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New 'adjuvant' could hold future of vaccine development

Scientists at Oregon State University have developed a new "adjuvant" that could allow the creation of important new vaccines, possibly become a universal vaccine carrier and help medical experts tackle many diseases more ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Food additive may one day help control blood lipids and reduce disease risk

Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a substance in the liver that helps process fat and glucose. That substance is a component of the common food additive lecithin, and researchers ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jul 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Researchers identify structure of apolipoprotein

Using a sophisticated technique of x-ray crystallography, researchers Xiaohu Mei, PhD, and David Atkinson, PhD, from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have for the first time obtained an "image" of the structure ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Carnegie Mellon's kitchen chemistry makes science palatable

Molecular gastronomy or molecular cuisine, the culinary movement that uses chemistry, is heating up kitchens worldwide. Carnegie Mellon University Chemist Subha Das is bringing the same techniques found in the world's leading ...

Chemistry / Other

created Mar 25, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Top 15 chemical additives in your food

We don't just want our food to taste good these days: It also has to look good. As a result, food producers use any of 14,000 laboratory-made additives to make our food appear fresher, more attractive or last longer on the ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 19, 2010 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (31) | comments 7

New 'nanoburrs' could add to arsenal of therapies against heart disease

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at MIT and Harvard Medical School have built targeted nanoparticles that can cling to artery walls and slowly release medicine, an advance that potentially provides an alternative ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jan 18, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Making nanoparticles in artificial cells

Two new construction manuals are now available for the world's smallest lamps. Based on these protocols, scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces have tailor-made nanoparticles that ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists develop process for creating biocompatible fibers

Scientists at Virginia Tech have developed a single-step process for creating nonwoven fibrous mats from a small organic molecule – creating a new nanoscale material with potential applications where biocompatible materials ...

Other Sciences /

created Jan 19, 2006 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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