Information could be the key to winning the race against antibiotic resistance. If we lose, a UK-funded analysis predicts a frightening future where drug resistant bacterial infections kill more people worldwide than cancer.
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 18, 2016
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A team of Hokkaido University researchers has established a method for capturing live, three-dimensional, high-resolution images deep within the skin of living mice, casting light on the precise manner in which cells divide ...
Analytical Chemistry
Oct 18, 2016
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In a paper published today in Nature Chemical Biology, a team of researchers from Uppsala University, the Broad Institute of MIT, Harvard, and AstraZeneca are presenting new insights into how larger-than-average molecules ...
Biochemistry
Oct 18, 2016
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Freiburg researchers have discovered that the molecular barrel protein Mdm10 can carry out various functions for the development and maintenance of mitochondrial structure by binding to protein machines. Mitochondria are ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 10, 2016
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Improved understanding of the way hundreds of different types of disease-causing bacteria operate could help pave the way to tackling their effects, according to leading scientists.
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 4, 2016
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If you want to know if a compound is antibacterial, you can throw it into a petri dish to see if the bacteria cultured there die.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 8, 2016
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Mention E. coli and what pops into most people's heads are bacteria, tainted food, a rush to the hospital – basically, fear.
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 7, 2016
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Mitochondria are the power stations of human cells. They provide the energy needed for the cellular metabolism. But how did these power stations evolve, and how are they constructed? Researchers from the University of Freiburg ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 18, 2016
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Cellulose, a tough biological polymer made of complex linked chains of glucose, gives structure to the cell walls of green plants. Scientists hope that someday this ubiquitous building block, the most abundant polysaccharide ...
Biotechnology
Apr 19, 2016
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Scientists at the University of East Anglia are getting closer to solving the problem of antibiotic resistance. New research published today in the journal Nature reveals the mechanism by which drug-resistant bacterial cells ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 22, 2016
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