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Lipid-modifying enzyme: New target for pan-viral therapeutics
Three different disease-causing viruses — poliovirus, coxsackievirus, and hepatitis C — rely on their unwilling host for the membrane platforms enriched in a specific lipid, phosphatidylinositol 4 phosphate (PI4P) on which they can replicate, Rutgers…
UCR scientists identify pomegranate juice components that could stop cancer from spreading
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have identified components in pomegranate juice that both inhibit the movement of cancer cells and weaken their attraction to a chemical signal that promotes the metast…
Researchers uncover mechanism behind osteoporosis
Researchers have discovered that molecules in aging bones are unable to remain in step with one another during the complex molecular dance that results in healthy bones. The missteps by aging cells responsible for bone formation trigger cells that tear down bone. The result is the thinning of the bones characteristic of osteoporosis, according to preliminary research by Bernard Halloran, PhD, of the Laboratory for Human Aging and Bone Research at the San Francisco VA Medical Center.