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Malignant nerve peripheral sheath tumors are a form of cancer in the connective tissue surrounding nerve cells that is driven by the loss of the tumor suppressor gene NF1. Researchers at the Whitehead Institute in Cambridge, MA recently found that loss of NF1 causes an increase in the expression...
Florida State University researchers led by physics doctoral student Campion Loong have achieved significant benchmarks in a study of the human cardiac protein alpha-tropomyosin, which is an essential, molecular-level component that controls the heart's contraction on every beat. Using an...
A new MIT study has found that a protein that slows aging in mice and other animals also helps fight against the damages of a high-fat diet, including diabetes. Over a decade ago, SIRT1's longevity-boosting properties were discovered by MIT biology professor Leonard Guarente, who has continued...
A Simon Fraser University graduate student's collaboration with her thesis supervisor on how a particular type of protein controls the growth of another protein could advance cancer research. Their findings have just been published in the online issue of Current Biology, a CellPress journal...
Preparation is key when it comes to any diet, however we don’t always have endless hours available in the kitchen to cook and pack a high protein meal. That’s where the smoothie comes in. Not only are they a convenient and tasty, it can keep your appetite at bay and boost your fat-burning...
Communication between the brain and muscle must be strong for us to eat, breathe or walk. Now scientists have found that a protein known to be on the surface of muscle cells must be present in both tissues to ensure the conversation is robust. Scientists at the Medical College of Georgia at...
Feeling full involves more than just the uncomfortable sensation that your waistband is getting tight. Investigators reporting online in the Cell Press journal Cell have now mapped out the signals that travel between your gut and your brain to generate the feeling of satiety after eating a...
Compared to the average three year life span of a common rat, the 10 to 30 year life of the naked mole rat, a subterranean rodent native to East Africa, is impressive. And compared to the human body, the body of this rodent shows little decline due to aging, maintaining high activity, bone...
I've had a serious problem with breakfast lately: I feel my best when I eat one high in protein, but I'm sick to death of eggs. I know I'm not the only one; I've talked to women in my office who feel the same, and even noticed fitness model Jamie Eason complaining of the same thing on her...
Psoriasis is an autoimmune disorder in which skin cells proliferate out of control. For some hard-to-heal wounds, the problem is just the opposite: Restorative skin cells don't grow well or fast enough. In a paper published in Immunity, researchers at the University of California, San Diego...
Working together, two scientific organizations have achieved a key milestone earlier than planned: using X-ray crystallography and nuclear magnetic resonance to probe at the atomic level, they have determined the structure of 1,000 proteins from more than 40 organisms that cause deadly diseases...
Scientists have discovered a new function for a protein that protects cells during injury and could eventually translate into treatment for conditions ranging from cardiovascular disease to Alzheimer's. Researchers report online in the journal Cell that a type of protein called thrombospondin...
UCLA biochemists have designed specialized proteins that assemble themselves to form tiny molecular cages hundreds of times smaller than a single cell. The creation of these miniature structures may be the first step toward developing new methods of drug delivery or even designing artificial...
Scientists have identified a protein which regulates the activation of brown fat in both the brain and the body's tissues. Their research, which was conducted in mice, was published in the journal Cell. Unlike white fat, which functions primarily to store up fat, brown fat (also known as brown...
Cut your toe, and platelets -- those disc-shaped cells circulating in your blood -- rush to the scene, clumping together to plug the leak. But when an unwanted clot forms in an artery, and an overaccumulation of platelets blocks blood flow, a heart attack or stroke occurs, too often with fatal...
Just when you've mastered tempeh and seitan, a new vegetarian meat substitute is showing up in recipes and grocery store shelves: Textured vegetable protein. Here's our quick guide to TVP—what it is, why you might want to eat it, and why you might not want to. More »Post from: Blisstree
supplements? I'm male, seventeen years old, six feet tall, and about 185 pounds. I'm not really fat, more on the bulky muscular side, but I'm not really "in shape." I wanted to start packing on lean muscle mass. I don't really care about weight but more about just getting stronger and bigger...
supplements? I'm male, seventeen years old, six feet tall, and about 185 pounds. I'm not really fat, more on the bulky muscular side, but I'm not really "in shape." I wanted to start packing on lean muscle mass. I don't really care about weight but more about just getting stronger and bigger...
The trefoil factor 3 (TFF3) protein protects and maintains the integrity of the epithelial surface in the normal breast. New research has found that while TFF3 protein expression is higher in well-differentiated low grade tumors and therefore associated with features of a good prognosis, it has...