Immune Health Maintained by Meticulously Ordered DNA
Source: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute Summary: Researchers have revealed how immune health is maintained by the exquisite organisation skills of a protein called Pax5....
Tagged: Protein
Scientists Uncover The Role of a Protein in Production And Survival of Myelin-Forming Cells
Source: CUNY Advanced Science Research Center Summary: Researchers have uncovered the role of a protein known as “PRMT5” in the production of myelin and, ultimately,...
Reversible Changes to Neural Proteins May Explain Sleep Need
Source: University of Tsukuba Summary: Researchers at the International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine at Japan’s University of Tsukuba went looking for the biochemical changes that...
Regenerative Bandage Accelerates Healing in Diabetic Wounds
Source: Northwestern University Summary: A research team has developed a new device, called a regenerative bandage, that quickly heals the painful, hard-to-treat sores in diabetic patients...
Molecule That Dilates Blood Vessels Hints at New Way to Treat Heart Disease
Source: The Scripps Research Institute Summary: Researchers have identified a protein, called GPR68, that senses blood flow and tells small blood vessels called arterioles when to dilate. Americans...
Absence of a Transcription Factor Halts Tooth Development in Mid-Stride
Source: University of Alabama at Birmingham Summary: Researchers have found a key role in tooth development for the transcription factor Specificity protein 7, or Sp7. Lack of...
Protein That Prevents Further Cartilage Damage
Source: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Summary: Researchers performed in vivo experiments on animal models of post-traumatic osteoarthritis and found that a protein acts as a...
Mitochondrial Protein in Cardiac Muscle Cells Linked to Heart Failure, Study Finds
Source: Georgia State University Summary: Researchers in a new study found that when a mitochondrial protein of the cardiac muscle cells is reduced, initiates cardiac...
Researchers Find a way to Convert Bad Body Fat into Good Fat
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis found a way to convert body’s bad fat into good fat in mice. There are two...
Protein Can Actually Trick Your Heart Into Thinking You Exercise
According to researchers from the Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa in Ontario, Canada found that a protein called Cardiotrophin 1 tricks heart into...