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Finding a Protective Mechanism for Retinal Cells Could Save Sight

by mokosam on November 18, 2009

Determining what triggers the death of retinal cells, called photoreceptors, could hold the key to stopping blinding disorders caused by a wide range of eye diseases, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in the November journal Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science.
Several blinding disorders are known to cause the breakdown of photoreceptors. Caroline Zeiss, associate professor [...]

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Antisocial, Invasive Cells Are Basis Of Cancer, Finding Suggests

by mokosam on December 13, 2008

Scientists at UCL funded by BBSRC and the Medical Research Council have discovered the mechanism by which cells normally repel each other – a process sidestepped by cancer cells which go on to invade and conquer healthy regions of the body.
The findings suggest an alternative way in which cancer treatments might work in the future, [...]

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Finding Baby Critically Endangered Goliath Grouper Fish Hiding In Mangroves With Help Of High-tech Sonogram

by mokosam on December 4, 2008

The Ocean Research & Conservation Association (ORCA) and its collaborators have announced the world`s first use of an acoustic underwater camera to survey juveniles of goliath grouper in mangrove habitats.
Goliath grouper, Epinephelus itajara, currently is listed as critically endangered by the IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature). The largest grouper fish in [...]

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Controlling Bad Cholesterol: Finding May Herald Scientific Breakthrough

by mokosam on November 27, 2008

A study performed by the team of Dr. Nabil G. Seidah, Director of the Biochemical Neuroendocrinology Research Unit at the IRCM, shows for the very first time that the degradation by PCSK9 of the LDLR receptor, which is responsible for removing the bad cholesterol (LDL-cholesterol) from the bloodstream, may be inhibited by a third protein, [...]

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