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Roles of the translationally controlled tumour protein and the double-stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase, PKR, in cellular stress responses 1 Division of Basic Medical Sciences, St George's, University of London, London, UK Correspondence: Dr U-A Bommer, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Wollongong, Northfields Avenue, Building 28, ...

Main Category: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Also Included In: Biology / Biochemistry Water - Air Quality / Agriculture When it comes to plants' innate immunity, like many of the dances of life, it takes two to tango.

Researchers at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech and Montana State University have discovered a fungal protein that plays a key role in causing disease in plants and animals and which also shields the pathogen from oxidative stress.

Main Category: Medical Devices / Diagnostics Also Included In: Biology / Biochemistry Article Date: 07 Nov 2009 - 0:00 PST A unique large-scale research device from Julich has gone into operation in the USA.

Main Category: Urology / Nephrology Also Included In: Biology / Biochemistry Article Date: 06 Nov 2009 - 2:00 PST printer friendly view / write opinions rate article What is the role of proteins called polycystins in patients with polycystic kidney disease? A team of researchers from CNRS and INSERM, led by Eric Honore from the Institut de ...

Dr. Jennifer Brodbelt, professor of chemistry and biochemistry at The University of Texas at Austin, has received a $734,068 grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop a new method for rapidly screening blood samples for biomarkers.

Abstract Many kinds of cuticular proteins are found in a single insect species and their numbers and features are diversified among insects.

Main Category: Cancer / Oncology Also Included In: Biology / Biochemistry Article Date: 03 Nov 2009 Going smaller could bring better results, especially when it comes to cancer-fighting drugs.

Combining chemistry, biology, and physics, Cohn opened up new avenues for interdisciplinary biology and helped found the emerging fields of biochemistry and biophysics.

Main Category: Pancreatic Cancer Also Included In: Biology / Biochemistry ; Stem Cell Research Article Date: 03 Nov 2009 - 3:00 PST Study results: MIT cancer biologists have identified a subpopulation of cells that can give rise to pancreatic cancer .

Featured Article Main Category: Cancer / Oncology Also Included In: GastroIntestinal / Gastroenterology ; Biology / Biochemistry ; Nutrition / Diet Article Date: 28 Oct 2009 - 3:00 PDT Researchers from Ireland and Poland found that curcumin, a compound found in the popular Indian spice turmeric that gives curry powder its distinct yellow colour, ...

SUSHI: Food for the Eye, the Body & the Soul, by Ole G. Mouritsen, Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2009, 330 pages, $35 hardcover The beautiful simplicity of a sushi meal - at its essence merely fresh fish and rice accessorized by a circumspect amount of seaweed, sesame seeds, or vegetables - might tempt one to think that a book on the topic ...

Cis -regulatory Changes at FLOWERING LOCUS T Mediate Natural Variation in Flowering Responses of Arabidopsis thaliana Christopher Schwartz*, ,1, Sureshkumar Balasubramanian , ,1, Norman Warthmann*, , Todd P. Michael*,**, Janne Lempe ,2, Sridevi Sureshkumar ,3, Yasushi Kobayashi , Julin N. Maloof*, , Justin O. Borevitz*, , Joanne Chory*, and Detlef ...

Main Category: Lung Cancer Also Included In: Biology / Biochemistry ; Radiology / Nuclear Medicine ; Genetics Article Date: 31 Oct 2009 - 1:00 PDT Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have eliminated non-small cell lung cancer in mice by using an investigative drug called BEZ235 in combination with low-dose radiation.

Main Category: HIV / AIDS Also Included In: Biology / Biochemistry ; Genetics Article Date: 30 Oct 2009 - 4:00 PDT Researchers have shown how an antiviral protein produced by the immune system, dubbed tetherin, tames HIV and other viruses by literally putting them on a leash, to prevent their escape from infected cells.

Main Category: Flu / Cold / SARS Also Included In: Pediatrics / Children's Health ; Immune System / Vaccines ; Biology / Biochemistry Article Date: 30 Oct 2009 - 5:00 PDT Influenza viruses evade infection-fighting antibodies by constantly changing the shape of their major surface protein.

An expert in cancer proteomics at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has received $4.8 million in federal stimulus funding from the National Cancer Institute to co-lead a pilot study to assess the feasibility and scalability of a project that aims to measure all of the proteins in the human body.

Main Category: Respiratory / Asthma Also Included In: Stem Cell Research ; Biology / Biochemistry Article Date: 29 Oct 2009 - 6:00 PDT Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine have shown that adult stem cells from bone marrow can prevent acute lung injury in a mouse model of the disease.

Main Category: Biology / Biochemistry Also Included In: Medical Devices / Diagnostics Article Date: 26 Oct 2009 A team of Harvard chemists led by X. Sunney Xie has developed a new microscopic technique for seeing, in color, molecules with undetectable fluorescence.

Scientists here have identified how the motions of an enzyme are related to correctly copying genetic instructions, setting the stage for studies that can uncover what happens when DNA copying mistakes are made.