News tagged with dna molecule
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Finnish scientists unveil secrets of a chiral gold nanocluster
Researchers at the Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience Center of the University of Jyvaskyla (Finland) have resolved the structural, electronic and optical properties of a chiral gold nanocluster that remained a mystery ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 27, 2010 |
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Breakthrough in development of new drugs
A breakthrough made at STFC's ISIS neutron source could lead to faster and more cost-effective methods of developing new drugs.
May 25, 2010 |
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Low-cost, ultra-fast DNA sequencing brings diagnostic use closer
Sequencing DNA could get a lot faster and cheaper -- and thus closer to routine use in clinical diagnostics - thanks to a new method developed by a research team based at Boston University. The team has demonstrated the first ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
May 19, 2010 |
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Physics of gene transcription unveiled
(PhysOrg.com) -- A research team has made precise measurements of where and how RNA polymerase encounters obstacles while it reads nucleosomal DNA.
May 14, 2010 |
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Lollipops and Ice Fishing: Molecular Rulers Used to Probe Nanopores
(PhysOrg.com) -- Using a pair of exotic techniques including a molecular-scale version of ice fishing, a team of researchers working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed methods ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 27, 2010 |
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DNA construction kit for nanoengines
Chemists have long been tinkering with rotaxanes. The name, derived from the Greek, basically means "wheel axle" - and not without reason.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 23, 2010 |
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Biosensor chip enables high-sensitivity protein analysis for disease diagnosis
In the battle against cancer and other diseases, precise analysis of specific proteins can point the way toward targeted treatments. Scientists at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM, Germany), together ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 22, 2010 |
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The silence of the genes
Viruses have evolved a broad range of strategies that enable them to evade the immune systems of their hosts. A team of researchers led by LMU virologist Professor Jürgen Haas has been studying a novel, recently discovered ...
Apr 22, 2010 |
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Nanofluidics Identify Epigenetic Changes One Molecule at a Time
(PhysOrg.com) -- Using a system of nanofluidic channels and multicolor fluorescence microscopy, a team of investigators at Cornell University has developed a method that analyzes the binding of DNA and DNA-binding proteins ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Mar 30, 2010 |
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Silver proves its mettle for nanotech applications
The self-assembling properties of the DNA molecule have allowed for the construction of an intriguing range of nanoscale forms. Such nanoarchitectures may eventually find their way into a new generation of ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Mar 19, 2010 |
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Quantum dots spotlight DNA-repair proteins in motion
Repair proteins appear to efficiently scan the genome for errors by jumping like fleas between DNA molecules, sliding along the strands, and perhaps pausing at suspicious spots, say researchers at the University of Pittsburgh, ...
Mar 11, 2010 |
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Unselfish molecules may have helped give birth to the genetic material of life (w/ Video)
One of the biggest questions facing scientists today is how life began. How did non-living molecules come together in that primordial ooze to form the polymers of life? Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have ...
Mar 08, 2010 |
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Rapid, Inexpensive DNA Sequencing Moves Closer to Reality
As efforts such as The Cancer Genome Atlas and others generate vast quantities of information about the genetic makeup of different types of cancer, it is becoming increasingly clear that such information has great potential ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 19, 2010 |
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Detecting Our Martian Cousins
The iguanas of the Galapagos Islands have evolved many unique characteristics due to their isolation from mainland iguanas. Because they can't swim long distances, biologists believe that the first Galapagos ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 15, 2010 |
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What came first in the origin of life? A study contradicts the 'metabolism first' hypothesis
A research published in Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences rejects the theory that the origin of life stems from a system of self-catalytic molecules capable of experiencing Darwinian evolution without the need o ...
Jan 08, 2010 |
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