Stanford University Researcher's Pioneering Cell Work Brings $300,000...

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  October 28, 2002 ;     578 words ......relevance to contemporary research on cell membranes, said Norman Hackerman, chairman of...tissues. McConnell's work has focused on cell membranes. He has studied their interaction with...such as the body's immune system. Cell membranes, he and others have found, play a key...

The benefits of brain food

Functional Foods & Nutraceuticals;  December 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......the fat does. In particular, brain cell membranes control the entrance and exit of material...cell. Increasing the permeability of cell membranes speeds neuronal transmission. Brain cell membranes also become rigid with age. Thus, nutrients...

Lack of brain chemicals tied to Alzheimer's

Chicago Sun-Times;  March 2, 1992 ;     323 words ......Sciences. Levels of choline within the cell membranes themselves, also were diminished, indicating...in which the brain breaks down the cell membranes faster than normal in order to release...release of choline and helps form new cell membranes. The drugs are used in Europe to ...

Poly-L-Lysine-Induced Morphology Changes in Mixed Anionic/Zwitterionic and...

Biophysical Journal;  October 15, 2006 ;     700+ words ......unilamellar vesicles are used as models for cell membranes. The interactions between lipid membranes...into complex processes occurring at cell membranes. Several reviews cover the utility...processes occurring at more complex cell membranes (7.8). Unilamellar vesicles of various...

* Mimicking Membranes.

Chemical Week;  May 19, 1999 ;     41 words ...Block copolymers of polyethyleneoxide and polyethylethylene form multilayered vesicles similar to cell membranes, according to a report in last week's Science. The study says copolymer membranes bend and expand like cell membranes but are significantly tougher.

The biology of belief: Unleashing the power of consciousness, matter &...

American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis;  April 1, 2008 ;     594 words ......brought about by a new understanding of cell membranes and epigenetics? Bruce Lipton has produced...the new biological perspectives on cell membranes, quantum physics, and epigenetics...inspired metaphors for the workings of cell membranes, cellular organelles, proteins, RNA...

CORNELL SCIENTISTS BUILD 'NANO-KEYS' TO BIND CELL RECEPTORS, TRIGGER...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 16, 2006 ;     657 words ......scale to interact with receptors on cell membranes and trigger larger-scale responses...histamines in an allergic response. How cell membranes control cellular function has long...new tools to understand the role of cell membranes in activating responses within cells...

UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO, GEORGIA RESEARCHERS WIN GRANT TO CONTINUE STUDIES...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 5, 2008 ;     502 words ......called calpains in repairing damaged cell membranes. The grant will allow the principal...outer membranes to break. For example, cell membranes are damaged when a person is seriously...experiences a heart attack. Damage to cell membranes even occurs during the normal wear...

Weizmann Scientists: Finding May Help Heal Injured Muscle Tissue.

Israel Faxx;  April 11, 2007 ;     417 words ......The research focuses on the way that cell membranes fuse into one larger cell, a stage...together of cells - fusion between the cell membranes did not take place since they were...fibers. In addition, fusion between cell membranes plays a key role in development of...

RESEARCH SHOWS HOW ULTRASOUND CAN DELIVER DRUGS

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 5, 2006 ;     700+ words ......drugs that cannot readily move through cell membranes. Using five different microscopy techniques...resulting shock wave opens holes in the cell membranes, which allow molecules from the outside...cells by increasing the permeability of cell membranes. It had been hypothesized, but ...

Role of Cholesterol in the Formation and Nature of Lipid Rafts in Planar...

Biophysical Journal;  May 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......lateral organization of eukaryotic cell membranes. Cholesterol has been connected to...lipid domains (rafts) in mammalian cell membranes. Lipid rafts are composed of lipids...Since the discovery that mammalian cell membranes could be separated into fractions by...

A Brief Survey of Aquaporins and Their Implications for Renal Physiology

Clinical Laboratory Science;  April 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......efficiently channel water through the cell membranes. Although water can diffuse across...across the hydrophobic lipid bilayers of cell membranes. Aquaporins have fascinated researchers...cells incorporate aquaporins into their cell membranes, and many cells produce multiple ...

Purdue Proves Concept of Using Nano-Materials for Drug Discovery.

Ascribe Higher Education News Service;  February 17, 2005 ;     700+ words ......miniature devices to study synthetic cell membranes in an effort to speed the discovery...Researchers are working to duplicate how cell membranes function on chips in order to test...researchers are developing synthetic cell membranes to mimic the real thing and then plan...

The xipotl Mutant of Arabidopsis Reveals a Critical Role for Phospholipid...

Plant Cell;  August 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......the major lipid component in plant cell membranes. The main step in PCho biosynthesis...plant, yeast, and some prokaryote cell membranes. PtdCho has been demonstrated to play...roles both as a structural component in cell membranes and in cellular signaling. In mammalian...

Lipid Vesicles as Membrane Models for Toxicological Assessment of...

Critical Reviews in Toxicology;  January 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......the toxic potential of xenobiotics on cell membranes. In search for more reproducible, quantitative...has many sites for toxicant action. Cell membranes are composed of a phospholipid bilayer...major role in structure and function of cell membranes. Certain proteins, including ...