Paper: In Cellulo Examination of a β-α Hybrid Construct of β-Hexosamindase A Subunits, Reported to Interact with the GM2 Activator Protein and Hydrolyze GM2 Ganglioside…
Major Depressive disorder (MDD) is a disease that affects…
Cocaine is a highly addictive recreational drug, traditionally extracted from the coca plant grown in south America and more recently Columbia. This drug was commonly used…
Phenylketonuria (PKU) is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder that is inherited due to a contribution of the genetic disorder gene from each parent. Phenylketonuria is…
By: Ramzy Burns Paper: KSR2 Mutations Are Associated with Obesity, Insulin Resistances, and Impaired Cellular Fuel Oxidation http://download.cell.com/mmcs/journals/00928674/PIIS0092867413012762.mmc3.pdf With obesity rates steadily climbing, understanding the…
By Rebecca Golden Paper: Suppression of oxidative stress by β-hydroxybutyrate, an endogenous histone deacetylases inhibitor http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3735349/ A cell must be able to adjust its genomic programming…
Among the cell’s many mechanisms to stop the aberrant cell proliferation characterized in cancer is the activation of Oncogene-induced senescence (OIS), which stops cells from…
Spotlight #2, Radhika Rani Immunoactivity of Protein Conjugates of Carba Analogues from Neisseria meningitidis A Capsular Polysaccharide ACS Chem. Biol., 2013, 8 (11), pp 2561–2567 http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/cb400463u Of the…
Novel Antidiabetic Mechanism that Prevents Hypoglycemia http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature12724.html Hyperglycemia and type II diabetes meillitus are serious medical conditions that can be due to the disruption of…
ATF4 Protein Deficiency Protects against High Fructose-induced Hypertriglyceridemia in Mice http://www.jbc.org/content/288/35/25350.full This article investigated the causes and effects of lipogenesis and it’s impact on the…
