News tagged with molecular library
Research study on the European mink, Mustela lutreola
The European mink, Mustela lutreola, is a species catalogued as in danger of extinction, due to the large decline in their population over the past century. It is considered to be one of the most endangered mammals, both l ...
Nov 02, 2009 |
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First compound for receptors in schizophrenia and Alzheimer's holds promise
For almost 20 years, pharmacological companies have known that certain compounds that activate two specific CNS receptors, causing them to release the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, are effective in treating the cognitive ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 20, 2009 |
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Computer-designed proteins programmed to disarm variety of flu viruses
Computer-designed proteins are under construction to fight the flu. Researchers are demonstrating that proteins found in nature, but that do not normally bind the flu, can be engineered to act as broad-spectrum ...
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New strategy directly activates cellular 'death protein'
Researchers at Dana-Farber/Children's Hospital Cancer Center have devised a strategy to directly activate a natural "death" protein, triggering the self-destruction of cells. They say the development could represent a new ...
May 31, 2012 |
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Molecular alternatives to DNA, RNA offer new insight into life's origins
Living systems owe their existence to a pair of information-carrying molecules: DNA and RNA. These fundamental chemical forms possess two features essential for life: they display heredity—meaning they can encode and ...
Apr 19, 2012 |
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Bicyclic peptides with optimized ring size inhibit human plasma kallikrein and its orthologs while sparing paralogous pr
(Phys.org) -- New drug candidates require testing in animal models prior to approval for clinical use. A recently developed antagonist based on a bicyclic peptide inhibited the human serine protease plasma ...
Apr 13, 2012 |
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Navigating the neurochemical space by computer-aided molecular design
Pharmaceutical scientists from VU University Amsterdam and colleagues from the University of Vienna and Medical University of Vienna have gained new insights into the molecular basis of the GABAA receptors, ...
Apr 06, 2012 |
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Understanding of radiation damage LEAPs forward
A faint nightclub beat greets visitors to a small room housing the Localized Electron Atom Probe (LEAP). But that’s no stereo cranking out house music; it’s a rhythmic pump cooling a tiny sample ...
Apr 05, 2012 |
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SDSC's 'Gordon' supercomputer: Ready for researchers
Accurately predicting severe storms, or what Wall Street’s markets will do next, may become just a bit easier in coming months as Gordon, a unique supercomputer at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Mar 06, 2012 |
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Bacteria tend leafcutter ants' gardens
(PhysOrg.com) -- Leafcutter ants, the tiny red dots known for carrying green leaves as they march through tropical forests, are also talented farmers that cultivate gardens of fungi and bacteria. Ants eat ...
Mar 01, 2012 |
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Biology-oriented synthesis (BIOS) - cancer drugs based on natural models
The search for new drug candidates for cancer treatment is laborious and time-consuming. Only a fraction of the promising chemical compounds identified completes the transition to the market. Herbert Waldmann ...
Feb 28, 2012 |
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Protein libraries in a snap
(PhysOrg.com) -- A Rice University undergraduate will depart with not only a degree but also a possible patent for his invention of an efficient way to create protein libraries, an important component of biomolecular ...
Feb 10, 2012 |
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