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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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 ...
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, ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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