A collaboration between a physician-researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and a mathematician from Harvard University has led to development of a mathematical model reflecting how red blood cells change in size ...
Mathematics
Nov 12, 2010
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Using a tiny bloodless worm, University of Maryland Associate Professor Iqbal Hamza and his team have discovered a large piece in the puzzle of how humans, and other organisms safely move iron around in the body. The findings, ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 26, 2011
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Tax credits helped biotech giant Amgen report first-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street's expectations, but sales growth disappointed investors.
Business
Apr 23, 2013
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A research group led by Hyotcherl Ihee at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) observed twisting of protein molecules in an aqueous solution (which is very similar to the environment in vivo at room ...
Biochemistry
Apr 27, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Pyrroles, which are rings containing one nitrogen and four carbon atoms, are essential components of our red hemoglobin as well as the green chlorophyll in plants. Japanese researchers led by Hiromitsu Maeda ...
Materials Science
Dec 10, 2010
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What makes carbon monoxide so toxic is that it blocks the binding site for oxygen in hemoglobin. This very mechanism, if better understood, could be used to implement sensors to warn against carbon monoxide. Munich-based ...
Materials Science
Jan 10, 2011
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In sickle cell disease, hemoglobin—the oxygen-carrying component of blood—forms fibers that stiffen red blood cells and cause life-threatening symptoms. Using light-scattering techniques to study the detailed thermodynamics ...
General Physics
Nov 5, 2013
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With mutations, it turns out that context can be everything in determining whether or not they are beneficial to their evolutionary fate.
Evolution
Jun 13, 2013
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'Super hemoglobin' allows moles to thrive underground. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology have made the first identification of an adaptation in the blood of Eastern moles which allows ...
Evolution
Jul 19, 2010
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(Phys.org) —A UConn research team has found a way to stabilize hemoglobin, the oxygen carrier protein in the blood, a discovery that could lead to the development of stable vaccines and affordable artificial blood substitutes.
Materials Science
Nov 19, 2013
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