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Researchers find misfolded alpha-synuclein protein help in early detection
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Using technology created by a researcher at UTHealth Houston, a new study shows that the presence of a misfolded alpha-synuclein protein can be used to identify persons with Parkinson's disease. The discovery of this biomarker may lead to the creation of more accurate diagnostic equipment an
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Study finds how worm embryos produce specific, pluripotent cells
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Researchers have discovered how specific proteins within roundworm chromosomes enable their offspring to produce specialised cells generations later, a startling discovery that challenges the conventional wisdom that hereditary information for cell differentiation is primarily ingrained with
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Researchers discover brain proteins that may play important role in body w
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Body mass index, or BMI, variation in the population may be caused by genetic variables to the extent of 50-75 per cent. Researchers from Universite Laval and the Quebec Heart and Lung Institute Research Center have discovered 60 distinct proteins produced in the brain that may be important
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Molecular mechanism involved in development of type 2 diabetes: Study
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The study has described --in patients and animal model samples of type 2 diabetes-- a decrease in mitochondrial proteins that synthesize complex subunits of the respiratory chain. This decrease in proteins is associated with an increase in intracellular nitric oxide which, according to the r
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Study suggests how nucleolar DNA damage response to cancer treatment
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Proteins are required for cancer to spread throughout the body, which affects millions of people each year. Scientists are sabotaging the disease's protein factories in an attempt to defeat it.
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Study reveals how whole genome doubling drives cancer
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Two to three metres of DNA can fit inside a single cell, thus it can only be stored by being wound tightly into coils. The answer is chromatin, a compound of DNA encased in histone-like proteins. This complex gradually folds into the multi-layered arrangement of loops, domains, and compartme
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Common meat-free proteins might trigger soybean, peanut allergies in some
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Many people who want to limit their meat intake are turning to legume replacements that are high in protein, vitamins, and fibre. Yet, allergies to legumes such as soy and peanuts are both common and deadly.
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Researchers give insight into techniques to reduce neuronal deterioration,
Updated : 3 years ago IST
While medications to reduce the course of neurodegenerative disorders are available, there are no treatments. Researchers at Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, on the other hand, are searching for innovative techniques to reduce neuronal deterioration and cure amyotrophic
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Study suggests disease-causing proteins that leads to chronic metabolic di
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Many new proteins have been found to potentially play a role in the development of prevalent, chronic metabolic illnesses like type 2 diabetes, opening up new therapeutic avenues.
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Protein biomarkers found in women with perinatal depression, anxiety: Stud
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Investigators at Cedars-Sinai have found that women who developed mood and anxiety disorders associated with pregnancy and childbirth had specific altered proteins circulating in their bloodstream in the third trimester.
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Researchers reveal role of polyphenols in regulating inflammatory immune r
Updated : 3 years ago IST
PCB2DG, an anti-inflammatory polyphenol, inhibits glutamine absorption by targeting and directly interacting with the main glutamine transporter protein, alanine serine cysteine transporter 2 (ASCT2). This reduction in intracellular glutamine accumulation in CD4+ T cells also inhibits the pr
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IIT-Guwahati researchers produce cardiac proteins that can fix damaged hea
Updated : 3 years ago IST
A research team at IIT Guwahati led by Dr Rajkumar P Thummer along with research scholar Krishna Kumar Haridhasapavalan has made strides in creating cardiac proteins that can help in fixing of damaged hearts.
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