Posts Tagged ‘mitochondria’
Mutant Schwann cell toxin hurts nerves
WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS (US) — A toxic substance from Schwann cells, which grow alongside neurons, plays a central role in peripheral nerve damage, new research shows. Continue…
Monday, March 11, 2013 13:19 - 1 Comment
Science & Technology - Feb 6, 2013 7:05 - 0 Comments
From DNA clash, ‘double whammy’ for flies
BROWN / INDIANA U. (US) — Animal cells have two genomes—in the nucleus and the mitochondria. A new study describes how a clash between the two makes fruit flies sick. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 30, 2012 13:28 - 0 Comments
Drug blocks damage that follows brain injury
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — A new treatment protects against a second round of damage after traumatic brain injury, according to a new study. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 2, 2012 12:56 - 1 Comment
Clues to women’s longer lives in ‘hotspot’ DNA
MONASH (AUS) — A new study reveals how mutations in mitochondrial DNA can help explain why women tend to live longer than men. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 27, 2012 9:29 - 0 Comments
Blocking molecule may keep fat cells slim
U. MICHIGAN (US) — New research that explains why fat-storing cells get fatter and burn slower in mice could provide a new target for obesity-fighting drugs for people. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 30, 2012 14:56 - 0 Comments
To hijack neuron, virus halts cell ‘power plant’
PRINCETON (US) — Viruses that attack the nervous system may thrive by disrupting cell function in order to hijack a neuron’s internal transportation network and spread to other cells. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 20, 2012 10:44 - 0 Comments
Deafness triggered by mitochondria glitch
YALE (US) — Researchers have discovered how mitochondrial DNA mutations cause maternally inherited deafness. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 1, 2012 11:53 - 1 Comment
Protein’s arm controls iron-sulfur cluster
RICE (US) —Scientists have learned how a protein that plays a role in diabetes, cancer, and aging uses entwined arm movements to control a potentially toxic payload of iron and sulfur. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 24, 2012 12:15 - 0 Comments
T cells help immune system remember invaders
WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US) — After defeating an infection, the immune system creates a memory of the vanquished attacker to make it easier to identify and eliminate it in the future. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 20, 2011 8:45 - 1 Comment
Genes control muscle aging in flies
EMORY (US) — The discovery of genes in fruit flies that act in muscles to control aging could help doctors treat muscle degeneration in human aging. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 4, 2011 11:00 - 2 Comments
Folates may treat deadly muscular disorder
CORNELL (US) — A nutrition-based therapy using B vitamins may be an effective way to treat a syndrome that causes myopathies and that can be fatal in children. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 12, 2011 11:51 - 1 Comment
‘Power plants’ in cells linked to disease
U. COLORADO-BOULDER (US) — Close contact between mitochondria and the endoplasmic reticulum may be linked to a variety of degenerative diseases, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and stroke. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 18, 2011 10:06 - 0 Comments
Gene coupled to male infertility
STONY BROOK U. (US) — A new role for mitochondria may hold clues to some causes of male infertility and in turn could have potential in the future for use in a male contraceptive. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 2, 2010 17:25 - 1 Comment
Autism puts up roadblock to brain
UC DAVIS (US) — Children with autism are more likely to have deficits in their ability to produce cellular energy than typically developing children. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jul 30, 2010 11:06 - 0 Comments
Shuttle keeps cells from going cannibal
U. PENN (US)—Researchers have described a previously unknown biological mechanism in cells that prevents them from consuming themselves for fuel. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 3, 2010 20:37 - 1 Comment
Putting gene duo to work for Parkinson’s
U. SHEFFIELD (UK)—Researchers have identified for the first time how two genes work together to remove damaged mitochondria from nerve cells. The finding offers a new lead for potential Parkinson’s treatments. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 10, 2010 10:51 - 2 Comments
Drug shows promise for Huntington’s disease
U. ROCHESTER (US)—An experimental drug in early stage clinical trial appears to be safe and may improve cognition in people with Huntington’s disease. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 14, 2010 16:28 - 0 Comments
Genomes of ‘smart bomb’ wasps sequenced
U. ROCHESTER—By sequencing the genomes of three wasp species that kill pest insects, a team of scientists is hopeful they will discover features that could be useful to pest control and medicine—that will enhance our understanding of genetics and evolution. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 9, 2009 13:54 - 0 Comments
Keeps whites white and living cells on time
USC (US)—If a circadian rhythm is like an orchestra—the united expression of the rhythms of millions of cells—hydrogen peroxide may serve as the conductor, or at least as the baton. (more…)
