A Burnet Institute-led collaboration has used genome sequencing and genetic engineering to explain how a specially selected drug molecule or compound can prevent the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum from invading red ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 26, 2023
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Scientists can now use light to activate protein functions both inside and outside of living cells. The new method, called light-activated SpyLigation, can turn on proteins that are normally off to allow researchers to study ...
Biotechnology
Apr 17, 2023
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New developments for achieving structural coloring through plasma irradiation of graphite can reduce the reliance upon harmful color dyes. Colors achieved by plasma irradiation are completely erasable and can be manipulated ...
Analytical Chemistry
Feb 1, 2023
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Scientists at Scripps Research have reported success in initial tests of a new, nanotech-based strategy against autoimmune diseases.
Bio & Medicine
Dec 1, 2022
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Tuberculosis, an infectious disease that killed 1.5 million people in 2020, is most commonly treated with a cocktail of four drugs that must be taken for up to six months. This treatment plan, however, can have the unintended ...
Biochemistry
Oct 6, 2022
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A new perspective published in Nature Reviews Drug Discovery examines the potential of biomolecular condensates to transform drug discovery. Condensates are membrane-less organelles that form dynamically throughout the cell ...
Biotechnology
Aug 19, 2022
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The deadly venom of a poisonous sea snail could hold the key to developing new medicines including more effective, less addictive forms of pain relief.
Biochemistry
Mar 30, 2022
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Scientists working in the School of Biochemistry and Immunology at the Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute (TBSI) have uncovered a new approach for treating severe asthma. They have high hopes their discovery may pave the ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 2, 2022
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The chloride ion channel ASOR is found in almost all cells. But apart from its involvement in cell death, not much is known about its physiological role.
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 3, 2022
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If your New Year's resolution is to eat better for the planet, a new Tulane University study finds it may be easier than you think.
Environment
Jan 13, 2022
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