News tagged with protein purification

Invention could help pharmaceutical industry save money

Two Michigan State University researchers have invented a protein purifier that could help pharmaceutical companies save time and money.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 01, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Bacteria forge nitrogen from nitric oxide: Scientists unravel key pathway in the nitrogen cycle

The anaerobic oxidation of ammonia (anammox) is an important pathway in the nitrogen cycle that was only discovered in the 1980s. Currently, scientists estimate that about 50 percent of the nitrogen in the atmosphere is forged ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Pee power: Urine-loving bug churns out space fuel

Scientists on Sunday said they had gained insights into a remarkable bacterium that lives without oxygen and transforms ammonium, the ingredient of urine, into hydrazine, a rocket fuel.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 02, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (18) | comments 14

Seeds from the Moringa tree can be used for water purification

Pure water is a key requirement for good health and alternative cheap, safe methods are required in many countries. In a paper that has just been published in the leading American Chemical Society journal on interfaces, Langmuir, resear ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Feb 18, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NIST quantifies low levels of 'heart attack risk' protein

Searching for a needle in a haystack may seem futile, but it's worth it if the needle is a hard-to-detect protein that may identify a person at high risk of a heart attack circulating within a haystack of ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers identify protein -- telomere interactions that could be key in treating cancer

A team of researchers from The Wistar Institute have shown that a large non-coding RNA in mammals and yeast plays a central role in helping maintain telomeres, the tips of chromosomes that contain important genetic information ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Aug 31, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Old Cells Work Differently

The agglutination and accumulation of proteins in nerve cells are major hallmarks of age-related neurodegenerative illnesses such as Alzheimer's disease. Cellular survival thus depends on a controlled removal of excessive ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 01, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0