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Vital step in cellular migration described by UCSD medical researchers

...cells within the body during growth, tissue repair and the body's immune response to invading pathogens, ...the March 27 online edition of Nature Cell Biology and the journal's upcoming April print edition, the study describes how a the interaction of alpha4 inte...

U-M scientists find genes that control growth of common skin cancer

...niversity of Michigan'sComprehensive Cancer Center and the National Cancer Institute haveidentified genes that promote the growth and recurrence of skin cancer.Andrzej Dlugosz, M.D., a professor of dermatology in the U-M MedicalSchool...

Weill Cornell Research Reveals Secrets Of Trafficking Within Cells

...formation to your brain, while cells in your heart and arteries work just as hard to keep that brain alive. Every one of these cells -- and others throughout the body -- depends on an internal process called endocytosis to keep the flow of ...

Experiments provide proof of how traveling in groups protects insects

...als are more dramatic than when they band together and head out on the march cross-country. Among examples are the many thousands of wildebeests and other hoofed mammals that form herds and migrate across the African plains. Countless millions of ...

New Study from Affymetrix Laboratories Points to Changing View of How Genome Works

...have completed a high-resolution scan of structure and function for nearly 30 percent of the human genome...ome are transcribed into overlapping RNA sequences and those sequences are separated by regions in which RNA is transcribed more scarcely. All of the data ...

First-ever Compounds To Target Only Metastatic Cells Are Highly Effective Against Breast, Prostate, And Colon Cancers

...percent of metastatic breast cancer cells in mice, and are the first to target only metastatic cells. "They're unbelievably effective, and in vitro study suggests they'll work just as well at inhibiting the migration of prostate and colon ...

Discovery of key protein's shape could lead to improved bacterial pneumonia vaccine

... bacteria use to latch onto cells lining thethroat and lungs. The protein, called CbpA, binds to a molecu...bodies from the bloodstream on oneside of the cell and transports them to the other side. There itreleases the antibody at the lining of the throat and lun...

Critical role in programmed cell death identified

...e found links in the cell death machinery of worms and mammals, opening new avenues for studying and targeting a process vital to development and implicated in cancer and autoimmune diseases. The work...

Study: Soap And Water Work Best In Ridding Hands Of Disease Viruses

...y washing one’s hands with good old-fashioned soap and water. Among the viruses soapy hand washing flush...e viruses cause hepatitis A, acute gastroenteritis and a host of other illnesses. A separate key finding was that waterless handwipes only removed roughly...

New comparative toxicogenomics database

... bacteria use to latch onto cells lining thethroat and lungs. The protein, called CbpA, binds to a molecu...bodies from the bloodstream on oneside of the cell and transports them to the other side. There itreleases the antibody at the lining of the throat and lun...

Taking Aim With Nanoparticle PEBBLEs

...what sounds like a modern-day version of the David and Goliath story, University of Michigan scientists h... (PEBBLEs). First developed as sensors to explore and monitor cellular processes, PEBBLEs now hold promise for diagnosing and treating cancer, said Raoul ...

ASU researchers finds novel chemistry at work to provide parrot's vibrant red colors

...is chemically responsible for the colors of birds, and defies previous assumptions and explanations for color variations in parrots, said Kevin McGraw, an assistant professor in ASU's Sch...

Elephants imitate truck noises, other animals

...l social relationships among animals that separate and reunite over time, like dolphins and whales, some birds, and bats. Researchers from the Amboseli Trust for Elephants in Kenya, the Woods...

Genetically modified natural killer immune cells attack, kill leukemia cells

...n-switch" that prompts them to aggressively attack and kill leukemic cells. This finding, from researcher...., Ph.D., a member of St. Jude Hematology-Oncology and Pathology, and senior author of the Blood report. Progress in adapting NK cells to the treatment of ...

UCSD researchers maintain stem cells without contaminated animal feeder layers

The growth and maintenance of human embryonic stem cells in the a... Alberto Hayek, M.D., UCSD professor of pediatrics and director of the Islet Research Laboratory at the Whittier Institute. Currently, stem cell lines der...

Transport System Smuggles Medicines Into Brain

...is chemically responsible for the colors of birds, and defies previous assumptions and explanations for color variations in parrots, said Kevin McGraw, an assistant professor in ASU's Sch...

Scientists develop new color-coded test for protein folding

...d in the March 2005 issue of the journal Chemistry and Biology. "What we've developed is a simple and inexpensive sensor for determining when a protein changes its conformation," said study co-author Ri...

Placenta Is A Rich Source Of Blood Stem Cells

Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute report a surprisi...opment, are able to generate more blood stem cells and can give rise to a complete blood system when transplanted into an adult. Unlike other sites where b...

Probing The Promise And Perils Of Nanoparticles

... of using nanoparticles in biomedical applications and consumer products has raised concerns about possib...d Mark Banaszak Holl, a U-M professor of chemistry and of macromolecular science and engineering. "We're trying to do both: make important new materials an...

Open microfluidic and nanofluidic systems

...ill be "labs-on-a-chip", i.e., integrated chemical and biochemical laboratories shrunk down to the size o...r the confinement of very small amounts of liquids and chemical reagents. Directly accessible surface channels, which can be fabricated by available photol...

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