Chlamydia trachomatis is a human pathogen that is the leading cause of bacterial sexually transmitted disease worldwide with more than 90 million new cases of genital infections occurring each year. About 70 percent of women ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 20, 2013
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(Phys.org) —A team made up of researchers from both the physics and biology departments at the University of Pennsylvania has succeeded in building a Lyme disease detector using a carbon nanotube sensor. In their paper ...
Journalists believe their primary role in food scares is to inform the public of potential health risks, according to Flinders research.
Social Sciences
Jun 12, 2013
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After decoding the Iceman's genetic make-up, a research team from the European Academy of Bolzano/Bozen (EURAC), Saarland University, Kiel University and other partners has now made another major breakthrough in mummy research: ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 11, 2013
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Last year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry – shared by Stanford School of Medicine Professor Brian Kobilka and Robert Lefkowitz of Duke University – recognized groundbreaking research in G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). ...
General Physics
May 10, 2013
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Researchers in Freiburg identify a protein responsible for the correct arrangement of the chromosome centromeres in the nucleus.
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 4, 2013
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From battlefields to playing fields, worries over traumatic brain injury (TBI) have intensified recently as it has become clear that heavy knocks to the head – whether from bomb detonations or crunching sports tackles – ...
General Physics
Apr 2, 2013
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In a laboratory study pairing food chemistry and cancer biology, scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center tested the potentially harmful effect of foods and flavorings on the DNA of cells. They found that liquid ...
Biochemistry
Mar 27, 2013
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Attaching chains of the small molecule ADP-ribose to proteins is important for a cell's survival and the repair of DNA damage, making this process a promising target for the development of new cancer drugs. Researchers have ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 12, 2013
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For scientists to improve cancer treatments with targeted therapeutic drugs, they need to be able to see proteins prevalent in the cancer cells. This has been an impossible, until now. Thanks to a new microscopy technique, ...
Analytical Chemistry
Feb 26, 2013
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