News tagged with cell structure
Chemists synthesize fungal compound with anti-cancer activity
(PhysOrg.com) -- Ten years ago, William Fenical of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography isolated from an ocean-living fungus a compound that has since shown the ability to kill cancer cells in the lab. ...
Apr 26, 2009 |
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India's 'holy powder' finally reveals its centuries-old secret
Scientists in Michigan are reporting discovery of the secret behind the fabled healing power of the main ingredient in turmeric — a spice revered in India as "holy powder." Their study on the ingredient, curcumin, ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Apr 20, 2009 |
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Diagnosing skin cancer without a biopsy
(PhysOrg.com) -- A recent Montana State University master's graduate is working with doctors at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Tennessee to build a handheld laser microscope that could someday reduce the number ...
Apr 17, 2009 |
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Life Sticks: Bioengineer Publishes Sticky Insights in journal Science
(PhysOrg.com) -- Sticky is good. A University of California, San Diego bioengineer is the first author on an article in the journal Science that provides insights on the “stickiness of life.” The big idea i ...
Apr 10, 2009 |
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DNA-based gel produces proteins without live cells
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new method developed by Cornell biological engineers offers an efficient way to make proteins for use in medicine or industry without the use of live cells. The proteins made in this way ...
Apr 01, 2009 |
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Scientists track neurons to predict and prevent diseases
Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital are looking at how developing nerve cells may hold a key to predicting and preventing diseases like cancer ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 30, 2009 |
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Self-cleaning, low-reflectivity treatment boosts efficiency for photovoltaic cells
Using two different types of chemical etching to create features at both the micron and nanometer size scales, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a surface treatment that boosts ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 24, 2009 |
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Dendritic cells ensure immune tolerance
Dendritic cells are essential to the body's immune defenses. Now, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen (Germany) researchers show that they also have to protect the body from itself: They help to identify any immune cells ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 16, 2009 |
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Through the Wire: A New Nanocatalyst Synthesis Technique
(PhysOrg.com) -- Materials containing bimetallic nanoparticles are attractive in vast technological fields because of their unique catalytic, electronic, and magnetic properties. One of the most promising ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 16, 2009 |
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Scientists determine 3D structure of proteins in living cells for the first time
(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Glasgow scientist was part of a team of researchers which has, for the first time, been able to determine the three-dimensional structure of protein in living cells.
Mar 05, 2009 |
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'Silver nanoparticle' microscope may shed new light on cancer, bone diseases
In a finding that could help speed the understanding of diseases ranging from cancer to osteoporosis, researchers in Utah are reporting development of a new microscope technique that uses “silver nanoparticle” mirrors to ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 26, 2009 |
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World's smallest periscopes
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of Vanderbilt scientists have invented the world's smallest version of the periscope and are using it to look at cells and other micro-organisms from several sides at once.
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Feb 25, 2009 |
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Scientists identify human monoclonal antibodies effective against bird and seasonal flu viruses
Researchers at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Burnham Institute for Medical Research and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have reported the identification of human monoclonal antibodies (mAb) that neutralize ...
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Feb 22, 2009 |
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Drugs may be 'magic bullet' for infants born with rare form of diabetes
Infants born with a rare form of inherited diabetes might avoid irreversible damage to their pancreases if they are treated immediately with sulfonylurea drugs rather than insulin, according to a new report in the February ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 03, 2009 |
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Researchers 'unzip' molecules to measure interactions keeping DNA packed in cells
(PhysOrg.com) -- Anyone who has ever battled a stuck zipper knows it's a good idea to see what's stuck, where and how badly -- and then to pull hard. A Cornell research team's experiments involve the "unzipping" ...
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Jan 28, 2009 |
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