News tagged with sugar molecule

Backtracking on DNA

(PhysOrg.com) -- Accuracy is essential for life, so in converting the information stored in DNA into a form in which it can be used, a high level of precision is required. Dr Tanniemola Liverpool from the ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Protein from algae shows promise for stopping SARS

A protein from algae may have what it takes to stop Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) infections, according to new research. A recent study has found that mice treated with the protein, Griffithsin (GRFT), had a 100 ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created May 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Chemists see first building blocks to life on Earth

Scientists at The University of Manchester have developed an experiment that sheds new and fascinating light on how life on Earth might have begun.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 13, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (25) | comments 13

First automated carbohydrate 'assembly line' opens door to new field of medicine

Scientists from Germany today reported a major advance toward opening the doors of a carbohydrate-based medicine chest for the 21st Century. Much more than just potatoes and pasta, these carbohydrates may ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 22, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 0

New genre of sugar-coated 'quantum dots' for drug delivery

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists in Switzerland are reporting an advance that could help tap the much-heralded potential of “quantum dots”— nanocrystals that glow when exposed to ultraviolet light — in the treatment of cancer ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Two-step chemical process turns raw biomass into biofuel

(PhysOrg.com) -- Taking a chemical approach, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a two-step method to convert the cellulose in raw biomass into a promising biofuel. The process, which is described ...

Chemistry /

created Feb 10, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 2

Rot's unique wood degrading machinery to be harnessed for better biofuels production

An international team led by scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory have translated the genetic ...

Chemistry /

created Feb 05, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (11) | comments 0