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enzyme
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Brain disorders? The solution is always tied to metabolism
Most of the antidepressant drugs on the market target serotonin or norepinephrine neurotransmitters—chemical messengers in the brain—but these medications don’t work for some people...
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Lung fibrosis: “scar” is the problem for a condition with “scarce” options
In lung fibrosis, lung tissue thickens, stiffens and scars. It can no longer function normally. That's why people with lung fibrosis have difficulty breathing....
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Lung cancer needs lactate to grow: and protease becomes the gatekeeper
UT Southwestern researchers have found that an enzyme on the surface of some lung cancer cells helps feed the cancer, making it a tempting...
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OGG1: as genome “greasemonkey” and inflammatory “mailman”
A multidisciplinary team of researchers led from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have developed an anti-inflammatory drug molecule with a new mechanism of action. By...
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Liver cancer: “malignant pathways” are already there in cirrhosis
Liver cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide, claiming 700,000 lives each year. Most cases are discovered too late for a...
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NAD+: does the hidden metabolism mirrors to tissue health?
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) is called the "anti-aging molecule" because research has shown that its levels fall with age and that restoring them can...
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Puberty: overweight girls might have their own “way to go”
Girls have been experiencing puberty earlier in life for the last 150 years or so, with 12.5 years being the average age girls start...
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CMT syndrome: the mechanism beneath that keeps “hands and feet” tied
About 1 in 2,500 people have a degenerative nerve disease called Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT). The disease is typically diagnosed in children, who may lose their...
