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New findings on the genomic guardian - p53 protein
22.3.2007 | Press monitoring
The p53 protein routinely shuts down damaged cells and is one of our main lines of defence against cancer. Scientists at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden now present new findings on how p53 carries out this all-important function.
GM mosquito could fight malaria
22.3.2007 | Press monitoring
A genetically-modified (GM) strain of malaria-resistant mosquito has been created that is better able to survive than disease-carrying insects.
New Cell Type Identified In Cancer Development
21.3.2007 | Press monitoring
Scientists have discovered a new type of cell that appears to play a role in the development of cancer -- a highly volatile, precancerous stem cell that can either remain benign or become malignant, depending upon environmental cues.
Why Some Antifreeze Proteins Inhibit Ice Growth Better Than Others
21.3.2007 | Press monitoring
Antifreeze or “ice structuring” proteins – found in some fish, insects, plants, fungi and bacteria – attach to the surface of ice crystals to inhibit their growth and keep the host organism from freezing to death.
Secret Of Worm's Poison Pill Box Protein Could Produce New Natural Insecticide
20.3.2007 | Press monitoring
Researchers have discovered how a protein from a bacterium acts like a cunningly designed poison pill box that could now be used as a basis of a new range of natural insecticides.
Gene therapy for foetuses hope
20.3.2007 | Press monitoring
UK scientists believe in the future they will be curing babies in the womb of serious diseases with the use of gene therapy
Scientists look at precancerous cells
19.3.2007 | Press monitoring
Researchers in Boston have identified how a missing protein causes tissue to become precancerous, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced.
Gene sequence dataset for rice developed
19.3.2007 | Press monitoring
U.S. biologists have assembled a large dataset of gene sequences for rice -- the largest such dataset developed for any plant species.
Embryonic Stem Cells Turned Into Cerebellar Neurons By Chemical Cues
19.3.2007 | Press monitoring
In order to differentiate and specialize, stem cells require very specific environmental cues in a very specific order, and scientists have so far been unable to prod them to go through each of the necessary steps.
New Hope For Parkinson's in Understanding Causes Of Cell Death
18.3.2007 | Press monitoring
Uncontrolled neuronal death in the brain often gives rise to neurodegenerative illnesses like Parkinson or Alzheimer disease.
