Molecular crystals—the building blocks that make up many drugs and other products—sometimes take on water molecules, which can alter the crystals in unforeseen ways. Notably, predicting which crystals are likely to contain ...
Biochemistry
Oct 24, 2022
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A new drug designed by scientists at Scripps Research can turn the COVID-19 virus into a harbinger of its own doom.
Biochemistry
Sep 29, 2022
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Like bacteria, yeasts are found everywhere, even in and around our bodies. And, as with bacteria, you can become infected by yeasts and become ill. Yeasts infect about 150 million people a year and kill about 1.7 million, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 28, 2022
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Name a biological function, and proteins called integrins are probably involved in it.
Biochemistry
Sep 16, 2022
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Using an innovative new technique, scientists at Duke-NUS Medical School and their collaborators have identified thousands of previously unknown DNA sequences in the human genome that code for microproteins and peptides potentially ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 25, 2022
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Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have evidence to potentially overturn a prevailing belief in a type of important signaling within cells. The mainstream idea is that a single protein receptor molecule—a kind ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 19, 2022
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Using UT Southwestern's Cryo-Electron Microscopy Facility, researchers have captured images of an enzyme for Wnt lipidation, which is pivotal to human development and crucial for Wnt signaling activation. The findings, reported ...
Biochemistry
Aug 16, 2022
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Chemokine receptors regulate the migration of immune cells and are involved in inflammation, tumor construction and pathogen infection. Chemokines are divided into four subfamilies according to the number and distribution ...
Biochemistry
Jul 7, 2022
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Using a new method, scientists are better able to distinguish between mirror-image substances. This is important amongst others in drug development, because the two variants can cause completely different effects in the human ...
Optics & Photonics
Jul 5, 2022
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The Supreme Court Thursday issued a ruling limiting the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to regulate carbon emissions from power plants.
Environment
Jul 1, 2022
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