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Probing How Pancreatic Cancers Metastasize
March 25, 2013 Researchers have discovered that a protein found in the cells surrounding pancreatic cancers play a role in the spread of the disease to other parts of the ... > full story -
Genetic Alterations Linked With Bladder Cancer Risk, Recurrence, Progression, and Patient Survival
March 25, 2013 A new analysis has found that genetic alterations in a particular cellular pathway are linked with bladder cancer risk, recurrence, disease progression, and patient survival. The findings could help ... > full story -
Amniotic Fluid Stem Cells Repair Gut Damage
March 24, 2013 Stem cells taken from amniotic fluid were used to restore gut structure and function following intestinal damage in rodents, according to new research. The findings pave the way for a new form of ... > full story -
Nuclear Life of Actin Uncovered: Protein With Key Job in Muscle Function Moonlights in Nucleus to Help Regulate Genes
March 24, 2013 Actin, a protein with a well-known job in the cytoplasm and an active role in muscle contraction, moonlights in the nucleus. It's function there was not understood, but now scientists find that it ... > full story -
Molecular Roots of Down Syndrome Unraveled
March 24, 2013 What is it about the extra chromosome inherited in Down syndrome -- chromosome 21 -- that alters brain and body development? Researchers have new evidence that points to the protein SNX27. SNX27 is ... > full story -
Genetic Sequence That Helps to Coordinate Synthesis of DNA-Packaging Proteins Identified
March 24, 2013 Research conducted in fruit flies has pinpointed a specific DNA sequence that both triggers the formation of the "histone locus body" and turns on all the histone genes in the entire ... > full story -
Computer Simulations Yield Clues to How Cells Interact With Surroundings
March 22, 2013 Scientists have developed a computer model of a protein that helps cells interact with their surroundings. Like its biological counterpart, the virtual integrin snippet is about twenty nanometers ... > full story -
When a Gene Is Worth Two: Same Gene Fulfills Different Biological Roles in Plants
March 22, 2013 The notion that each gene can only codify for a single protein has been challenged for some years. Yet, the functional outcomes that may result from genes encoding more than one protein are still ... > full story -
Making Axons Branch and Grow to Help Nerve Regeneration After Injury
March 22, 2013 One molecule makes nerve cells grow longer. Another one makes them grow branches. These new experimental manipulations have taken researchers a step closer to understanding how nerve cells are ... > full story -
Atherosclerosis: Specific microRNAs Promote Inflammation
March 22, 2013 Atherosclerosis, an inflammatory reaction, is at the root of the most common forms of cardiovascular disease. Researchers have now identified a microRNA that plays a prominent role in the process, ... > full story
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