Posts Tagged ‘signaling pathways’
False alarm can spark autoimmune disease
CORNELL (US) — An unchecked signaling mechanism could be the reason the immune system sometimes goes off track to attack the body’s own cells. Continue…
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 10:57 - 3 Comments
Science & Technology - Sep 22, 2011 10:38 - 0 Comments
Cells chatter to overcome wimpy ‘dial-up’
EMORY (US) — For the first time, scientists have quantified the data capacity of a biochemical signaling pathway and found a surprise—it’s way lower than even an old-fashioned, dial-up modem. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 13, 2011 13:27 - 1 Comment
Reset plants’ clock to wintertime
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — A circadian clock helps plants know when it’s time to kick their tolerance to freezing temperatures into high gear. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 16, 2010 13:02 - 3 Comments
Tired but wide awake? Blame cytokines
EMORY (US)—Cytokines—products of the immune system—may be the culprits that cause insomnia, a new study finds. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 24, 2010 11:01 - 2 Comments
Estrogen’s memory boost fades with age
YALE (US)—While hormone therapy appears to enhance memory for women just entering menopause, new research suggests it is of little cognitive benefit to older women and leaves them at increased risk of breast cancer, heart disease, and stroke. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 12, 2010 13:33 - 1 Comment
Fighting proteins guide embryo development
PRINCETON (US)—Protein competition over an important enzyme provides a mechanism to integrate different signals that direct early embryonic development. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 11, 2010 13:09 - 6 Comments
Old arteries blocked? Just grow new ones
YALE (US)—A new method for growing arteries could lead to a less invasive way to treat coronary artery disease. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 21, 2009 14:24 - 0 Comments
Remodel job may curb cancer cells
TEXAS A&M (US)—It may be possible to slow or even stop malignant cancer cells from spreading by altering their architecture, new research suggests. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Nov 9, 2009 17:57 - 1 Comment
Plants, bacteria tango to trip up disease
UC DAVIS (US)—New research is helping unravel some of the mystery surrounding how plants and bacteria partner in a kind of immunity dance to defend against invasion from disease-causing microbes. (more…)
