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Health November 29, 2021

Scientists Discover the Mode of Action of Essential Proteins Involved in Cancer and Alzheimer’s Disease

The proteins that belong to the HAT family are essential for life as they transport amino acids across the cell membrane. Although the members of…

New Discovery Reveals Protein That Keeps Metastatic Breast Cancer Cells Dormant

Biology January 22, 2018

Breakthrough Discovery Reveals MSK1 Protein Keeps Metastatic Breast Cancer Cells Dormant

The time needed for breast cancer metastases (secondary lesions caused by cells that have escaped from the original tumor) to develop varies between patients, and…

Health December 13, 2017

New Study Paves the Way to a Greater Understanding of Male Infertility

Researchers at IRB Barcelona unravel the role of the histone BigH1 in the development of male sex cells from stem cells. The study, which was…