News tagged with chemical biology
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Scientists reveal structure of dangerous bacteria's powerful multidrug resistance pump
A team at The Scripps Research Institute has detailed the structure of a member of the only remaining class of multidrug resistance transporters left to be described. The work has implications for combating dangerous antibiotic ...
Sep 22, 2010 |
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New study says molecule can starve cancer cells
While overcoming an addiction is usually the healthy choice, cancer cells' addiction to the amino acid glutamine is key to their vitality and growth. But Cornell researchers have discovered a molecule that ...
Sep 17, 2010 |
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Highlight: Scientific breakdown of cancer reveals promising results
The chemical structure of the melanoma-shrinking drug PLX4032 is revealed in a new Nature paper that describes the drug’s discovery, development and functioning.
Sep 09, 2010 |
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Researchers discover novel mechanism protecting plants against freezing
New ground broken by Michigan State University biochemists helps explain how plants protect themselves from freezing temperatures and could lead to discoveries related to plant tolerance for drought and other ...
Aug 26, 2010 |
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What makes a good egg and healthy embryo?
Scientists as well as fertility doctors have long tried to figure out what makes a good egg that will produce a healthy embryo. It's a particularly critical question for fertility doctors deciding which eggs ...
Aug 09, 2010 |
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The Secret of Life May Be As Simple As What Happens Between the Sheets -- Mica Sheets
(PhysOrg.com) -- That age-old question, "where did life on Earth start?" now has a new answer. If the life between the mica sheets hypothesis is correct, life would have originated between sheets of mica that ...
Aug 06, 2010 |
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Molecules delivering drugs as they walk
An octopus-like polymer can "walk" along the wall of a narrow channel as it is pushed through by a solvent. Now research in The Journal of Chemical Physics, which is published by the American Institute of Physics, provid ...
Aug 03, 2010 |
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Snake venom studies yield insights for development of therapies for heart disease and cancer
Researchers seeking to learn more about stroke by studying how the body responds to toxins in snake venom are this week releasing new findings that they hope will aid in the development of therapies for heart disease and, ...
Jul 29, 2010 |
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New research seeks to improve sensors that monitor diesel fuel quality
Sensors currently used to monitor the quality of diesel fuel and biodiesel blended fuels during engine operation are unable to adequately detect certain important fuel quality concerns. Alan Hansen, professor of agricultural ...
Jul 26, 2010 |
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The secret to sniffing out a safe supper
When mice smell the scent of food on the breath of their fellow mice, they use that experience to decide what's safe to eat in the future. Key in that learning process is the pairing of a particular odor with a chemical ingredient ...
Jul 15, 2010 |
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Moving polymers through pores
The movement of long chain polymers through nanopores is a key part of many biological processes, including the transport of RNA, DNA, and proteins. New research reported in The Journal of Chemical Physics, which ...
Jul 14, 2010 |
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Fundamental forces in protein structure revisited
(PhysOrg.com) -- Research scientists from Bristol have joined forces with colleagues from America to unravel one of the fundamental problems of molecular biology, paving the way for better engineering of biological ...
Jul 12, 2010 |
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Researchers discover new way diseases develop
Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have identified a previously unknown mechanism by which cells direct gene expression, the process by which information from a gene is used to direct the physical and behavioral ...
Jul 08, 2010 |
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New molecular framework could lead to flexible solar cells
(PhysOrg.com) -- Making better solar cells: Cornell University researchers have discovered a simple process - employing molecules typically used in blue jean and ink dyes - for building an organic framework ...
Jun 29, 2010 |
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Researchers find structural basis for incidence of skin cancers in a genetic disorder
Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found why patients with a variant form of xeroderma pigmentosum (XPV), an inherited genetic disorder characterized by extreme sensitivity to the sun, are more susceptible ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 23, 2010 |
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