News articles tagged with 'apoptosis' (Page 2)
New clues uncover how 'starvation hormone' works, investigators at UT Southwestern report
— 4 Jan 2011 19:50 | HealthNew findings by UT Southwestern Medical Centre researchers may solve a 17-year-old mystery about how the so-called 'starvation hormone' affects multiple biological systems, including…
Gene knockout shows potential for diabetes-related heart failure
— 10 Dec 2010 21:03 | HealthSilencing the TLR4 gene can stop the process which may lead to cardiovascular disease in diabetic patients. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access Journal of Translational…
New mechanism links cellular stress and brain damage
— 9 Dec 2010 16:03 | HealthA new study uncovers a mechanism linking a specific type of cellular stress with brain damage similar to that associated with neurodegenerative disease…
Pitt study finds NSAIDs cause stem cells to self-destruct, preventing colon cancer
— 2 Nov 2010 12:12 | HealthNonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) prevent colon cancer by triggering diseased stem cells to self-destruct, according to researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer…
'Reaper' protein strikes at mitochondria to kill cells
— 22 Oct 2010 15:04 | HealthOur cells live ever on the verge of suicide, requiring the close attention of a team of molecules to prevent the cells from pulling the trigger. This self-destructive tendency can be…
Gene identified that prevents stem cells from turning cancerous
— 15 Oct 2010 12:29 | HealthStem cells, the prodigious precursors of all the tissues in our body, can make almost anything, given the right circumstances. Including, unfortunately, cancer. Now research from Rockefeller…
Anti-tumour drugs tested by microfluidic device
— 6 Oct 2010 04:14 | HealthA prototype device developed in Hong Kong will allow laboratory researchers to non-invasively test drugs for their ability to kill tumours by subjecting cancerous cells with different…
Novel mechanism discovered for communication between proteins that cause 'cell suicide'
— 28 Sep 2010 12:51 | HealthA recent study undertaken by investigators at five research centres, amongst which is the CSIC-University of the Basque Country Biophysics Unit, provides new clues for the understanding…
Use the common cold virus to target and disrupt cancer cells?
— 26 Aug 2010 08:43 | HealthA novel mechanism used by adenovirus to sidestep the cell's suicide program, could go a long way to explain how tumour suppressor genes are silenced in tumour cells and pave the way…
A potential chemotherapeutic drug to treat hepatocellular carcinoma
— 31 Jul 2010 10:08 | HealthHepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common cancers worldwide, particularly in China. However, HCC remains one of the more difficult cancers to treat. It is important to…