News tagged with cell structure
Study identifies a protein complex possibly crucial for triggering embryo development
The DNA contained within each of our cells is exactly the same, yet different types of cells - skin cells, heart cells, brain cells - perform very different functions. The ultimate fate of these cells is encoded ...
Jan 06, 2010 |
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Chemical energy influences tiny vibrations of red blood cell membranes
(PhysOrg.com) -- Much like a tightly wound drum, red blood cells are in perpetual vibration. Those vibrations help the cells maintain their characteristic flattened oval or disc shape, which is critical to ...
Dec 21, 2009 |
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Scientists take a step towards uncovering the histone code
Researchers at Emory University School of Medicine have determined the structures of two enzymes that customize histones, the spool-like proteins around which DNA coils inside the cell.
Dec 20, 2009 |
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Bacterial protein mimics its host to disable a key enzyme (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Bacteria use all sorts of cunning to trick hosts into doing their bidding. One con in their bag of tricks: the molecular mimic. In this ruse, bacteria or their agents look for all purposes like some native ...
Dec 11, 2009 |
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Green tea chemical combined with another may hold promise for treatment of brain disorders
Scientists at Boston Biomedical Research Institute (BBRI) and the University of Pennsylvania have found that combining two chemicals, one of which is the green tea component EGCG, can prevent and destroy a variety of protein ...
Dec 03, 2009 |
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Coffee break: Compound brewing new research in colon, breast cancer (w/ Podcast)
A compound in coffee has been found to be estrogenic in studies by Texas AgriLife Research scientists.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 12, 2009 |
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Commercialization of new solar technology to boost solar efficiency
A pioneer in solar power in the 1990s before it became "sexy," University of Houston Professor Alex Freundlich recently entered into a collaborative research agreement with U.K.-based start-up QuantaSol for the development ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Nov 09, 2009 |
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Discovery of enzyme structure points way to creating less toxic anti-HIV drugs
By discovering the atomic structure of a key human enzyme, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have pointed the way toward designing anti-HIV drugs with far less toxic side effects.
Oct 15, 2009 |
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Toward better solar cells: Chemists gain control of light-harvesting paths
University of Florida chemists have pioneered a method to tease out promising molecular structures for capturing energy, a step that could speed the development of more efficient, cheaper solar cells.
Oct 08, 2009 |
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Engineers produce 'how-to' guide for controlling the structure of nanoparticles
Tiny objects known as nanoparticles are often heralded as holding great potential for future applications in electronics, medicine and other areas. The properties of nanoparticles depend on their size and structure. Now researchers ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 24, 2009 |
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Engineers Produce 'How-To' Guide for Controlling the Structure of Nanoparticles
(PhysOrg.com) -- Tiny objects known as nanoparticles are often heralded as holding great potential for future applications in electronics, medicine and other areas. The properties of nanoparticles depend on their size and ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 16, 2009 |
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Landmark study sheds new light on human chromosomal birth defects
Using yeast genetics and a novel scheme to selectively remove a single protein from the cell division process called meiosis, a cell biologist at The Florida State University found that when a key molecular ...
Sep 16, 2009 |
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How HIV cripples immune cells
In order to be able to ward off disease pathogens, immune cells must be mobile and be able to establish contact with each other. The working group around Professor Dr. Oliver Fackler in the Virology Department ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Sep 16, 2009 |
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Discovered key gene for the formation of new neurons
Scientists discovered a gene - called AP2gamma - crucial for the neural development of the visual cortex, in a discovery that can have implications for the therapeutics of neural regeneration as well as provide new clues ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 14, 2009 |
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Looking deeply into polymer solar cells
Researchers from the Eindhoven University of Technology and the University of Ulm have made the first high-resolution 3D images of the inside of a polymer solar cell. This gives them important new insights ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 13, 2009 |
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