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Protein ‘rules’ behind surviving extreme dehydration’: Study
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (407+ words) SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY: A new study in Cell Systems helps explain how organisms can come back from desiccation (the removal of water or moisture) while others fail by looking at the cell's proteins. In the first survey of its kind, a…...
This tiny protein helps control how hungry you feel: Study
2+ week, 2+ day ago (600+ words) Washington DC: Researchers have identified a previously overlooked protein that helps regulate appetite and energy use in the body. This "helper" protein supports a key system that decides whether the body burns energy or stores it, and when it does not…...
Blocking a single protein forces cancer cells to self-destruct: Study
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (547+ words) WASHINGTON DC: Researchers uncovered a powerful weakness in lung cancer by shutting down a protein that helps tumours survive stress. When this protein, FSP1, was blocked, lung tumours in mice shrank dramatically, with many cancer cells essentially triggering their own self-destruct mode....