Blueberries help build sturdy bones
June 22nd, 2011 - 4:44 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 22 (IANS) Blueberry compounds help build sturdy, healthy bones, if results from studies on lab rats also hold true for humans.Jin-Ran Chen, assistant professor in paediatrics, ... Read more...
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Engineered DNA device could make cells differentiate or die on demand
November 26th, 2010 - 3:25 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 26 (ANI): Biologists have constructed a programmable genetic 'circuit' that can rewire cells to respond on demand to just about any signal desired - it could coax cells to differentiate ... Read more...
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Black raspberries ‘highly effective in preventing colorectal cancer’
November 3rd, 2010 - 1:11 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 3 (ANI): A new study has suggested that eating black raspberries could reduce your risk of getting colon cancer.Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago reported that compounds found ... Read more...
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Gene in breast cancer pathway identified
May 13th, 2009 - 3:59 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 13 (ANI): In a new study, scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have unravelled a mechanism responsible for turning on and off a gene crucial to ... Read more...
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Gene involved in pancreatic cancer identified
March 3rd, 2009 - 2:52 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 3 (ANI): University of Michigan researchers have identified a gene called ATDC that is overexpressed in 90 percent of pancreatic cancers.The expression of the gene called, Ataxia Telangiectasia Group ... Read more...
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US researchers identify gene involved in pancreatic cancer
March 3rd, 2009 - 6:04 am ICT by IANS
Washington, March 3 (Xinhua) Researchers from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a gene that is overexpressed in 90 percent of patients with pancreatic cancer, the most deadly type ... Read more...
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Type 2 diabetes linked to signalling pathway behind pancreatic development
February 13th, 2009 - 11:52 am ICT by ANI
Washington, February 13 (ANI): A group of stem cell researchers from the University of California San Diego (UC San Diego) and Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) have found that type ... Read more...
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‘Hub’ of fear memory formation identified in brain cells
September 29th, 2008 - 4:49 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 29 (IANS) A protein required for embryonic development also plays a key role in solidifying fear memories in adult animal brains, according to scientists. An apparent "hub" for changes in ... Read more...
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Scientists identify hub of fear memory in brain cells
September 29th, 2008 - 12:07 pm ICT by ANI
London, September 29 (ANI): Experiments on mice conducted by Emory University researchers have revealed that a protein required for the earliest steps in embryonic development, beta-catenin, also plays a key role ... Read more...
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Gene linked to colon cancer identified
September 15th, 2008 - 1:09 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 15 (ANI): Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have established a link between a previously unsuspected gene and colon cancer.
The scientists identified the CDK8 gene with the help of new ... Read more...
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Gene causing colon cancer identified
September 15th, 2008 - 10:20 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 15 (IANS) Sophisticated new tools have helped identify an unsuspected gene behind colon cancer, according to a study. As these tools are refined, more such cancer genes are expected to ... Read more...
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Disruption of gatekeeper gene may trigger colon cancer
September 10th, 2008 - 2:27 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 10 (ANI): In a study with human tissue samples and animal models, Singapore scientists have found that the absence or inactivation of the RUNX3 gatekeeper gene may initiate the ... Read more...
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Alcoholics Analysis: mapping brain for treatment
May 4th, 2008 - 2:00 pm ICT by admin
New York, May 4 (IANS) Brain tissues of chronic alcoholics reveal changes that occur at the molecular level in alcohol abuse - and suggests a potential treatment target, a new study has ... Read more...
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Protein that may be cause of alcohol dependence identified
May 3rd, 2008 - 4:31 pm ICT by admin
Washington, May 3 (ANI): According to researchers from Wake Forest University School of Medicine, an analysis of brain tissue samples from chronic alcoholics reveals changes that occur at the molecular level ... Read more...
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Neuron-cell communication sheds new light on neuromuscular disease
February 18th, 2008 - 2:17 pm ICT by admin
London, February 18 (ANI): Scientists at the Medical College of Georgia have discovered that neurons stop functioning properly in mice when a muscle cell fails to produce the protein beta-catenin.Dr. Lin ... Read more...
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