A team of researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have used Nobel prize-winning microscope technology to see full length serotonin receptors for the first time. The tiny proteins—approximately ...
Biochemistry
Feb 6, 2018
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The biological complexity of cancer and other diseases demands a more formidable arsenal of therapies than currently available. Most therapeutic approaches ignore the dynamic molecular network of genes, targeting instead ...
Bio & Medicine
Feb 1, 2018
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30
Plants lack eyes and ears, but they can still see, hear, smell and respond to environmental cues and dangers—especially to virulent pathogens. They do this with the aid of hundreds of membrane proteins that can sense microbes ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 19, 2018
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ETH chemists have synthesised several variants of THC, the active ingredient in cannabis. Its structure can be altered with light, and the researchers have used this to create a new tool that can be used to more effectively ...
Biochemistry
Jan 11, 2018
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47
A major international collaboration led by Melbourne researchers has discovered that the world's most widespread malaria parasite infects humans by hijacking a protein the body cannot live without. The researchers were then ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 4, 2018
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Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have peered deep into the heart of a key protein used in drug design and discovered dynamic structural features that may lead to new ways to target diseases. The protein, ...
Biochemistry
Dec 28, 2017
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324
A new and improved version of the 'love hormone' oxytocin has been developed by University of Queensland researchers.
Biochemistry
Dec 12, 2017
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The bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa is the leading cause of hospital-acquired infections. The pathogen is resistant to many antibiotics so treating those infections, particularly in patients with compromised immune systems, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 15, 2017
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90
Researchers have engineered an artificial protein that may block malignant properties of cancer cells as well as correct certain birth defects.
Biochemistry
Nov 14, 2017
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27
Using a revolutionary live-cell microscopy technique, an international team of scientist has for the first time observed individual receptors for hormones and drugs working in intact cells.
Biochemistry
Oct 19, 2017
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