Detailed and extensive genome sequencing of a subspecies of rat-infecting malaria parasites should instruct human malaria research.
Cell & Microbiology
May 31, 2021
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Scientists from the UK's University of Bath explore racemases—an important type of enzyme that is linked to certain cancers and other life-threatening diseases while also being critical to cell function—in a paper published ...
Biochemistry
May 25, 2021
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Pioneering research from Vanderbilt scientists shows that cells respond differently to acute stress than to gradual stress. The findings establish an entirely new way to look at cell-to-cell communication, or signaling, and ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 14, 2021
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Assessing a drug compound by its activity, not simply its structure, is a new approach that could speed the search for COVID-19 therapies and reveal more potential therapies for other diseases.
Biotechnology
Mar 1, 2021
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Save your silver! It's better used for jewelry than as a catalyst for drugs.
Materials Science
Feb 26, 2021
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In cells, numerous important biochemical functions take place within spherical chambers made from proteins and RNA.
Molecular & Computational biology
Feb 8, 2021
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A chemical probe molecule—a "first gen" molecule that can be used for drug development—that targets a host cell's protein quality control pathways can dramatically reduce infection by Dengue and Zika viruses. The research ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 27, 2021
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University at Buffalo researchers are reporting an advancement of a chemical sensing chip that could lead to handheld devices that detect trace chemicals—everything from illicit drugs to pollution—as quickly as a breathalyzer ...
Optics & Photonics
Jan 11, 2021
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LMU researchers have developed photoresponsive derivatives of the anticancer drug Taxol, which allow light-based control of cytoskeleton dynamics in neurons. The agents can optically pattern cell division and may elucidate ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 3, 2020
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The management of fungal infections in plants and humans could be transformed by a breakthrough in understanding how fungi develop resistance to drugs.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 9, 2020
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