Lack of p38γ and p38δ increases the efficiency of innate immune cells against Candida albicans systemic infection. Moreover, it reduces the elevated inflammation that causes organ damage. Drugs that...
Read moreA study conducted at the CNIO suggests that tumour cells may develop resistance to potential Ras inhibitors. Mutations in Ras are those that initiate many of the most lethal tumours, whereby the searc...
Read moreResearchers at IRB Barcelona discover the mechanism that leads to a less harmful form of obesity that is associated with the number rather than volume of fat cells. There are several types of obesity ...
Read moreThe COST Action PROTEOSTASIS BM1307, coordinated by Dr. Rosa Barrio (group leader at CIC bioGUNE) ended on the 24th of April 2018. This European network gathered 274 group members from almost all coun...
Read moreUn estudio liderado por David Reverter, investigador del IBB, ha identificado una nueva enzima con la que se completa el conjunto de moléculas implicadas en la digestión de la mayoría de proteínas...
Read moreEl estudio, liderado por la Universidad de Oviedo y el Battelle Center for Mathematical Medicine, ha consistido en el diseño de un algoritmo de predicción de la estructura terciaria de las cadenas d...
Read moreLa aciduría metilmalónica tipo cblB es una enfermedad producida por un defecto en una proteína mitocondrial para la que no existe un tratamiento definitivo. Científicos de la Universidad Autónoma...
Read moreInvestigadores del CIBERDEM del Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de la Fundación Jiménez Díaz (IIS-FJD) y la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), han descrito un nuevo abordaje terapéutico ...
Read moreUna proteína producida por el virus de Epstein-Barr, virus responsable de causar la mononucleosis infecciosa, podría aumentar el riesgo a desarrollar diversas enfermedades como la esclerosis múltip...
Read moreThe study, published in The Journal of Cell Biology, focuses on the development of the sperm tail, the structure that enables sperm cells to swim and is therefore critical for male fertility.
Read moreSince long crystals have been essential for solving the three-dimensional structures of proteins, which is crucial for understanding the molecular mechanisms of life itself. In more recent times these...
Read moreUn estudio liderado por el Dr. Schneider, de la Universidad of Erlangen-Núremberg de Alemania, ha probado con éxito una terapia en humanos capaz de reducir los síntomas de la displasia ectodérmica...
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