In what could be a starting point for new therapeutics to tackle insulin resistance, a major driver of type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome present in 20–30 percent of the general U.S. population, researchers recently found that insulin resistance in…
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Exposing a cellular double-agent that helps skin cancer take hold
Yale researchers have identified a cellular spy that tricks certain immune cells into helping potentially deadly skin cancer to reproduce. The discovery, reported in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, may offer new treatment pathways for people…
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What is the Effect of P21 in Cellular Function?
What is p21? Image Credit: Kateryna Kon/Shutterstock.com Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1, also known as CDK-interacting protein 1, or more simply as p21, is a cell cycle inhibitor that promotes both CDK/cyclin inhibition as well as cell cycle arrest during the…
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Researchers link cellular transport pathway to aggressive brain cancer
Researchers at McGill University have identified a new cellular pathway that limits the growth and spread of brain tumors by controlling the recycling of cell surface receptor proteins. The study, which will be published January 14 in the Journal of…
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