Neuroinflammatory diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease and traumatic brain injury, have been linked to deposits of a tough protein known as fibrin, derived from the blood clotting factor fibrinogen. These mesh-like fibrin deposits occur outside blood vessels in the brain, contributing…
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Single protein is a key player in two very common forms of dementia, study reveals
Dementia has many faces, and because of the wide range of ways in which it can develop and affect patients, it can be very challenging to treat. Now, however, using supercomputer analysis of big data, researchers from Japan were able…
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PROTEIN-ID project aims to develop a device able to generate identity card of proteins
A device able to generate proteins identity card: this is the ambitious goal of the "PROTEIN ID" project, funded by the European Union with about 3 million euro for the next 3 years and coordinated by the IIT-Istituto Italiano di…
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Study: All GA-binding proteins have the highest expression levels in secondary glioblastomas
Oncotarget published "TERT and its binding protein: overexpression of GABPA/B in high grade gliomas" which reported that all GA-binding proteins progress through the glioma grades and have the highest expression levels in secondary glioblastomas. In secondary glioblastomas after chemotherapy, GABPB1…
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Protein markers in chronic lymphocytic leukemia may help determine patients' prognoses
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is the most common leukemia in the Western world. New research published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology reveals that certain protein markers may indicate which patients have stable forms of CLL and which have more…
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The 6 Best Protein Powders of 2021, According To a Nutritionist
Whey Best for: fast Recovery Want the fastest way to deliver the amino acids you need to those hardworking muscles? According to sports dietitian Alicia Edge from Compeat Nutrition, you’ll get that from milk protein, whey. “About 25g of whey…
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Protein supplements work for women, but not men, during fasted carb-restricted training
Consuming a protein supplement, specifically protein hydrolysate, during carbohydrate-restricted training was helpful for improving training intensity in women, but not in men. That’s according to new research which will be part of a presentation this week at The Physiological Society’s…
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New study reveals how heparan sulfate promotes amyloid deposition in various organs
Amyloid diseases, including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, type-2 diabetes and other life-threatening diseases, involve pathologic deposits of normally soluble proteins or peptides as insoluble amyloid fibrils. When this happens in vital organs, such as the brain, kidney, liver and heart, it causes…
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A protein that guards against prostate cancer, fatty liver disease, diabetes
FIU Biomolecular Sciences Institute researchers investigating a protein they hoped would be a tumor suppressor instead discovered it was responsible for protecting people from so much more. It turns out Inositol Polyphosphate-4-Phosphatase Type II B, or INPP4B, protects obese mice…
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Researchers identify protein produced after stroke that triggers neurodegeneration
Researchers with the Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute at UT Southwestern have identified a new protein implicated in cell death that provides a potential therapeutic target that could prevent or delay the progress of neurodegenerative diseases following a stroke. Scientists…
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