Demand for new kinds of antibiotics is surging, as drug-resistant and emerging infections are becoming an increasingly serious global health threat. Researchers are racing to reexamine certain microbes that serve as one of ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 11, 2022
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A new tool speeds up development of vaccines and other pharmaceutical products by more than 1 million times while minimizing costs.
Bio & Medicine
Apr 4, 2022
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Deserts may seem lifeless and inert, but they are very much alive. Sand dunes, in particular, grow and move—and according to a decades long research project, they also breathe humid air.
Earth Sciences
Mar 30, 2022
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RNA (ribonucleic acid) plays many roles in human health, and now a study in the journal Nature offers powerful evidence that RNA could also be a viable target for drug development. This work, led by researchers at Massachusetts ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Mar 30, 2022
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Bacteria, fungi, and yeast are very good at excreting useful substances such as weak acids. One way in which they do this is through passive diffusion of molecules across the cell membrane. At the same time, cells need to ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 30, 2022
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The key to chemical reactions is in the name—there needs to be something that causes the chemicals to react to one another. Called a catalyst, this component induces or speeds up reactions in a controlled manner to produce ...
Nanomaterials
Mar 23, 2022
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Years of toil in the laboratory have revealed how a marine bacterium makes a potent anti-cancer molecule.
Biochemistry
Mar 21, 2022
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Counterfeit medications and pharmaceutical products are just a click away from being purchased from online pharmacies via smartphone.
Materials Science
Mar 1, 2022
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From the pharmaceutical industry to pesticides and construction materials, man-made materials are indispensable in many areas of our lives. Their production requires long and time-consuming chemical transformations. A new, ...
Materials Science
Feb 24, 2022
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A team of researchers led by Dr. Kourosh Ebrahimi from the School of Cancer & Pharmaceutical Sciences, investigate the role of iron-sulfur ([FeS]) clusters and proteins in the immune response to viral infections.
Biochemistry
Feb 16, 2022
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