Tracking the path of chemotherapy drugs in real time and at a cellular level could revolutionize cancer care and help doctors sort out why two patients might respond differently to the same treatment.
Bio & Medicine
Jan 14, 2016
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Biological systems are at the source of many products designed to improve our lives. Recombinant DNA, for example, which retools molecules from multiple genetic sources for new purposes, has spurred the rise of life-changing ...
Polymers
Sep 24, 2015
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A molecular approach has been used to identify the protein responsible for germination of Striga seeds through visualization by green fluorescence. Striga, a parasitic plant known as witchweed has seriously affected millions ...
Biotechnology
Aug 21, 2015
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Microwave ovens, penicillin and Velcro are examples of scientific discoveries made by accident. Now, Cornell researchers announce another accidental discovery: When a green fluorescent protein (GFP) is exposed to specific ...
Biotechnology
Jul 16, 2015
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Rice University has been awarded a $1 million grant by the W.M. Keck Foundation to develop gas-releasing microbial sensors for the study of soil and marine life.
Earth Sciences
Jul 6, 2015
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Genome editing using CRISPR/Cas system has enabled direct modification of the mouse genome in fertilized mouse eggs, leading to rapid, convenient, and efficient one-step production of knockout mice without embryonic stem ...
Biotechnology
May 1, 2015
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When you look up at the blue sky, where are the stars that you see at night? They're there but we can't see them. A firefly flitting across a field is invisible to us during the day, but at night we can easily spot its flashes. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 7, 2015
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In nacre, layer lattices of inorganic calcium carbonate alternate with layers of organic material. Chitin, collagen and various proteins ensure that the calcium carbonate grows in these defined layers. What role the proteins ...
Materials Science
Mar 13, 2015
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Researchers at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute in Japan engineered a fluorescent protein that rapidly assembles into large crystals inside living cells, and showed that cells actively targeted the crystals for degradation. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 12, 2015
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A primary challenge in the biosciences is to understand the way major evolutionary changes in nature are accomplished. Sometimes the route turns out to be very simple. An example of such simplicity is provided in a new publication ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 22, 2015
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