Over the past five years, University of Chicago chemist Bozhi Tian has been figuring out how to control biology with light.
Biochemistry
Apr 30, 2018
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What makes the body of a person or any other organism work can for the most part be summed up in a word: proteins.
Biochemistry
Nov 27, 2017
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Most drugs that fight viruses are designed to target individual pathogens. But scientists at The Rockefeller University have identified a protein that a broad range of viruses require to spread within a host—a discovery ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 8, 2017
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Chinese scientists used an adapted version of a controversial gene-editing technique to correct a disease-causing mutation in human embryos, a medical first cautiously hailed by other experts Thursday.
Biotechnology
Sep 28, 2017
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When trace elements rise to toxic levels, bad things happen.
Biochemistry
Sep 6, 2017
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Computer models developed by Brown University mathematicians show new details of what happens inside a red blood cell affected by sickle cell disease. The researchers said they hope their models, described in an article in ...
Biochemistry
Jul 28, 2017
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Researchers at the Universities of York and Leiden have pioneered a technique which uses florescent imaging to track the actions of key enzymes in cancer, genetic disorders and kidney disease.
Biochemistry
Jun 8, 2017
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An enzyme that helps break down cholesterol may also be a therapeutic target to stave off neurologic diseases, including Alzheimer's and a rare genetic disorder, according to a new study published in the Journal of Biological ...
Biochemistry
Mar 1, 2017
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Genoscoper Ltd. has published in cooperation with the researchers of University of Helsinki and Pennsylvania (USA) so far the most comprehensive study on canine hereditary disorders. The research brings new information about ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 22, 2016
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A spy. A teacher. A bodyguard. That, in a nutshell, describes the different functions of a nanoparticle invented at the University at Buffalo that can improve therapies for autoimmune diseases, genetic disorders and other ...
Bio & Medicine
Apr 8, 2016
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