Use of Boron in Proteins to Create New Treatments to Cure Cancer: Study

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Use of Boron in Proteins to Create New Treatments to Cure Cancer: Study

A large number of the most important proteins of modern medicine and science are insoluble. These comprise a host of signalling proteins and protein hormones, and all of the receptors embedded in the cell membranes, which are directed at approximately 60 percent of the active ingredients presently utilized in medicines. When the concentration of these […]

Hunger-controlling brain cells may offer path for new obesity drugs

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Hunger-controlling brain cells may offer path for new obesity drugs

Is the solution to the obesity epidemic all in our heads? A study by researchers at The Rockefeller University suggests that it might be. “We have identified two new populations of cells in the brain that potently regulate appetite,” says Alexander Nectow, first author of the paper, published in Cell on July 27. The two […]