Tag: Protein Functions

Putting Functional Proteins in Their Place

June 29, 2021
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Upton, NY — Scientists have organized proteins–nature’s most versatile building blocks–in desired 2-D and 3-D ordered arrays while maintaining their structural stability and biological...

Colorectal Cancer: Tipping the Scales

September 4, 2018
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Munich, Germany — The regulatory protein c-MYC plays an important role in promoting the development of many types of tumours. c-MYC is a transcription factor that controls the activity of large numbers...

Parkinson’s Disease: Endogenous Protein might Become a Candidate for Drug Development

September 3, 2018
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Bochum, Germany — Researchers have modified the protein Nurr1 so that it can enter cells from the outside. Nurr1 deficiency may be one of the causes of Parkinson’s disease. Even though Nurr1 has...

Ending a 40-Year Quest, Scientists Reveal Identity of ‘Hearing’ Protein

August 23, 2018
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Boston, MA — Scientists at Harvard Medical School say they have ended a 40-year-quest for the elusive identity of the sensor protein responsible for hearing and balance.

A Novel Synthetic Antibody Enables Conditional ‘Protein Knockdown’ in Vertebrates

August 20, 2018
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Dresden, Germany — They combined auxin-inducible “protein knockdown” with a synthetic antibody to not only observe fluorescent proteins in living cells but also to rapidly remove them in...

Researchers Uncover a Major New Vulnerability of Childhood Leukaemia

August 13, 2018
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Prague, Czech Republic — Childhood leukaemia is a diagnosis that no family ever wants to endure. While the treatment of most types of leukaemia has improved steadily over the years, a few specific types...

Key Piece Identified for Slowing a Colorectal Cancer Subtype

August 2, 2018
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Barcelona, Spain — Inhibiting the Jagged 1 protein in mice prevents the proliferation and growth of colon and rectal tumours. What is more, this approach to the disease permits the removal of existing...

Team Discovers Protein that May Explain Why Some Patients Develop Resistance to New Class of Anti-Cancer Drugs

August 1, 2018
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Cambridge, UK — A team of researchers at the University of Cambridge has identified a protein complex that might explain why some cancer patients treated with the revolutionary new anti-cancer drugs...

Faulty Cytoskeleton Impairs Immune Cells, Study Shows

July 26, 2018
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Vienna, Austria — In order to move, a body needs a strong scaffold. This is not only true on a macroscopic level, where animals rely on skeletons to support their muscles. It is also true on a cellular...

Newly Identified Target may Help with Drug Discovery for Chronic Inflammatory Diseases

July 26, 2018
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La Jolla, CA — Inflammation is part of the body’s natural healing process. But when it becomes chronic, inflammation can lead to cancer, Alzheimer’s disease and other conditions. Inflammasomes...

Scientists Uncover DNA ‘Shield’ with Crucial Roles in Normal Cell Division

July 19, 2018
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Toronto, Canada — Scientists have made a major discovery about how cells repair broken strands of DNA that could have huge implications for the treatment of cancer.

Study Clarifies Dual Role of Protein that Watches for Cellular Threats and Repairs Damage

July 13, 2018
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La Jolla, CA — One reason we’re supposed to eat a variety of colourful fruits and vegetables is because they contain nutritious compounds called antioxidants. These molecules counteract the damage...

Enzyme Discovery could Help in Fight Against TB

July 12, 2018
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Coventry, UK — Research by a team led by Dr. Elizabeth Fullam, has revealed new findings about an enzyme found in Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) the bacterium that causes TB.

Amyloid Beta Protein Protects Brain from Herpes Infection by Entrapping Viral Particles, Study Finds

July 5, 2018
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Boston, MA — A Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) study has found the mechanism by which amyloid beta (A-beta) – the protein deposited into plaques in the brains of patients with Alzheimer’s...

Research Provides New Insight into the Maturation of miRNAs

July 4, 2018
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Oberschleißheim, Germany — An international research team led by Helmholtz Zentrum München, Technical University of Munich and the University of Edinburgh has used an integrated structural biological...

Researchers Find Off/On Switch for DNA Repair Protein

July 3, 2018

Rochester, MN — Damage to DNA is a daily occurrence but one that human cells have evolved to manage. Now, in a new paper published in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, Mayo researchers have...

Findings could Lead to Treatment of Hepatitis B

June 4, 2018
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Newark, DE — Researchers have gained new insights into the virus that causes hepatitis B — a life-threatening and incurable infection that afflicts more than 250 million people worldwide.

Tau Mutations may Increase Cancer Risk, Research Finds

May 24, 2018
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Philadelphia, PA — Mutations to the protein tau, commonly associated with neurodegenerative disorders, may serve as a novel risk factor for cancer.

New Research Uncovers ‘Stability Protein’ for Cancer Treatment

May 3, 2018
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København, Denmark — Researchers have characterised a new protein that is important to the genetic stability of our cells. It may be significant for the development of new drugs against genetically...

How Small Molecule Halts Spread of Toxic Protein Associated with Alzheimer’s Progression

May 2, 2018
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Los Angeles, CA — Researchers at the UCLA School of Nursing and the department of neurology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA have reported a promising drug strategy that blocks tau tr...

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