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NEW YORK, May 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- On today's Martha Stewart Show, Martha unveiled her beauty secret to be next generation beauty product BIOEFFECT EGF SERUM [http://www.bioeffect.co.uk/bioeffect-serum.html ]. The serum is already incredibly popular with 1 in 3 women using BIOEFFECT EGF SERUM [http://www.bioeffect.co.uk/bioeffect-serum.html ] in Iceland* where the product was developed. Martha told the audience and viewers at home that the First Lady of Iceland,...
NATICK, Mass., May 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc., a leader in the new field of nuclear transport modulators, announces that co-founder Ronald A. DePinho MD, President of MD Anderson Cancer Center, has been appointed to the National Academy of Sciences. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120508/NE02031LOGO ) Dr. DePinho has been a pioneer in cancer research for over 20 years. His laboratory has produced an array of discoveries including improved mouse...
They have identified new functions of cohesin SA1 that are relevant for cancer and CdLS Cohesin is a ring-shaped protein complex involved in the spatial organization of the genome and in mitotic chromosome structure. Vertebrate somatic cells have two versions of cohesin that contain either SA1 or SA2, but their functional specificity has been largely ignored. Researchers of the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) under the direction of Ana Losada have identified new functions of...
Scientists are announcing the roadmap, policies and procedures for an ambitious international project that aims to compile a landmark sequel to "The Book of Life." The follow-up to the Human Genome Project, which decoded all of the genes that make up humans, involves identifying and profiling all of the proteins produced by the thousands of genes bundled together in all of the human chromosomes. Called the Chromosome-Centric Human Proteome Project (C-HPP), it is the topic of an article in...
Two Michigan State University researchers have invented a protein purifier that could help pharmaceutical companies save time and money. The details of the invention, which appear in a recent issue of the journal Langmuir, demonstrate that MSU chemists Merlin Bruening and Greg Baker’s high-performance membranes are highly suitable for protein purification, a crucial step in the development of some new drugs. Purifying proteins, the process of isolating a single, desired protein from...
A team of Stowers scientists defines biochemical crosstalk between DNA interacting proteins and their modifications When stretched out, the genome of a single human cell can reach six feet. To package it all into a tiny nucleus, the DNA strand is tightly wrapped around a core of histone proteins in repeating units—each unit known as a nucleosome. To allow access for the gene expression machinery the nucleosomes must open up and regroup when the process is complete. In the May 1, 2012,...
Stowers scientists use fruit flies to reveal unknown function of a transcriptional regulator of development and cancer Historically, fly and human Polycomb proteins were considered textbook exemplars of transcriptional repressors, or proteins that silence the process by which DNA gives rise to new proteins. Now, work by a team of researchers at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research challenges that dogma. In a cover story in the May 2012 issue of the journal Molecular and Cellular...
University of Calgary researcher edits special issue on disease fighting properties of lactoferrin Hans Vogel, a professor in the biological sciences department, is the guest editor of a special issue of the journal Biochemistry and Cell Biology that focuses on lactoferrin, an important iron-binding protein with many health benefits. "Some people describe this protein as the 'Swiss army knife' of the human host defense system," says Vogel. "We now know that lactoferrin has many...
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital discovery that a protein vital for cell survival and immune balance has another form with a different function could yield additional cancer treatment strategy Research led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators suggests that safeguarding cell survival and maintaining a balanced immune system is just the start of the myeloid cell leukemia sequence 1 (MCL1) protein's work. Nearly 20 years after MCL1 was discovered, scientists have...
Reliably quantitate protein with one of AMRESCO’s newest proteomics products, the BCS Assay. Solon, OH (PRWEB) April 29, 2012 Obtaining quality protein samples and quantifying them are essential first steps in proteomics-based research. Proteins may be isolated from any number of tissue or cell types, each likely to require individually optimized extraction methods and buffers that contain various chemicals, including salts and detergents. The varied buffer compositions influence...
