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Bio-based method creates polyurethane without toxic chemicals
Diisocyanates are used in the preparation of all polyurethanes, ranging from the foams used in shoe soles to the thermoplastics used in cell phone cases.
Biochemistry
Mar 21, 2025
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Significance and perspectives on natural, polymer‐based hydrogels
Bhagya Nallaperuma, a specialist in the Department of Environmental Health and Safety, has co-authored a review on natural polymer-based hydrogels published in Food Biomacromolecules titled "Natural polymer-based hydrogels: ...
Biochemistry
Mar 21, 2025
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Japanese plant yields compounds that exhibit strong anti-HIV activity
Researchers have discovered that Daphne pseudomezereum (commonly known as Onishibari) contains a substance inhibiting replication of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The plants were cultivated at the Medicinal Plant Garden ...
Biochemistry
Mar 20, 2025
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Peptide screening reveals irreversible inhibitors for cancer's 'undruggable' cJun protein
For the first time, scientists have identified promising drug candidates that bind irreversibly with a notoriously undruggable cancer protein target, permanently blocking it.
Biochemistry
Mar 20, 2025
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Scientists discover new inhibitors of inflammation-related enzyme
Using computational tools and virtual screening, researchers at the Center for Redox Processes in Biomedicine (Redoxoma) have identified new inhibitors of the enzyme human 15-lipoxygenase-2 (h15-LOX-2). This protein plays ...
Biochemistry
Mar 19, 2025
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Velvet worm slime: Reversible liquid-to-fiber transformation inspires sustainable materials
A new discovery about the slime ejected by velvet worms could revolutionize sustainable material design, according to a study by McGill University researchers. Their findings outline how a naturally occurring protein structure, ...
Biochemistry
Mar 19, 2025
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Computational simulator targets intervertebral disk biochemistry to find most common cause of back pain
UPF researchers have led the creation of a computational simulator that is unique in the world to study one of the causes of chronic back pain, in the framework of research conducted in collaboration with the Hospital del ...
Biochemistry
Mar 18, 2025
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Antibiotic-resistant bacteria more vulnerable under body-like fluid flow conditions, study finds
Some notoriously difficult-to-treat infections may not be as resistant to antibiotics as has been thought, according to new research using a microfluidic device that more closely duplicates the fluid flow found in the body ...
Biochemistry
Mar 18, 2025
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Micro metal-movers: Biochemists are one step closer to better cancer treatments
By unraveling the complex choreography of cellular machinery, Michigan State University researchers are helping identify the next generation of drug targets and cancer therapies.
Biochemistry
Mar 17, 2025
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Upgrading keratin to make a biodegradable plastic
A team of materials scientists from Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, the University of Milano-Bicocca, and Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia via Morego, all in Italy, has found a way to use keratin to make a type of biodegradable ...
Sewage sludge microbiota can help clean up toxic tetrachloroethene pollution
A pair of environmental engineers at the National University of Singapore has found that many bacteria in common sewer water are able to detoxify tetrachloroethene. In their study published in the journal ACS ES&T Engineering, ...
Protein accidentally lassos itself, helping to explain unusual refolding behavior
Proteins are long molecules that must fold into complex three-dimensional structures to perform their cellular functions. This folding process occasionally goes awry, resulting in misfolded proteins that, if not corrected, ...
Biochemistry
Mar 14, 2025
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Color-changing fluorescent dyes enable precise temperature measurements within living cells
Temperature is a critical variable that influences countless biological processes at the cellular level. However, precisely measuring temperatures within living cells remains challenging. Conventional temperature measurement ...
Biochemistry
Mar 14, 2025
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Artificial photosynthesis: Chemists develop dye stack that mimics plant energy conversion
With artificial photosynthesis, mankind could utilize solar energy to bind carbon dioxide and produce hydrogen. Chemists from Würzburg and Seoul have taken this one step further: They have synthesized a stack of dyes that ...
Biochemistry
Mar 14, 2025
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Synbiotic chocolate infused with pre- and probiotics could have potential health benefits
Many people will soon load up Easter baskets with chocolate candy for children and adults to enjoy. On its own, dark chocolate has health benefits, such as antioxidants that neutralize damaging free radicals. And a report ...
Biochemistry
Mar 13, 2025
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Zinc(II)-enhanced probe offers quick detection of synthetic cannabinoids
Synthetic cannabinoids, a class of new psychoactive substances, bind to cannabinoid receptors CB1 and CB2 much more strongly than tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD), raising public health concerns due to their ...
Biochemistry
Mar 13, 2025
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Molecular probe strategy enhances specific detection of psychoactive α-methyltryptamine
Tryptamine psychoactive substances, such as α-methyltryptamine (AMT), are monoamine alkaloids characterized by an indole ring structure. Rapid, highly sensitive, and specific identification of trace amounts of AMT is crucial ...
Biochemistry
Mar 13, 2025
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Electrochemical properties of biomolecular condensates could help in development of cancer or ALS treatments
Much of cell behavior is governed by the actions of biomolecular condensates: building block molecules that glom together and scatter apart as needed. Biomolecular condensates constantly shift their phase, sometimes becoming ...
Biochemistry
Mar 12, 2025
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Automated method increases the efficiency of bioactive natural product discovery
From caffeine to penicillin, natural products have become a mainstay in modern society, and are used for numerous applications, such as medicine and pesticides. There are tens of thousands of untapped natural products, but ...
Biochemistry
Mar 12, 2025
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Mosquito pain receptors found to be less sensitive during extreme heat, which could nullify some natural bug sprays
Hotter temperatures may render natural insect repellents less effective against mosquitoes, according to a new study. Researchers found that a pain receptor called TRPA1 becomes less sensitive in mosquitoes when exposed to ...
Biochemistry
Mar 12, 2025
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