News tagged with biochemists
Hunting for deadly bacteria
(PhysOrg.com) -- You can't see them, or smell them or taste them. They can be in our water and in our food, multiplying so rapidly that conventional testing methods for detecting pathogens such as E.coli, ...
Apr 12, 2011 |
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Zooming in on the weapons of Salmonella
Some of the most dreaded diseases in the world such as plague, typhoid and cholera are caused by bacteria that have one thing in common: they possess an infection apparatus which is a nearly unbeatable weapon. When attacking ...
Mar 04, 2011 |
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Tailoring fungi-based biofuels to meet the needs of current, advanced combustion engines
(PhysOrg.com) -- Engine experts and biofuels researchers at Sandia National Laboratories are working on a project that aims to modify an endophytic fungus so that it will produce fuel-type hydrocarbons for ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jan 19, 2011 |
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Biochemists develop new method for preventing oxidative damage to cells
(PhysOrg.com) -- The discovery by UCLA biochemists of a new method for preventing oxidation in the essential fatty acids of cell membranes could lead to a new class of more effective nutritional supplements ...
Dec 02, 2010 |
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UNL biochemist probes protein for disease clues
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists believe they have discovered a common link between such disparate diseases as Parkinson's disease and some types of cancer. Studying these links could lead to advances in combating ...
Nov 22, 2010 |
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PNNL's Richard Smith named 2010 Scientist of the Year by R&D Mag
Parkinson's disease, cancer and biofuels production are just a few problems that biochemist Dick Smith has helped untangle in his long career of technological innovation and scientific insight. Now, R&D Magazine ...
Nov 01, 2010 |
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Preventing cells from getting the kinks out of DNA
(PhysOrg.com) -- Many standard antibiotics and anti-cancer drugs block the enzymes that snip the kinks and knots out of DNA -DNA tangles are lethal to cells - but the drugs are increasingly encountering resistant bacteria ...
May 21, 2010 |
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Solving the Nuclear Pore Puzzle
(PhysOrg.com) -- Computational biochemist Frank Alber compares determining the architecture of a macromolecular machine to solving a jigsaw puzzle.
Aug 19, 2009 |
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In race to predict protein structure, computers take lead
A flood of data is emerging from genome research, including sequence data on proteins. To help science keep pace with this flow of knowledge, computer scientists, biophysicists and biochemists across the world have been developing ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jan 15, 2009 |
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