Molecule prompts damaged heart cells to repair themselves after a heart attack

...ates migration of heart cells and blood vessel growth after a heart attack, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found. The molecule, thymosin beta-4 (TB4), is expressed by embryos during the heart's development and encourages migration of heart cells. The new findings in mice suggest that in...

UCL academics awarded prestigious prizes for work on the heart

... UCL Institute of Child Health, recognises a landmark discovery in the field of basic cardiovascular science when his team found that a protein called thymosin beta4 could mobilise dormant cells from the epicardium to form new blood vessels in the heart a major step towards finding a DIY mechanism to repair ...

Researchers Find Two Biomarkers With Potential to Predict Breast Cancer Spread

...ntly worse outcomes. Although they don’t know what these proteins are, by searching a protein database Hoon suggests that 4,871 Da may represent thymosin beta-10, a peptide that has already been associated with out-of-control growth and cell differentiation, and that 8,596 Da could represent an ubiquiti...

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SciClone Announces ZADAXIN and SCV-07 Abstracts Accepted at ASCO

...en accepted for the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Chicago, Illinois on June 1-5, 2007: ZADAXIN® (thymalfasin, thymosin alpha 1) Poster Presentation A large first-line, randomized, dose-finding, phase II study on Thymosin alpha 1 (T?1) plus Dacarbazine (DTIC) with or w...

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Biophysical Society announces winners of 2008 Student Travel Awards

...Saturday, February 2, 2008. The 2008 recipients of the Student Travel Award are: Joshua K. Au, Yale University, Widely-distributed Residues in thymosin 4 are Critical for Actin Binding. Khajak Berberian, Cornell University, Improved Nanofabricated Electrochemical Detector Arrays for Monitoring E...

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Kun Run Biotechnology, Inc. Year-End Revenues Increase 56% to $11.6 million

...s a result of increased recognition of our brands. thymosin Alpha 1 injection (1.6mg) revenues have grown stea... significantly in 2008. A strong market demand for thymosin Alpha 1 injection (1.6mg) made it the best selling...tive while the markets for Somatostatin, DDAVP and thymosin Alpha 1 are still developing with greater market p...

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Rabbit Anti-Human Thymosin beta4 Polyclonal Antibody, Unconjugated from Calbiochem

Description: AVOID FREEZE/THAW CYCLES. Recognizes the ~5 kDa thymosin beta4 protein....
Company:Calbiochem

Thymosin in Biological Dictionary

Transformed phenotype

...he transformed phenotype of at least some human astrocytomas. ... ... caused a partial reversal of the transformed phenotype . ... Thus, thymosin ß4 is a determinant of AdoMetDC-induced transformed phenotype and invasiveness. ... Amphiregulin Contributes to the Transformed Phenotype o...

Actin

...e most highly-conserved proteins, differing by no more... Alpha-skeletal actin induces a subset of muscle genes independently of muscle ... thymosin beta 4 binds actin in an extended conformation and contacts both the ... Actin - Definition of Actin at Dictionary.com a free online dict...