News tagged with journal of organic chemistry

Plain to See: New contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging of tumors

(PhysOrg.com) -- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is primarily a medical imaging technique that is used to visualize different soft tissues within the body. In the field of cancer therapy, a contrast agent is often used to ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 07, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The Key that Fits: New Technique To Trace Disease-Related Agents

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the development of new drugs, photoaffinity labels (PALs) are a versatile tool to investigate the interaction between a receptor and a drug or a ligand. Researchers working with Stephanie Grond at the ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 05, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Assessing antibiotic breakdown in manure

Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist Scott Yates is studying how oxytetracycline (OTC), an antibiotic that is administered to animals, breaks down in cattle manure.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 04, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New computational tool for cancer treatment

Many human tumors express indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO), an enzyme which mediates an immune-escape in several cancer types. Researchers in the Molecular Modeling group at the SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics and ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 29, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The secret jungles of ancient France

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ah, Paris. Land of the Eiffel Tower, delicious French bread and... tropical rainforests? Sacrebleu! It seems unlikely, but scientists have discovered evidence that France may have been a hot, wet tropical ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jul 16, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 2

A New Way of Treating the Flu

(PhysOrg.com) -- What happens if the next big influenza mutation proves resistant to the available anti-viral drugs? This question was presenting itself to scientists and health officials recently at the World ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 3

A new way of the treating the flu: Approach targets both the H and N portions of the virus

(PhysOrg.com) -- What happens if the next big influenza mutation proves resistant to the available anti-viral drugs? This question is presenting itself right now to scientists and health officials this week ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 19, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Key function in protein, cell transcription identified

When cells decide to make proteins, key building blocks of all organisms, they need to know where to start reading the instructions for assembling them.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 01, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New test for detecting fake organic milk

Scientists in Germany are reporting development of a new, more effective method to determine whether milk marketed as "organic" is genuine or just ordinary milk mislabeled to hoodwink consumers. Their report ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Stable Thanks to Dynamics - DNA Component Resists UV Radiation

(PhysOrg.com) -- Complex computer simulations have, for the first time, allowed scientists to examine in detail the processes that help to ensure the stability of DNA when exposed to UV light. The findings, ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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