News tagged with carbohydrate structures

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, ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cellulose breakdown

Ionic liquids have emerged as promising new solvents capable of disrupting the cellulose crystalline structure in a wide range of biomass feedstocks.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jun 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mechanism behind compound's effects on skin inflammation and cancer progression

Charles J. Dimitroff, MS, PhD and colleagues in the Dimitroff Lab at Brigham and Women's Hospital, have developed a fluorinated analog of glucosamine, which, in a recent study, has been shown to block the synthesis of key ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Invisibility cloak needed for cooperation? Unusual lipopolysaccharide enables symbiosis between bacterium, fungus

(PhysOrg.com) -- We and all other organisms must constantly grapple with bacteria. Whether for a necessary symbiosis or an infection, carbohydrate structures on cell surfaces play an important role in the ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Sep 07, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast




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Efficient preparation of a set of potential glycosidase inhibitors

(Phys.org) -- In many biological and pathological processes, glycosidase enzymes attack glycosidic bonds in carbohydrates, glycoproteins, and glycolipids. The ability to modify or block these processes by ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

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Researchers find reducing fishmeal hinders growth of farmed fish

When it comes to the food used to raise fish in aquaculture "farms," it seems that you may get what you pay for. In a new study, researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and ...

Biology / Other

created May 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Molecular spectroscopy tracks living mammalian cells in real time as they differentiate

Knowing how a living cell works means knowing how the chemistry inside the cell changes as the functions of the cell change. Protein phosphorylation, for example, controls everything from cell proliferation ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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 ...

Chemistry / Other

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

New method of bacterial cell engineering can produce better, cheaper drug therapies

(PhysOrg.com) -- Escherichia coli – a bacteria considered the food safety bane of restaurateurs, grocers and consumers – is a friend. Cornell University biomolecular engineers have learned to use ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Pass the lycopene: Scientist can protect supplements inside food

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Purdue University food scientist has developed a way to encase nutritional supplements in food-based products so that one day consumers might be able to sprinkle vitamins, antioxidants and ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nanotrees harvest the sun's energy to turn water into hydrogen fuel

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of California, San Diego electrical engineers are building a forest of tiny nanowire trees in order to cleanly capture solar energy without using fossil fuels and harvest it for ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (21) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Bacteria tend leafcutter ants' gardens

(PhysOrg.com) -- Leafcutter ants, the tiny red dots known for carrying green leaves as they march through tropical forests, are also talented farmers that cultivate gardens of fungi and bacteria. Ants eat ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New test spots early signs of mucopolysaccharidoses -- inherited metabolic disorders

A team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Zacharon Pharmaceuticals, have developed a simple, reliable test for identifying biomarkers for mucopolysaccharidoses ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jan 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Introducing L-PEACH: Tool for understanding peach tree development

In peach trees, as in other plants, the energy used to create carbohydrates that support growth and development comes from solar radiation through the process of photosynthesis. Peach tree productivity is ...

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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