will induce prol...Melts in your body, not in your hand
...y look similar, but the crystal is made of a rigid scaffolding of atoms, while the glass is a disordered, atomic slurry. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a method for crafting some of the most stable glasses ever formed--materials that are strong and durable like crystal and ye...US child health system needs total overhaul, UCLA researchers say
...n increasing body of science now tells us that the scaffolding for our adult physical, cognitive and socioeconomic health is built in the early years of life," said Halfon, who prepared the report with Dr. Helen DuPlessis, UCLA adjunct assistant professor, and Moira Inkelas, UCLA assistant professor, both with t...Tissue engineered scaffolding allows reproduction of cartilage tissue
... A new study examines the use of tissue-engineered scaffolding made of cartilage cells, which have a limited abil... for implantation, did not occur in the study. The scaffolding allowed the newly grown cartilage to maintain its volume during cultivation and post-procedure. "...Commonly used drug offers promise for premature babies
...pport structures is hit by an earthquake while the scaffolding is still up and construction is underway the whole structure is at risk of collapse. In the case of prematurely born infants, the baby's brain literally does not have the time to tie up its loose ends before blood vessels never intended to exist b...New biodegradable magnesium stents for coronary arteries
...rotic coronary arteries, providing good mechanical scaffolding and achieving a lumen enlargement similar to the immediate lumen gain obtained with conventional metallic stents." The Article says the new biodegradable stents overcome the limitations of conventional permanent stents namely that they can cause t...Study finds HIV protease inhibitor drugs may adversely affect the scaffolding of the cell nucleus
...lar enzyme important for generating the structural scaffolding for the cell nucleus. Published in the July 16 e..., which is important for generating the structural scaffolding supporting the cell nucleus, said Catherine Coffinier, Ph.D., study author and an assistant research......es) and macromolecules (such as proteins) from the scaffolding of the cells. The alternating electric fields are believed to have similar effects in the human glioblastomas. In contrast, the electric-field treatment poses little danger to normal brain tissue, because healthy brain cells do not divide. The elec...