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Restricting food to 10-hour window can lead to better health

Scientists at the Salk Institute found that mice lacking the biological clocks thought to be necessary for a healthy metabolism could still be protected against obesity and metabolic diseases by having their daily access to food restricted to a 10-hour window.

31 Aug 2018

Cryptosporidiosis worsened by commonly used probiotic

Researchers have found that infection with the intestinal parasite Cryptosporidium parvum is worsened in mice that have been administered a probiotic.

31 Aug 2018

Modified Nurr1 protein may pave way for new Parkinson's therapy

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.

31 Aug 2018

Researchers predict how splicing errors impact disease risk

No one knows how many times in a day, or even an hour, the trillions of cells in our body need to make proteins.

31 Aug 2018

Fluorescent protein sensor detects changes in cellular oxygen levels with very high sensitivity

Based on a protein from E. coli, scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology have developed a fluorescent protein sensor able to provide real-time information on dynamic changes in oxygen levels with very high sensitivity.

30 Aug 2018

Celmatix and Ferring announce genomics collaboration aimed at uncovering new insights into ovarian biology

Ferring Pharmaceuticals and Celmatix today announced an ambitious genomics collaboration aimed at uncovering new insights into ovarian biology and accelerating the development of personalized interventions in reproductive medicine and women's health.

30 Aug 2018

Modified T lymphocytes prevent nerve cell damage in encephalitis

Scientists have found a way to prevent neuron death in Rasmussen’s encephalitis, by exploiting T lymphocytes in the immune system.

30 Aug 2018

Scientists explore DNA replication errors that can lead to cancer

Scientists at Hollings Cancer Center at the Medical University of South Carolina have found that some cells can divide without a molecule that was previously thought necessary.

30 Aug 2018

Scientists regenerate nerve fibers after spinal cord injury

Scientists have discovered the biological mechanisms needed for nerve fibers to regenerate in spinal cord injury.

29 Aug 2018

Researchers find how NF2 gene mutations lead to out-of-control cellular proliferation

A team of Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center researchers has determined one way that mutations in a gene involved in a rare, hereditary cancer syndrome lead to out-of-control cellular proliferation.

29 Aug 2018

New technique for mapping flow of biomolecules in tumor microenvironment

Cancer researchers struggle to identify tumor cells that are interspersed within nonmalignant tissues because tumor cells exploit the tissue environment and monopolize available resources to continue growing.

29 Aug 2018

Researchers enlist genes that control production of cellular energy stored in ATP molecules

Everything the body does--your brain thinking, your heart beating, your cells growing--requires energy. Consequently, it comes as no surprise that disruptions in energy production can contribute to a wide range of diseases.

29 Aug 2018

Scientists reveal novel brain network linked to pain in Parkinsonism

Scientists have revealed a novel brain network that links pain in Parkinson's disease (PD) to a specific region of the brain, according to a report in the journal eLife.

28 Aug 2018

Protein modifications that indicate disease

Researchers from the University of Zurich can, for the first time, precisely characterize the protein modification ADP-ribosylation for all proteins in a tissue sample.

28 Aug 2018

Researchers develop 3D map of the human genome

Researchers have developed a way of mapping the positions of genes within cells to understand more about how the genome is organized.

28 Aug 2018

International research effort yields 'Image-Activated Cell Sorting' technology

Invented over 50 years ago, flow cytometry-based cell sorting has become a widely used tool in biology labs for physically isolating cells based on their global surface marker expression profiles.

28 Aug 2018

Research solves mystery on nature of EGFR signaling and how it drives development

What do cancer and the growing legs of a fruit fly have in common? They can both be influenced by a single molecule, a protein that tends to call the shots inside of embryos as they develop into living, breathing animals.

28 Aug 2018

Pancreas' network of enzyme ducts resembles formation of rivers

With methods used to analyze road systems and rivers researchers from the University of Copenhagen have studied the formation of the pancreas' network of ducts transporting digestive enzymes in mice.

27 Aug 2018

Discovery will allow scientists to target hypoxia in cancer

Researchers have discovered a new GPCR that will allow them to target hypoxia in cancer, offering a new, less harmful treatment for patients.

27 Aug 2018

Study sheds light on how cholera became a human pathogen

Scientists think they may have discovered how V. cholerae became a human pathogen, through its ability to interact with amoebae in aquatic environments.

27 Aug 2018