News tagged with protein deposition

New therapy targets for amyloid disease

A major discovery is challenging accepted thinking about amyloids - the fibrous protein deposits associated with diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's - and may open up a potential new area for therapeutics.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

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Wireless 'tooth tattoo' detects harmful bacteria

Using silk strands pulled from cocoons and gold wires thinner than a spider's web, researchers at Princeton University have created a removable tattoo that adheres to dental enamel and could eventually monitor ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 30, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers develop synthetic platelets

Synthetic platelets have been developed by UC Santa Barbara researchers, in collaboration with researchers at Scripps Research Institute and Sanford-Burnham Institute in La Jolla, Calif. Their findings are ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 30, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Starch-controlling gene fuels protein

Researchers from Iowa State University (ISU) have introduced a newly discovered gene, found only in Arabidopsis thaliana plants, into soybean plants and increased the amount of protein in the soybean seeds ...

Biology / Biotechnology

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A matter of priorities: Bacteria evolved way to safeguard crucial genetic material

Just as banks store away only the most valuable possessions in the most secure safes, cells prioritise which genes they guard most closely, researchers at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory’s European ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

First atomic-scale real-time movies of platinum nanocrystal growth in liquids

They won't be coming soon to a multiplex near you, but movies showing the growth of platinum nanocrystals at the atomic-scale in real-time have blockbuster potential. A team of scientists with the Lawrence ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Getting to the root of genetics

For Manolis Kellis, a deep interest in biology arose partly from an immersion in multiple languages.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

CO2 is messing with coral skeletons

(Phys.org) -- An international scientific team has carried out the world’s first analysis of the impact of ocean acidification on every gene in the coral genome, throwing new light on the likely fate of corals under ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New evidence that comets deposited building blocks of life on primordial Earth

New research reported today at the 243rd National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS) provides further support for the idea that comets bombarding Earth billions of years ago carrie ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Researchers present a shiny new tool for imaging biomolecules

At the heart of the immune system that protects our bodies from disease and foreign invaders is a vast and complex communications network involving millions of cells, sending and receiving chemical signals ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Mar 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers demonstrate versatility of solid-state protein sensor

A novel type of sensor, based on nanometer-scale pores in a semiconductor membrane, is a step closer to practical use in applications such as analyzing the protein contents of a single cell. Researchers pioneering ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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