SP-2577 could enable the immune system to attack ovarian cancer; clinical trials for patients expected soon THE TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE PHOENIX, Ariz. — July 10, 2020 — A drug known as SP-2577 could help enable the body’s own immune system to attack ovarian cancer, according to a study led by the Translational Genomics Research...
Tag: <span>Protein</span>
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STUFF ( quercertin) IN CAPERS ACTIVATES KEY PROTEINS IN BRAIN AND HEART
A compound common in pickled capers, quercetin, activates proteins required for normal human brain and heart activity, researchers report. In a new study in Communications Biology, the researchers report that quercetin can directly regulate proteins required for bodily processes such as the heartbeat, thought, muscular contraction, and normal functioning of the thyroid, pancreas, and gastrointestinal...
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Study shows plant protein consumption can boost human lifespan
by Bob Yirka , Medical Xpress A team of researchers at the U.S. National Institutes of Health’s National Cancer Institute has found that older people who eat more plant protein as opposed to meat-based protein tend to live longer lives. In their paper published in JAMA Internal Medicine, the group describes their analysis of a...
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Immune response to COVID-19’s spike protein – the secret to a successful vaccine?
by Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity Scientists have uncovered how a crucial component of the immune system responds to the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19—important information for future validation of vaccine candidates. Coronavirus particles have a corona (crown) of proteins that resemble spikes, which enable the virus to attach and...
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Study reveals intricate details about Huntington’s disease protein
by Charlotte Hsu, University at Buffalo Colored lines show the paths of crawling fruit fly larvae. Larvae with a mutant form of the human huntingtin protein that causes Huntington’s disease crawled poorly (center) compared with normal larvae (left). But when larvae carrying the Huntington’s disease protein also produced extra quantities of the Rab4 protein, crawling...
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Breakthrough image shows how “super-ager” brains resist cognitive decline
By Rich Haridy July 15, 2020 New research is illustrating the differences in toxic protein accumulations in the brains of older subjects suffering cognitive decline compared to older subjects with unexpectedly strong cognitive abilities. An image compiled from PET scans of these so-called “super-agers” has won Image of the Year from the Society of Nuclear...
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New antiplatelet drug shows promise for treating heart attack
by University of Illinois at Chicago UIC’s Xiaoping Du oversees Ph.D. student Yaping Zhanga enter a sample in an aggregometer in his lab at the College of Medicine Research Building Credit: Joshua Clark/University of Illinois at Chicago Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have developed a new drug that prevents blood clots without...
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Soy and wheat proteins helpful for building aging muscles, but not as potent as animal protein
THESE MEALS ARE EXAMPLES OF VEGETARIAN MEALS THAT HELP BUILD MUSCLE PROTEINS BECAUSE THEY CONSIST OF A COMPLEMENTARY AND COMPLETE PROFILE OF ALL ESSENTIAL AMINO ACIDS. On a gram for gram basis, animal proteins are more effective than plant proteins in supporting the maintenance of skeletal muscle mass with advancing age, shows research presented this...
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Covid 19 outstanding questions
Six months of coronavirus: the mysteries scientists are still racing to solve From immunity to the role of genetics, Nature looks at five pressing questions about COVID-19 that researchers are tackling. In late December 2019, reports emerged of a mysterious pneumonia in Wuhan, China, a city of 11 million people in the southeastern province of...
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Fat cell hormone boosts potential of stem cell therapy
by Osaka University Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have the potential to differentiate into a range of different cell types, including bone, fat and muscle cells. But it’s their ability to stimulate the repair of damaged tissue that has captured the interest of researchers worldwide, with MSCs demonstrating therapeutic effects in the treatment of conditions such...