News articles tagged with 'apoptosis'
'SKIP'-ing splicing forces tumour cells to undergo programmed cell death
— 2 Apr 2011 11:49 | HealthWhen cells find themselves in a tight spot, the cell cycle regulator p21 halts the cell cycle, buying cells time to repair the damage, or if all else fails, to initiate programmed cell…
New cancer drug discovered at U-M heads to clinical trials
— 30 Mar 2011 16:55 | HealthResearchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Centre have developed a new drug called AT-406 with potential to treat multiple types of cancer…
UCSF report describes new model for neurodegeneration
— 11 Mar 2011 15:43 | HealthA team of scientists at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) has developed a new model for how inherited genes contribute to a common but untreatable and incurable neurodegenerative…
Jekyll and Hyde: Cells' executioner can also stave off death
— 4 Mar 2011 16:00 | HealthAn enzyme viewed as an executioner, because it can push cells to commit suicide, may actually short circuit a second form of cell death, researchers at Emory University School of Medicine…
Jefferson researchers unravel protein's elusive role in embryo and disease development
— 3 Mar 2011 13:35 | HealthReporting in Nature, scientists from Thomas Jefferson University have determined that a single protein called FADD controls multiple cell death pathways, a discovery that could lead…
Protein identified that serves as a switch in a key pathway of programmed cell death
— 3 Mar 2011 13:29 | HealthWork led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists identified how cells flip a switch between cell survival and cell death that involves a protein called FLIP…
Designing new molecular tools to study the life and death of a cancer cell
— 16 Feb 2011 03:53 | HealthBasic and translational research on cancer, and development of new cancer therapeutics, has focused on different aspects of cancer cellular function. One area of focus is the life and…
Apoptotic mechanisms of octreotide on HepG2
— 1 Feb 2011 19:27 | HealthHepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fifth most common malignancy in the world and is estimated to cause approximately half a million deaths annually. Undoubtedly, the best available…
Cell death pathway linked to mitochondrial fusion
— 25 Jan 2011 20:08 | HealthNew research led by UC Davis scientists provides insight into why some body organs are more susceptible to cell death than others and could eventually lead to advances in treating or…
New molecule could save brain cells from neurodegeneration, stroke
— 19 Jan 2011 17:08 | HealthResearchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have discovered a molecule that can make brain cells resistant to programmed cell death or apoptosis…