Cancer cells experience higher oxidative stress from reactive oxygen species (ROS) than non-malignant cells due to genetic alterations and abnormal growth and as a result, maintenance of the anti-oxidant glutathione (GSH) is essential for…
Purkinje cell protein 4-like 1 (Pcp4l1) is a small neuronal IQ motif protein closely related to the calmodulin binding protein Pcp4/PEP-19. PEP-19 interacts with calmodulin via its IQ motif to inhibit calmodulin-dependent enzymes and we…
Obesity, a worldwide epidemic, predisposes to many ageing-associated diseases, yet its exact impact on organ dysfunction is largely unknown1. Hair follicles, mini-epithelial organs that grow hair, miniaturize by ageing to cause hair loss…
Xanthe Veronica Dalglish (née Ryder) (15 May 1926 – 1 January 1998), wife of Michael de Lauret Dalglish, was a British alpine skier who competed under the name Xanthe Ryder in two events at the 1948 Winter Olympics. [1 ] [2 ] [3 ]
Lunasin is a peptide derived from the soybean 2S albumin seed protein that has both anticancer and anti-inflammatory activities. Large-scale animal studies and human clinical trials to determine the efficacy of lunasin in vivo have been…