Structure analysis of the trypanosomal protein Cathepsin B is among the scientific breakthroughs of 2012.

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Dec 21, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

(Phys.org)—Scientists have developed a once-a-day nasal gel formulation for the delivery of insulin that could put an end to injections for Type 1 diabetes sufferers.

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Nov 09, 2012 not rated yet 0

Many plant and animal pathogens deploy effector proteins as part of their 'molecular arsenal' to facilitate infection and colonisation of their hosts. New research has revealed the structure of a bacterial effector molecule ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Jun 11, 2012 not rated yet 0 |

(Phys.org) -- Research groups from Iowa State University and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have uncovered the function of three plant proteins, a discovery that could help plant scientists boost ...

Biology - Biotechnology

May 14, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 3 |

The European Molecular Biology Laboratory's European Bioinformatics Institute has launched the Enzyme Portal, a freely available resource for people who are interested in the biology of enzymes and proteins ...

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Feb 27, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden has generated a map over the effects of small drug-like molecules on PARP1 and other similar proteins in the body. This map may explain the mechanism ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Feb 20, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study of the CRYM protein, previously connected with deafness and cancer, has now proven that it has an enzymatic function. This opens up new implications for the treatment of neurological ...

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Jan 11, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

Cough medicine could be used as way of predicting how well individual patients metabolise tamoxifen used in the treatment of their breast cancer, according to new research presented at the 22nd EORTC-NCI-AACR Symposium on ...

Medicine & Health - Cancer

Nov 19, 2010 5 / 5 (1) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The use of gluten-free and/or casein-free (GFCF) diets in the treatment of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is not supported by current research, says a team of scientists with The University of Texas at Austin's ...

Medicine & Health - Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Apr 28, 2010 1 / 5 (1) 0

Using new one-of-a-kind "mouse models" that promise to have a significant impact on future Parkinson's disease research, Mount Sinai School of Medicine researchers are among the first to discover how mutations in a gene called ...

Medicine & Health - Neuroscience

Mar 31, 2010 4 / 5 (1) 0

Although leukemia is one of the best studied cancers, the cause of some types is still poorly understood. Now, a newly found mutation in acute myeloid leukemia patients could account for half of the remaining ...

Medicine & Health - Cancer

Feb 18, 2010 5 / 5 (4) 0 |

University of Delaware researchers have uncovered a novel means of conquest employed by the common reed, Phragmites australis, which ranks as one of the world's most invasive plants.

Biology - Ecology

Dec 23, 2009 not rated yet 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A fungus may help solve a problem of a grapefruit compound that interacts negatively with certain prescription drugs, according to studies by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists.

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Nov 17, 2009 5 / 5 (1) 1

Researchers have developed an improved version of an enzyme that degrades the dense scar tissue that forms when the central nervous system is damaged. By digesting the tissue that blocks re-growth of damaged ...

Medicine & Health - Medical research

Nov 02, 2009 4.2 / 5 (5) 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Italian and U.S. biologists this week report that a little-understood protein previously implicated in a rare genetic disorder plays an unexpected and critical role in building and maintaining ...

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Jul 29, 2009 5 / 5 (1) 0