Posts tagged cell
Oh Yeah, Developmental Biology!
Scientists See Critical Aspects of Embryonic Development
A novel approach in the study of the development of mammalian embryos was reported in the journal Nature Communications. The research, from the laboratory of Prof. Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz of the Univ. of Cambridge, enables scientists to view critical aspects of embryonic development which was previously unobservable.
Read more: http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news-Scientists-See-Critical-Aspects-of-Embryonic-Development-021512.aspx
Cancer Cell.
Evolution Documentaries
A list of evoultion documentaries avalible to view on youtube. With 400 videos dedicated to the understanding of evolution. Personal highlights being Tyrannosaurus Rex, Warrior or Wimp and The Blind Watchmaker.
Deformed sperm cell, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). This cell has residual cytoplasm (lump, pink) below its head (red, top right).
Breast cancer research grant for Manchester
Breast Cancer Campaign has awarded a grant worth almost £190,000 to Dr Keith Brennan at The University of Manchester.
The three year project will look specifically at finding out more about triple negative breast cancer, a particularly aggressive form of the disease.
Researchers have discovered a molecule called Notch, which is active in breast tumours, especially in triple negative cancers. Dr Brennan believes Notch is involved in producing proteins that make these cancer cells less sensitive to chemotherapy – one of the few treatments available to triple negative breast cancer patients.
Dr Brennan, who is based in the Faculty of Life Sciences, said: “I believe that understanding how Notch works and how to stop it could provide a new way to treat this particular type of breast cancer.
“Using this grant, I will collect proteins produced by laboratory-grown triple negative breast cancer cells with active Notch and then analyse them, to try and uncover their identities. This will give me vital clues as to how active Notch makes cancer cells less sensitive to chemotherapy.
“I will also treat these breast cancer cells with drugs called ‘inhibitors’ that stop Notch from working and study exactly how this affects their response to chemotherapy,” he added.
Dr Lisa Wilde, Director of Research, Breast Cancer Campaign, said, “Too many people still die from breast cancer – 12,000 a year – and those with triple negative type of the disease currently have limited treatment options.
“Dr Brennan’s innovative project will provide key knowledge about Notch’s involvement and how to stop it, which could help in the development of new treatments, vital for these patients.”
This is so great for Manchester but more importantly I find this so exciting as Keith is my Programme Director :D
Potential Way to Reverse Cancer Cell Metabolism and Tumor Growth
A team of scientists led by Professor Adrian Krainer, Ph.D., of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory has discovered molecular factors in cancer cells that boost the production of an enzyme that helps alter the cells’ glucose metabolism. The altered metabolic state, called the Warburg effect, promotes extremely rapid cell proliferation and tumor growth.
For more info visit this site.
Bad Project
La voz como la mierda pero cómo chucha me reí
Blot blot Western baby, got no bands this shit is crazy
(Source: candysamurai)
Inside a Cell
Is the kinda fun or am i just kinda sad? :D
