Within contemporary biochemical discourse, increasing attention has been directed toward peptide fragments that retain ...

A naturally occurring signaling molecule called C-type natriuretic peptide, or CNP, was shown to reduce the severity of PAH.

Signaling is fundamental to how cells sense and respond to their environment—but in immune cells, those signals must be ...

Breast cancer is the second highest diagnosed cancer in women in the US and, as of 2020, the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women worldwide. 1 In 15–20 percent of these cases, the growth factor ...

In 2010, a large study in Denmark found that women who suffered an infection severe enough to require hospitalization while pregnant were much more likely to have a child with autism (even though the ...

Collagen plays dual roles in pancreatic cancer: as a physical fiber that obstructs macromolecular drug delivery, and as a bioactive signaling molecule that activates discoidin domain receptor 1 (DDR1) ...

Researchers have uncovered a surprising molecular chain reaction in the brain that may play a role in some forms of autism. The study suggests that nitric oxide, a tiny signaling molecule normally ...