Scientists say they have found a way to disarm a protein thought to play a key role in leukaemia and other cancers.
Cancer protein 'can be disarmed'
Posted by donny_blitz 11 days ago (http://news.bbc.co.uk)
UCSF researchers have successfully used protease inhibitors to restore to normal levels a key protein involved in early brain development. Reduced levels of that protein have been shown to cause the rare brain disorder lissencephaly, which is characterized by brain malformations, seizures, severe mental retardation and very early death in human infants.
One way in which men and women differ is in their expression of liver proteins that control a large number of whole-body processes such as energy generation and lipid and steroid hormone production and turnover. Now, Walter Wahli and colleagues, at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, have identified a new mechanism underlying this differential expression of proteins in male and female mice.
Sex Hormone Protein May Predict Type 2 Diabetes
Posted by mittan 109 days ago (http://www.nlm.nih.gov)
Whether it causes the disease or is simply a marker for obesity is unclear Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Topics: Diabetes, Hormones
Protein 'key to premature births'
Posted by donny_blitz 113 days ago (http://news.bbc.co.uk)
Premature labour may be prevented in mothers-to-be by blocking a protein which seems to cause it, a study suggests.
Source: American Heart Association Related MedlinePlus Topic: High Blood Pressure
Fat-Cell Protein May Reduce Diabetes Risk
Posted by mamie 138 days ago (http://www.forbes.com)
Higher levels of adiponectin linked in studies to lower incidence of type 2 diabetes
Source: National Cancer Institute Related MedlinePlus Topic: Breast Cancer
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