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CD74 molecule plays a guiding role in immune responses against diseases

February 6, 2012
University of British Columbia researchers have discovered the molecular pathway that enables receptors inside immune cells to find, and flag, fragments of pathogens trying to invade a host.

Automated cDNA preparation system accelerates CAGE analysis on a single molecule sequence

January 31, 2012
Researchers at the RIKEN Omics Science Center (OSC) have developed a robotic workflow for sample preparation on the HeliScope single molecule sequencer which drastically reduces sample preparation time to from 42 days to only 8 days. The workflow uses Cap Analysis of Gene Expression (CAGE), a unique method developed at ...

Scientists reveal first 3D image of cancer prevention molecule

January 23, 2012
(PhysOrg.com) -- Cancer Research UK scientists have created the first 3D structure of a key protein that protects against the development of cancer, according to research published in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology today.

An Earlier Genetic Molecule May Predate DNA And RNA

January 10, 2012
In the chemistry of the living world, a pair of nucleic acids - DNA and RNA - reign supreme. As carrier molecules of the genetic code, they provide all organisms with a mechanism for faithfully reproducing themselves as well as generating the myriad proteins vital to living systems. Yet according ...

Simpler times: Did an earlier genetic molecule predate DNA and RNA?

January 9, 2012
In the chemistry of the living world, a pair of nucleic acidsDNA and RNAreign supreme. As carrier molecules of the genetic code, they provide all organisms with a mechanism for faithfully reproducing themselves as well as generating the myriad proteins vital to living systems. Yet according ...

Solving The Structure Of A Protein That Shows Promise As A DNA-targeting Molecule For Gene Therapy

January 9, 2012
Researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have solved the three-dimensional structure of a newly discovered type of gene-targeting protein that has shown to be useful as a DNA-targeting molecule for gene correction, gene therapy and gene modification. The findings are published online in Science Express on Jan. 5. Using ...

Waging the war against salmonella … One molecule at a time

December 7, 2011
Salmonella is the enemy and UConn researchers in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources may have discovered a way to defeat it – one molecule at a time.

Asthma And Allergies – HRF Molecule Is A Promising Target For Treatment

December 3, 2011
The histamine releasing factor (HRF) molecule has been identified by researchers at La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology, as a potential target for developing novel therapies for numerous allergic reactions, including asthma. The study is published online in the Journal of Clinical Investigation. In addition, the team, led by ...

Cell Molecule Identified As Central Player In The Formation Of New Blood Vessels

November 29, 2011
Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine have identified a cellular protein that plays a central role in the formation of new blood vessels. The molecule is the protein Shc (pronounced SHIK), and new blood vessel formation, or angiogenesis, is seriously impaired without it. ...

Cell molecule identified as central player in the formation of new blood vessels

November 28, 2011
Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine have identified a cellular protein that plays a central role in the formation of new blood vessels. The molecule is the protein Shc (pronounced SHIK), and new blood vessel formation, or angiogenesis, is seriously impaired without it.

Cell molecule identified as central player in the formation of new blood vessels

November 28, 2011
CHAPEL HILL Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine have identified a cellular protein that plays a central role in the formation of new blood vessels. The molecule is the protein Shc (pronounced SHIK), and new blood vessel formation, or angiogenesis, ...

Cell molecule identified as central player in the formation of new blood vessels

November 28, 2011
(University of North Carolina School of Medicine) Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine have identified a cellular protein that plays a central role in the formation of new blood vessels. The molecule is the protein Shc, and new blood vessel formation, or angiogenesis, ...