The deadly venom of a poisonous sea snail could hold the key to developing new medicines including more effective, less addictive forms of pain relief.
Biochemistry
Mar 30, 2022
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Scientists working in the School of Biochemistry and Immunology at the Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute (TBSI) have uncovered a new approach for treating severe asthma. They have high hopes their discovery may pave the ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 2, 2022
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The chloride ion channel ASOR is found in almost all cells. But apart from its involvement in cell death, not much is known about its physiological role.
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 3, 2022
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If your New Year's resolution is to eat better for the planet, a new Tulane University study finds it may be easier than you think.
Environment
Jan 13, 2022
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Drink in this factoid: water is the weirdest liquid of all.
General Physics
Jun 8, 2021
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Imagine trying to throw a bullseye when the dartboard lies buried within a crumpled box. That's the challenge faced by scientists working to make new medicines for some 'undruggable' diseases, including a type of metastatic ...
Biochemistry
Dec 15, 2020
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Americans Harvey Alter and Charles Rice together with Briton Michael Houghton won the Nobel Medicine Prize on Monday for the discovery of the Hepatitis C virus, paving the way for a cure, the Nobel jury said.
Other
Oct 5, 2020
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A machine learning technique rapidly rediscovered rules governing catalysts that took humans years of difficult calculations to reveal—and even explained a deviation. The University of Michigan team that developed the technique ...
Materials Science
Sep 29, 2020
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Technological progress owes much to our scientific understanding of the materials we use to build the world around us, from longer-lasting cell-phone batteries to new medicines.
General Physics
Sep 15, 2020
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In the search for new medicines against diseases such as cancer, a Leiden team has developed a new workflow. This approach combines artificial intelligence (AI) with molecular modelling and is suitable for finding unknown ...
Materials Science
May 26, 2020
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