News tagged with carbohydrate polymers
Vitamins may hitch a protected ride on corn starch
(Medical Xpress) -- Vitamins and medications may one day take rides on starch compounds creating stable vitamin-enriched ingredients and cheaper controlled-release drugs, according to Penn State food scientists.
May 11, 2011 |
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Carb synthesis sheds light on promising tuberculosis drug target
A fundamental question about how sugar units are strung together into long carbohydrate chains has also pinpointed a promising way to target new medicines against tuberculosis.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 22, 2009 |
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Sweet success in hunt for honey's healing factor
Comvita, the New Zealand-based global exporter of natural health and beauty products, and collaborators have identified key compounds in honey that stimulate the immune system, paving the way for a range of new wound-healing ...
Mar 29, 2012 |
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Denture adhesives can cause zinc overdose, study says
The simple act of trying to keep dentures in place can trigger serious health problems, including neurological damage, a new study by University of Maryland researchers warns.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 05, 2011 |
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Astronomy without a telescope -- why carbon?
Last week's AWAT Why Water? took the approach of acknowledging that while numerous solvents are available to support alien biochemistries, water is very likely to be the most common biological solvent out the ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 18, 2011 |
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Researchers expand yeast's sugary diet to include plant fiber
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of California, Berkeley, researchers have taken genes from grass-eating fungi and stuffed them into yeast, creating strains that produce alcohol from tough plant material - cellulose ...
Sep 09, 2010 |
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New microbial genetic system dissects biomass to biofuel conversion
A research team at the DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) has developed a powerful new tool that promises to unlock the secrets of biomass degradation, a critical step in the development of cost-effective cellulosic ...
Jun 11, 2010 |
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New technology to assist research and genetic drug delivery
Techulon, Inc., and University of Cincinnati sign worldwide exclusive license agreements to manufacture and sell novel reagents used for research and therapeutic delivery of nucleic acids.
Mar 24, 2010 |
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From pollutant to profit -- nanoscience turns carbon on its head
Three new complementary research projects will turn carbon from a pollutant into useful products that could help both industry and the environment.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 23, 2010 |
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Scientists identify target that may inhibit HIV infectivity
Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology (GIVI) have discovered a new agent that might inhibit the infectivity of HIV. The agent, surfen, impairs the action of a factor in semen that greatly enhances ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jan 04, 2010 |
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Extreme makeover chemistry style
In revisiting a chemical reaction that's been in the literature for several decades and adding a new wrinkle of their own, researchers with Berkeley Lab and the University of California (UC) Berkeley have ...
Jun 16, 2009 |
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Plastic that grows on trees, part two
Some researchers hope to turn plants into a renewable, nonpolluting replacement for crude oil. To achieve this, scientists have to learn how to convert plant biomass into a building block for plastics and fuels cheaply and ...
May 19, 2009 |
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