Posts Tagged ‘medicine’
Gene warps cells in common heart defect
UNC-CHAPEL HILL (US) — Researchers have uncovered how mutations cause the distorted muscle cells behind a common congenital heart disease. Continue…
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 13:44 - 0 Comments
Health & Medicine - Feb 1, 2010 11:56 - 7 Comments
‘Ghostly’ molecule stops rheumatoid arthritis
NORTHWESTERN (US)—A stealthy molecule, nicknamed Casper the Ghost, can float undetected into overactive immune cells responsible for rheumatoid arthritis, causing them to self-destruct. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 15, 2009 10:57 - 0 Comments
Tiny gene poses huge problem for cancer cells
The red dots in these photos indicate cancer cells that are dying. The image below shows the amount of cell death in a control-treated tumor and, above, in a microRNA-treated tumor.
