Scientists Discover How Molecular Motors Go Into "Energy Save Mode" | CMU Press Release
August 11, 2011
By: Jocelyn Duffy, jhduffy@andrew.cmu.edu, 412-268-9982
PITTSBURGH—A new study by Carnegie Mellon University biochemists, published in the Aug. 12 issue of Science, describes how the motors fold in on themselves, or save energy, when their transport services aren’t required. According to the researchers, the solution to this molecular puzzle provides new insight into how molecular motor proteins are regulated, and may open new avenues for the treatment of various neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s and Huntington’s.
“Molecular motor proteins play a major role in all eukaryotic cells, but they are particularly critical to nerve cells,” said David Hackney, professor of biological sciences in the Mellon College of Science, and one of the paper’s authors.
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Thanks to DSF Charitable Foundation | Inspire Innovation blog
March 21, 2011
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon’s Center for Nucleic Acids Science and Technology (CNAST) are advancing their work aimed at better understanding and treating disease. The DSF Charitable Foundation gave a $3.9 million grant to further the development of novel biomedical tools targeted at monitoring and manipulating gene expression.
DSF Charitable Foundation GIves $3.9M to CNAST | CMU Press Releases
March 15, 2011
By: Jocelyn Duffy, jhduffy@andrew.cmu.edu, 412-268-9982
PITTSBURGH-The DSF Charitable Foundation has given a $3.9 million grant to Carnegie Mellon University's Center for Nucleic Acids Science and Technology (CNAST) to further the development of novel biomedical tools targeted at monitoring and manipulating gene expression.
The grant will allow the interdisciplinary team of researchers to advance their work aimed at providing innovative approaches for understanding and treating disease. These include the development of peptide nucleic acids (PNA), synthetic analogs of DNA and RNA that have extraordinary scientific and therapeutic potential.
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