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Mast Cells Give Clues in Diagnosis, Treatment of Dengue
April 30, 2013 A protein produced by mast cells in the immune system may predict which people infected with dengue virus will develop life-threatening complications, according to ... > full story -
Decoded: Molecular Messages That Tell Prostate and Breast Cancers to Spread
April 30, 2013 Cancer cells are wily, well-traveled adversaries, constantly side-stepping treatments to stop their spread. But for the first time, scientists have decoded the molecular chatter that ramps certain ... > full story -
The Many Faces of the Bacterial Defense System
April 30, 2013 Even bacteria have a kind of "immune system" they use to defend themselves against unwanted intruders -- in their case, viruses. Scientists were now able to show that this defense system is much more ... > full story -
Estrogen Fuels Autoimmune Liver Damage
April 30, 2013 A new study in mice may help explain why women are more prone than men to a form of liver damage by implicating the female sex hormone estrogen in the development of autoimmune ... > full story -
Identification of Stem Cells’ Two Separate Roles Raises Possibility of Therapies That Could Inhibit Fat Formation, Promote Muscle Repair
April 30, 2013 Many diseases – obesity, Type 2 diabetes, muscular dystrophy – are associated with fat accumulation in muscle. In essence, fat replacement causes the muscles to weaken and degenerate. ... > full story -
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Study Examines Effects of Genetic Variants for Infants With Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
April 30, 2013 Among infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS; caused by in utero opioid exposure), variants in certain genes were associated with a shorter length of hospital stay and less need for ... > full story -
Markers Related to Ovarian Cancer Survival and Recurrence Identified
April 30, 2013 Animal sciences researchers have identified biomarkers that are used to determine ovarian cancer survival and recurrence and shown how the interactions between these biomarkers affect these ... > full story -
Membrane Remodeling: Where Yoga Meets Cell Biology
April 30, 2013 Endocytosis lets cells absorb nutrients, import growth factors, prevent infections and accomplish many other vital tasks. This study suggests that, in contrast to earlier theories, dynamin proteins ... > full story -
Tactics of New Middle East Virus Suggest Treating by Altering Lung Cells' Response to Infection
April 30, 2013 The deadly Human Coronavirus-Erasmus Medical Center, which first appeared April 2012 in the Middle East, is revealing its stronghold tactics. The virus dysregulates 207 lung cell genes to turn RNA ... > full story -
Protein Improves Efficacy of Tumor-Killing Enzyme
April 30, 2013 Scientists have devised a method for delivering tumor cell-killing enzymes in a way that protects the enzyme until it can do its work inside the cell. In their study researchers assembled microscopic ... > full story
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