During about 30 percent of all heart attacks, the patient experiences no symptoms. However, unmistakable signs of the attack remain in the bloodstream for days. MIT researchers, working with Massachusetts General Hospital’s ...
Biotechnology
Feb 14, 2011
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A University of Manchester scientist has revealed the mechanism that binds skin cells tightly together, which he believes will lead to new treatments for painful and debilitating skin diseases and also lethal heart defects.
Biochemistry
Jan 21, 2011
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Scientists from Australian National University have developed a 'Superbowl' drug delivery system that promises more accurate doses of drugs with fewer side effects.
Biochemistry
Sep 14, 2010
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Scientists are reporting new evidence that capsaicin, the stuff that gives chili peppers their kick, may cause weight loss and fight fat buildup by triggering certain beneficial protein changes in the body. Their study, which ...
Biochemistry
Jun 2, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A research team led by biochemist Scott Garman at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has for the first time determined the mechanism of one of the cell’s 'recycling' enzymes, human alpha-galactosidase ...
Biochemistry
Feb 2, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- We've all read studies about the health benefits of having a life partner. The same thing is true at the molecular level, where amino acids known as cysteines are much more vulnerable to damage when single ...
Biochemistry
Nov 19, 2009
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The "chocolate cure" for emotional stress is getting new support from a clinical trial published online in ACS' Journal of Proteome Research.
Biochemistry
Nov 11, 2009
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For years, genes have been considered the one and only way biological traits could be passed down through generations of organisms. Not anymore.
Cell & Microbiology
May 18, 2009
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Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found that a protein responsible for regulating "bad" cholesterol in the blood works almost exclusively outside cells, providing clues for the development of therapies to ...
Biochemistry
Apr 17, 2009
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Many diseases derive from problems with cellular respiration, the process through which cells extract energy from nutrients. Researchers at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have now discovered a new function ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 8, 2009
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