Bone-degrading enzymes found in the free-living bacteria on the seabed
Why is placing pieces of bone on the seabed so important?
Biotechnology
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New negative-emission construction material could mitigate climate change and improve infrastructure
Mitigating climate change is one of the biggest challenges facing the world's population. Now, a team of researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute has developed an entirely new material that's a low-cost, high-impact ...
Materials Science
Feb 22, 2022
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How superbugs use mirror images to create antibiotic resistance
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a bacterial infection that has become resistant to most of the antibiotics used to treat regular staph infections. Duke University computer scientist Bruce Donald and ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Feb 17, 2022
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New drug candidates identified in bacteria
Bacteria show great promise as a source of active ingredients. Using computer-based genome analysis, researchers at ETH Zurich have now discovered a new class of natural products that might one day serve as antibiotics.
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 15, 2022
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Researchers develop promising molecule in quest to create drug to treat COVID-19
Uppsala researchers have succeeded in designing a molecule that inhibits the replication of coronaviruses and has great potential for development into a drug suitable for treating COVID-19. The molecule is effective against ...
Biochemistry
Feb 10, 2022
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'Unassuming' enzyme opens way for new medical treatments
It sounds like a plot for a Cold War thriller—training a gene to infiltrate a cell and reside there, unnoticed, until an external self-destruct signal induces it to destroy its new home.
Molecular & Computational biology
Feb 8, 2022
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The key to a powerful antibiotic's formation is now clear
A powerful class of antibiotics called carbapenems can circumvent antibiotic resistance thanks to a particular chain of atoms in their structure. Now, a team of researchers from Penn State and Johns Hopkins University have ...
Biochemistry
Feb 2, 2022
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Untangling a DNA replication mystery may lead to new antimalarial drugs
The function of an enzyme, critical to most forms of life, has been revealed.
Molecular & Computational biology
Feb 2, 2022
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Compounds made from 'digested' molecules for greener pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals
A method of producing vital chemical building blocks for use in the pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries that mimics how plants manufacture them has been developed by University of Warwick scientists.
Biochemistry
Feb 1, 2022
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Groundbreaking study reveals dynamics of DNA replication 'licensing'
A new study from scientists at the UNC School of Medicine has illuminated an important process that occurs during cell division and is a likely source of DNA damage under some circumstances, including cancer.
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 26, 2022
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