As odd as it sounds, many scientists have attempted to place extremely small diamonds inside living cells. Why? Because nanodiamonds are consistently bright and can give us unique knowledge about the inner life of cells over ...
Bio & Medicine
Mar 3, 2021
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The processes in living beings follow a finely orchestrated choreography down to the molecular level. Rhythmic processes are found everywhere in biology, for example, the 24-hour circadian cycle, a kind of 'internal clock,' ...
Biochemistry
Feb 16, 2021
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Oxygen is essential for human life, but within the body, certain biological environmental conditions can transform oxygen into aggressively reactive molecules called reactive oxygen species (ROS), which can damage DNA, RNA, ...
Analytical Chemistry
Feb 3, 2021
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Many chemotherapeutic agents used to treat cancers are associated with side-effects of varying severity, because they are toxic to normal cells as well as malignant tumors. This has motivated the search for effective alternatives ...
Bio & Medicine
Dec 15, 2020
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In a multi-group collaborative involving the National Emerging Infectious Disease Laboratories (NEIDL), the Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM), and the Center for Network Systems Biology (CNSB), scientists have reported ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 2, 2020
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Telomeres are specialized structures at the end of chromosomes which protect our DNA and ensure healthy division of cells. According to a new study from researchers at the Francis Crick Institute published in Nature, the ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 25, 2020
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Current chemotherapy regimens slow cancer progression and save lives, but these powerful drugs affect both healthy and cancerous cells. Now, researchers reporting in ACS' Nano Letters have designed DNA-based nanogels that ...
Bio & Medicine
Nov 18, 2020
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Chemotherapy is defined as the use of chemicals to reach and damage cancer cells. On its way toward the tumor, the drugs can affect healthy cells, as well. For example, cisplatin, a common drug used in clinical treatments, ...
Bio & Medicine
Nov 12, 2020
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A high-sugar diet reprograms the taste cells in fruit flies, dulling their sensitivity to sugar and leaving a "molecular memory" on their tongues, according to a University of Michigan study.
Plants & Animals
Nov 11, 2020
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A growing area of medicine looks at how cellular binding observed in nature—where molecules like viruses or proteins bind to specific receptors on a cell—can be mimicked to aid drug delivery.
Molecular & Computational biology
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