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A single hormone directs body’s responses to low-protein diet

Scienmag

A single hormone appears to coordinate the lifespan extension produced by a low-protein diet. A single hormone appears to coordinate the lifespan extension produced by a low-protein diet. BATON ROUGE, LA. – Credit: Pennington Biomedical Research Center BATON ROUGE, LA. –

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Prostate cancer hijacks tumor cell biorhythm to evade hormone therapy

Scienmag

Hormone therapy is successful at keeping metastatic prostate cancer under control, but eventually the tumor cells become resistant to it. An unexpected potential solution has now emerged in medicines not designed to fight cancer, but to target proteins that regulate a cell’s circadian rhythm.

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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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Researcher identifies 6,000 sperm proteins, potentially leading to male contraceptive

Medical Xpress

A researcher has for the first time profiled 6,000 sperm proteins that could help create a non-hormonal male contraceptive—while also building on key research linking sperm health to overall men's health.

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Gut hormone triggers craving for more proteins

Scienmag

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

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

Scienmag

Notch proteins are key regulators of growth and differentiation of both normal and cancer cells. These results can be used in the development of new cancer treatments, especially for hormone-dependent breast cancer.

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UK university partnership wins £1.8m for drug discovery research

Drug Discovery World

million grant to engineer microbial cell factories to produce membrane proteins which will support future drug screening and sustainable chemical production. Membrane proteins are crucial molecules on the surface of cells with numerous biological functions, such as sensing hormones or cell communication.

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