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Study: Revealing roles of dementia proteins in normal memory
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
New research has revealed how the tau protein, a critical element in the formation of Alzheimer's disease, is also involved in normal learning processes in the healthy brain, potentially providing a focal point for future drug therapies.
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Research reveals cancer threat from virus protecting enzymes
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A study by researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine revealed threat of cancer progression from enzymes which protect human cells against viruses.
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Scientists engineer probiotic to prevent infection of large intestine
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Scientists from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) have created a probiotic to restore bile salt metabolism, found in the gastrointestinal tract, to counter the onset and effects of Clostridium Difficile Infection (CDI).
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Research: Enzyme that protects against viruses could fuel cancer evolution
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
An enzyme that defends human cells against viruses can help drive cancer evolution towards greater malignancy by causing myriad mutations in cancer cells, according to a study led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine. The finding suggests that the enzyme may be a potential target for f
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IIT Guwahati report multifunctional enzyme that can breakdown woody biomas
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati have studied the efficacy of a specific bacterial endoglucanase enzyme, RfGH5_4 from Ruminococcus flavefaciens in breaking down woody biomatter into a simple sugar that can be fermented efficiently to produce bioethanol.
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Research: Pair of key enzymes help regulate genome
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
After an intrepid, decade-long search, Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have found a new role for a pair of enzymes that regulate genome function and, when missing or mutated, are linked to diseases such as brain tumors, blood cancers and Kleefstra syndrome a rare genetic, neurocog
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Find out secrets of a good night's sleep
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Both the body and the mind can benefit from a restful night's sleep. But what determines the amount of sleep we need and what makes us sleep deeper? In a recent study, scientists from the University of Tsukuba found that the length and depth of sleep are controlled by a signalling route with
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Poultry Protein Power: Proteins are the Building Blocks of the Body
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 6 (ANI/NewsVoir): Protein, the macronutrient, essential for growth and repair is needed on a daily basis as part of our healthy balanced diet. It plays a crucial role in the functioning of the body like the development of immunity, production of hormones, enzymes
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Plants can adapt their lignin using 'chemically encoding' enzymes to face
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A new study shows how plants "encode" specific chemistries of their lignin to grow tall and sustain climate changes: each plant cell uses different combinations of the enzymes LACCASEs to create specific lignin chemistries. These results can be used both in agriculture and in forestry for se
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Targeting enzyme could alleviate muscle wasting for cancer patients
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Targeting a specific enzyme in the muscle could help cancer patients preserve muscle mass and potentially prolong their survival, according to research from UTHealth Houston.
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Research: Enzymes could be key to understanding how DNA mutates
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Enzymes, which are crucial to controlling how cells replicate in the human body, could be the very ingredient that encourages DNA to spontaneously mutate - causing potentially permanent genetic errors, according to new research from the University of Surrey.
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Researchers pinpoint potential treatment for lethal childhood cancer
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Researchers discovered that by blocking the production of an enzyme called DHODH, they were able to halt the growth of MYC gene-amplified medulloblastoma in mouse models, the most aggressive subtype of this cancer.
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