News tagged with biomolecule
Modeling the miniscule: High-resolution design of nanoscale biomolecules
(PhysOrg.com) -- A key element of both biotechnology and nanotechnology is – perhaps unsurprisingly – computational modeling. Frequently, in silico nanostructure design and simulation precedes actual ...
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Mar 12, 2012 |
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Researchers present a shiny new tool for imaging biomolecules
At the heart of the immune system that protects our bodies from disease and foreign invaders is a vast and complex communications network involving millions of cells, sending and receiving chemical signals ...
Mar 23, 2012 |
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Nanochannel electroporation: Researchers do precise gene therapy without a needle
For the first time, researchers have found a way to inject a precise dose of a gene therapy agent directly into a single living cell without a needle.
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Oct 16, 2011 |
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Silk moth's antenna inspires new nanotech tool with applications in Alzheimer's research
By mimicking the structure of the silk moth's antenna, University of Michigan researchers led the development of a better nanopore---a tiny tunnel-shaped tool that could advance understanding of a class of ...
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Feb 28, 2011 |
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Method prints nanostructures using hard, sharp 'pen' tips floating on soft polymer springs
(PhysOrg.com) -- Northwestern University researchers have developed a new technique for rapidly prototyping nanoscale devices and structures that is so inexpensive the "print head" can be thrown away when ...
Jan 26, 2011 |
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Chemists design 'tunable,' cloaked, toxin delivery system to kill tumors from within
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers led by University of Massachusetts Amherst chemist Vincent Rotello have demonstrated that they can deliver a dormant toxin into a specific site such as a tumor for anti-cancer ...
Oct 04, 2010 |
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How world's smallest 'coffee ring' may help biosensors detect disease
(PhysOrg.com) -- The field of biosensing has recently found an unlikely partner in the quest for increased sensitivity: coffee rings. The next time you spill your coffee on a table, look at the spot left after ...
May 05, 2010 |
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Ultra-sensitive electrical biosensor unlocks potential for instant diagnostic devices
A new quantum mechanical-based biosensor designed by a team at University of California, Santa Barbara offers tremendous potential for detecting biomolecules at ultra-low concentrations, from instant point-of-care ...
Apr 17, 2012 |
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A salt-free primordial soup?
Most scientists who study the origin of life assume that it occurred in the ocean. But a minority view is that ions in seawater may interfere with prebiotic chemistry, making a freshwater environment more ...
Jan 19, 2012 |
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By 'putting a ring on it,' microparticles can be captured
To trap and hold tiny microparticles, engineers at Harvard have "put a ring on it," using a silicon-based circular resonator to confine particles stably for up to several minutes.
Jul 20, 2010 |
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Uncharted territory: Scientists sequence the first carbohydrate biopolymer
(PhysOrg.com) -- DNA and protein sequencing have forever transformed science, medicine, and society. Understanding the structure of these complex biomolecules has revolutionized drug development, medical diagnostics, ...
Oct 11, 2011 |
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Technology tethers free radicals
The science world is abuzz with news of a new platform technology developed by physicists at the University of Sydney - technology that can be used in areas as diverse as disease detection through to biofuel production.
Aug 17, 2011 |
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Endogenous proteins found in a 70-million-year-old giant marine lizard
(PhysOrg.com) -- With their discovery, the scientists Johan Lindgren, Per Uvdal, Anders Engdahl, and colleagues have demonstrated that remains of type I collagen, a structural protein, are retained in a mosasaur ...
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May 02, 2011 |
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Overfertilizing corn undermines ethanol
Rice University scientists and their colleagues have found that when growing corn crops for ethanol, more means less.
Feb 25, 2011 |
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'Critical baby step' taken for spying life on a molecular scale
(PhysOrg.com) -- The ability to image single biological molecules in a living cell is something that has long eluded researchers; however, a novel technique, using the structure of diamond, may well be able ...
May 19, 2011 |
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Biomolecule
A biomolecule is any molecule that is produced by a living organism, including large polymeric molecules such as proteins, polysaccharides, lipids, and nucleic acids as well as small molecules such as primary metabolites, secondary metabolites, and natural products. A more general name for this class of molecules is a biogenic substance.
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