Protein's Link to Heart Disease Is a Mystery
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The exact role of CRP, or C-reactive protein, in predicting heart disease risk remains a subject of scientific debate.
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By harnessing a natural gene-silencing mechanism, scientists say they have dramatically reduced the activity of a protein linked to high cholesterol.
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A brain protein has been discovered to play a major role in reducing stress and increasing wakefulness, a finding that could lead to treatments for sleep disorders, anxiety and depression.
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Scientists have identified a cardiac stem cell that could be the basis for new heart therapies
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Researchers have identified a protein which, when present in large amounts, might indicate that a cancer is particularly aggressive.
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THURSDAY, Oct. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have identified the abnormal protein common to two devastating neurological diseases -- Lou Gehrig's disease, which causes death by paralysis, and frontotemporal dementia, which starts with bizarre behavior and has a destructive effect on mental function comparable to Alzheimer's disease.
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When a particular combination of proteins is expressed by a mother and her developing fetus, the risk of developing preeclampsia increases, according to a study by Hiby and colleagues in the Oct 18 issue of The Journal of Experimental Medicine.
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[Health India]: Washington, Dec 28 : A new study, which has been published in the &quot;The Journal of Experimental Medicine&quot; has indicated that high levels of a blood protein called mannose-binding lectin (MBL) are associated with lower risk of heart attack
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A way to measure energy levels inside living heart cells could ultimately aid heart attack recovery.
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THURSDAY, Sept. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers think they may have found a way to target neurofibrillary tangles, the jumbled bits of protein inside brain cells that might contribute to Alzheimer's disease.
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NEW YORK  - A blood protein related to body weight and physical exercise levels appears to be linked to pancreatic cancer risk, according to a new study.
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Older women who eat a relatively large amount of protein from red meat or dairy products may have an elevated risk of dying from heart disease, the results of a large study suggest.
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Scientists have identified a protein which plays a key role in the changes that alcohol abuse causes in the brain.
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A single gene fault could hold the key to a range of disorders linked to heart disease and stroke, a study has found.
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Scientists in Hong Kong and China  have identified for the first time a protein in sperm from  humans and from mice that could be responsible for many  unexplained cases of male infertility.
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MONDAY, Nov. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Less oxygenated blood to the brain may mean a bigger build-up of the protein plaques that are so closely tied to Alzheimer's disease, new research shows.
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Prior to these experiments, protein was believed to hold our hereditary destiny. After Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase, DNA steps up to the plate.