The small protein ubiquitin is particularly famous for marking proteins for degradation but it has also been shown to regulate virtually all cellular processes. In parallel to the ubiquitin system various other ubiquitin-like ...
Biochemistry
Aug 11, 2023
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Researchers from the University of St Andrews have developed peptides that can help combat bacteria growing in biofilms, which occur in up to 80% of human infections.
Biochemistry
Jul 6, 2023
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Researchers at the University of Helsinki, together with researchers from the United States, have discovered a small molecule that inhibits the formation in cells of cytokine proteins that promote inflammation. The mechanism ...
Biochemistry
Jun 7, 2023
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Scientists at the University of Illinois Chicago have found that a peptide from fruit flies could lead to new antibiotics.
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 6, 2023
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The bacterium Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) can cause severe diseases such as meningitis and blood poisoning in young children. Researchers from the MHH Institute of Clinical Biochemistry have deciphered the pathway ...
Biochemistry
Jun 6, 2023
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Scientists at McMaster University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have used artificial intelligence to discover a new antibiotic that could be used to fight a deadly, drug-resistant pathogen that strikes vulnerable ...
Biochemistry
May 25, 2023
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In a study recently published in Nature Chemical Biology, researchers focused on para-nitro-L-phenylalanine (pN-Phe), a non-standard amino acid that is neither one of the twenty standard amino acids nor observed in nature. ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 23, 2023
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Plants are impressive in their diversity, but especially in the variety of metabolites they produce. Many plant natural products are highly complex molecules, such as the alkaloids vincristine and vinblastine, which are produced ...
Biochemistry
May 15, 2023
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Researchers in Biomedical Engineering Professor Tal Danino's lab were brainstorming several years ago about how they could engineer and apply naturally-pattern-forming bacteria. There are many bacteria species, such as Proteus ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 9, 2023
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As the proverb goes, it takes a village to raise a child. It can also take a village to make progress in science and medicine.
Biochemistry
Apr 27, 2023
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