News tagged with alpha helices
'Spaghetti' scaffolding could help grow skin in labs
Scientists are developing new scaffolding technology which could be used to grow tissues such as skin, nerves and cartilage using 3D spaghetti-like structures. Their research is highlighted in the latest issue of Business, the qu ...
Oct 16, 2009 |
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Infrared spectroscopy allows scientists to analyze protein structure on ultrafast timescale
Proteins can take many different shapes, and those shapes help determine each protein’s function. Analyzing those structures can tell scientists a great deal about how a protein behaves, but many of the ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Mar 26, 2012 |
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Nanofiber breakthrough holds promise for medicine and microprocessors
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new method for creating nanofibers made of proteins, developed by researchers at Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly), promises to greatly improve drug delivery methods ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Feb 29, 2012 |
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Let's stretch... Scientists study myomesin protein
The proteins actin, myosin and titin are big players in the business of muscle contraction. Scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Hamburg, Germany, have now examined another muscle protein – ...
Feb 14, 2012 |
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Creation of the largest human-designed protein boosts protein engineering efforts
(PhysOrg.com) -- If Guinness World Records had a category for the largest human-designed protein, then a team of Vanderbilt chemists would have just claimed it.
Nov 15, 2011 |
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Researchers decipher protein structure of key molecule in DNA transcription system
Scientists have deciphered the structure of an essential part of Mediator, a complex molecular machine that plays a vital role in regulating the transcription of DNA.
Jul 03, 2011 |
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Key Parkinson's clue could be protein aggregate
(PhysOrg.com) -- Proteins perform almost every function our bodies require for life. But, they also can misbehave in myriad ways. By retracing the history of each abnormal reaction, biochemists aim to determine ...
Nov 03, 2010 |
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Designer threads: New insight into protein fiber assembly
Understanding how mixtures of proteins assemble and how to manipulate them in the laboratory has many exciting biomedical applications, such as providing scaffolds for the engineering of tissues that can replace diseased ...
Apr 20, 2010 |
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Simplicity is crucial to design optimization at nanoscale
MIT researchers who study the structure of protein-based materials with the aim of learning the key to their lightweight and robust strength have discovered that the particular arrangement of proteins that ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 04, 2009 |
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Researchers use supercomputer to track pathways in myoglobin
Some 50 years ago, after decades of effort, John Kendrew determined the structure of the small globular protein, myoglobin, which is responsible for oxygen storage in cells. For this discovery, he shared the ...
Jun 30, 2008 |
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Mechanism of blood clot elasticity revealed in high definition
Blood clots can save lives, staunching blood loss after injury, but they can also kill. Let loose in the bloodstream, a clot can cause a heart attack, stroke or pulmonary embolism.
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Feb 25, 2008 |
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