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Seaweed molecules used to improve outcomes for bypass surgery
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Researchers are using a natural material derived from seaweed to promote vascular cell growth, prevent blood clots and improve the performance of synthetic vascular grafts used in heart bypass surgery.
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Study finds level of copper in tumour cells
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Cancer cells require proteins that bind copper ions in order to develop and spread throughout the human body. Recent studies on the interactions between proteins and how they bind to metals in cancer-related proteins have revealed possible new therapeutic targets.
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Researchers find why Cancer cells require proteins, copper
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Study revealed why metal copper are required by human cells to perform essential biological functions. The conclusion drawn from studies demonstrating higher copper levels in tumor cells and blood serum from cancer patients is that cancer cells require more copper than healthy cells.
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Researchers reveal level of copper in tumor cells
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Small amounts of the metal copper are required by human cells to perform essential biological functions. The conclusion drawn from studies demonstrating higher copper levels in tumor cells and blood serum from cancer patients is that cancer cells require more copper than healthy cells.
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Researchers discovered protein could be used to produce life-saving antifu
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 1 (ANI): Researchers have discovered a protein that is responsible for controlling cell growth in yeasts. Since humans and yeasts have remarkably similar cellular mechanisms, teasing out the differences presents drug developers with new targets for treatments.
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Study details gene mutations that contribute to head and neck cancer also
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Augusta (Georgia) [US], April 28 (ANI): According to the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, about one-fifth of the often fatal head and neck cancers contain gene mutations in pathways important for normal cell proliferation, and scientists say these mutations that cause cancer
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Loss of circadian regulation allows for increase in glucose production dur
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 28 (ANI): New research from the University of California, Irvine reveals how the circadian regulation of glucose production in the liver is lost during lung cancer progression, and how the resulting increase in glucose production may fuel cancer cell growth.
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Study: Membrane building blocks play decisive role in controlling cell gro
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Bonn [Germany], February 15 (ANI): A new study drove by scientists at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) investigated that lipids are the building blocks of a cell's envelope - the cell membrane. In addition to their structural function, some lipids also play a regulatory role a
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Turmeric can prevent cancer cell growth
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 20 (ANI): Researchers developed a new drug delivery system with the help of curcumin, the main ingredient in the spice turmeric, that successfully prevents bone cancer cells to spread and promote the growth of healthy bone cells.
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US researchers find new anti-cancer agent
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 05 (ANI): The US researchers have found an anti-cancer agent, which may prevent the activation of PI3K pathway, resulting in inhibition of cancer cell growth.
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