last updated April 2013
Archive by Date: April 2012
biochemical signaling: April 2012
- A targeted approach to controlling inflammation
Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
A regulatory protein limits its impact on a signaling pathway, with a prominent role in cancer and immunity, by interfering with only a single part of the process
- Mapping music to the ‘ears’
National Tsing Hua University
The first map of the fruit fly’s auditory pathway sets the foundation for elucidating the roles of specific neurons
- Malaria-infected cells light up to be counted
National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC)
Use of a sensitive and bright dye in a protocol for measuring malarial infection in blood will aid drug development
cell biology: April 2012
- Managing the great cell divide
Institute for Virus Research Kyoto University
A massive screen of enzymes reveals a pathway that helps ensure that dividing cells each receive their fair share of chromosomes
- Starting cancer’s ignition
Genome Institute of Singapore
An enzyme that breaks down the amino acid glycine is linked to tumor initiation in lung cancer so may provide a new therapeutic target
cell cycle, apoptosis and differentiation: April 2012
- Encouraging cancer-cell suicide
Seoul National University
Revelation of how a death-promoting protein acts through different receptors could improve anticancer therapeutics
development: April 2012
- A time and place for DNA replication
The Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science
A screen of fission yeast mutants identifies a protein that determines when and where particular regions of the genome are copied
therapeutics: April 2012
- Raising the alarm against cancer
Queensland Institute of Medical Research
An immunotherapeutic strategy for targeting throat cancer yields promising preliminary results
