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Research paves way for better drugs for breast cancer

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Research paves way for better drugs for breast cancer

New Delhi, Aug 23: In a study that could help design better drugs for breast cancer, researchers at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER)-Bhopal have identified the mechanism by which breast cancer cells proliferate and spread. The team studied the regulation of a gene called ‘ESRP1’ in breast cancer. They found that there is a difference in the expression of the ESRP1 gene between normal and tumour tissues of breast cancer patients. The gene was expressed more in breast tumour tissues than normal tissues. They then explored the regulatory mechanism behind this. The expression of a gene…

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New hope for mitochondrial disorders

New Delhi: Efforts to find a treatment for mitochondrial disorders is set to get a major boost with a team of researchers at the Department of Biotechnology’s National Institute of Immunology (DBT-NII) figuring out a way to tackle autosomal dominant progressive external ophthalmoplegia (adPEO), which is a widely prevalent mitochondrial disorder. Mitochondrial genetic disorders refer to a group of conditions that affect the mitochondria, the structures in the body cells that are responsible for making energy. People with these conditions can be of any age with almost any affected body system. However, the brain, muscles, heart, liver, nerves, eyes, ears…