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UK university partnership wins £1.8m for drug discovery research

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million grant to engineer microbial cell factories to produce membrane proteins which will support future drug screening and sustainable chemical production. The Engineering Biology Mission Award was given by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). for drug discovery research appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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New research data on the regulation of hormone-dependent breast cancer

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Notch proteins are key regulators of growth and differentiation of both normal and cancer cells. Researchers in Turku, Finland, have now demonstrated that the activities of distinct Notch family members are modified differently by phosphorylation.

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Exercise hormone may modulate genes associated with replication of novel coronavirus

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Brazilian researchers observed that in uninfected adipocytes, the hormone irisin altered the expression of genes that regulate ACE-2, which encodes a protein to which the virus binds in order to invade human cells.

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Genetically modified mice pave the way for customized medicine in a rare disease

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An international research team led by Dr. Ana Guadaño at the Alberto Sols Biomedical Research Institute (IIBM, a combined CSIC-UAM center) and involving the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), used CRISPR gene editing techniques to incorporate into mice a mutation of the MCT8 protein responsible for transporting thyroid hormones to the interior (..)

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Gut hormone triggers craving for more proteins

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Revelations from a fly study could improve our understanding of protein malnutrition in humans.

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Scientists create compound that can block cancer metastasis

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Researchers from the University of Liverpool, UK, have created a biomedical compound that has the potential to stop the spread of breast cancer. Scientists from the Chemistry and Biochemistry Departments at the University of Liverpool and Nanjing Medical School in China have discovered a possible way to block proteins that cause metastasis.

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COVID-19 and Melatonin: Researchers Use AI To Study New Treatment Option

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In addition to innovative new antibody drugs and mRNA vaccines, researchers have found that the sleep-regulating hormone melatonin may also offer protection against COVID-19. Lerner researchers developed a novel artificial intelligence platform to identify potential drugs for COVID-19, finding melatonin to be a promising candidate.