Specific fatty acid-sugar molecules allow leprosy bacteria, among others, to hide from our immune system. How exactly is not entirely clear. Hessel van Dijk, who received his Ph.D. on October 13, replicated the molecules, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 14, 2022
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Working in the emerging field of systems biology, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers mathematically predicted how bacteria that cause food poisoning hijack a cell's sense of direction and then confirmed those predictions ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 1, 2012
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Scientists are reporting an "important step" toward development of a universal blood product that would eliminate the need to "type" blood to match donor and recipient before transfusions. A report on the "immunocamouflage" ...
Biochemistry
Mar 9, 2011
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Have a cough, sore throat and congestion? Any number of respiratory viruses could be responsible. Conventional tests can identify certain likely culprits by relying on chemical reactions, but some researchers want to swap ...
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 28, 2023
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An enzyme that usually triggers strong allergic reactions now circulates in the veins of a group of mice without alerting the immune system. As INRS Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications Research Centre Professor Marc ...
Biochemistry
Dec 3, 2014
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The structure of enzymes determines how they control vital processes such as digestion or immune response. This is because the protein compounds are not rigid, but can change their shape through movable "hinges." The shape ...
Biochemistry
Apr 24, 2020
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IBS scientists have reported a novel targeting strategy that allows deep tumor penetration of drug-loaded nanoparticles. They induced the linking of immune cell-targeting antibodies to drug-loaded nanoparticles on the cells, ...
Bio & Medicine
Aug 29, 2019
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Although food allergies are common, sufferers often don't know exactly what in foods cause their allergic reactions. This knowledge could help develop customized therapies, like training the body's immune system to respond ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 2, 2014
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Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have created a novel technique that for the first time will allow the efficient production of a molecular structure that is common to a vast array of natural molecules. This ...
Biochemistry
May 24, 2010
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Toxoplasma gondii—otherwise known as Toxo—is a parasite that infects one fourth of the world's human population. While Toxo remains alive within most of its hosts, the active acute forms of the parasite are quickly suppressed ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 21, 2023
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