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'Fusion' protein found by Johns Hopkins researchers
04-10-2007 · EurekAlert!Working with fruit flies, scientists at Johns Hopkins have discovered a protein required for two neighboring cells to fuse and become one "super cell."
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- Hopkins researchers discover how brain protein might control memory
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- Standard treatment for prostate cancer may encourage spread of disease
10-01-2007 · EurekAlert!
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- Protein a possible key to allergy and asthma control
01-02-2008 · EurekAlert!
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- Johns Hopkins researcher leads international effort to create 'proteinpedia'
02-07-2008 · EurekAlert!
A researcher at the Johns Hopkins Institute of Genetic Medicine has led the effort to compile to date the largest free resource of experimental information about human proteins. Reporting in the February issue of Nature Biotechnology, the research team describes how all researchers around the world can access this data and speed their own research.
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- Silencing small but mighty cancer inhibitors
12-10-2007 · EurekAlert!
Researchers from Johns Hopkins and the University of Pennsylvania have uncovered another reason why one of the most commonly activated proteins in cancer is in fact so dangerous. As reported in Nature Genetics this week, the Myc protein can stop the production of at least 13 microRNAs, small pieces of nucleic acid that help control which genes are turned on and off.
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- Speeding 'fingertip' discovery -- 20 years of protein info in 1 place
04-22-2007 · EurekAlert!
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- University of Pennsylvania researchers zero in on the tiniest members in the war on cancer
12-13-2007 · EurekAlert!
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- Modified Atkins diet can cut epileptic seizures in adults
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