Microcantilevers are masters of measurement
(PhysOrg.com) -- Devices that look like tiny diving boards are a launching platform for research that could improve detergents and advance understanding of disease.
Analytical Chemistry
Jun 1, 2011
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Tracking therapeutic nanoparticles that target breast tumors
Researchers at Rice University, collaborating with investigators at the Baylor College of Medicine, have used two different types of imaging technologies to track the delivery of a therapeutic nanoparticle to breast tumors. ...
Bio & Medicine
Dec 17, 2010
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How do your crystals grow?
Because one of the main bottlenecks in determining the structure of protein molecules is producing good isolated single crystals, improved crystallization techniques would be useful in a wide range of genomics and pharmaceutical ...
Condensed Matter
Sep 14, 2010
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Chopping and changing in the microbial world: How mycoplasmas stay alive
Mycoplasmas regularly change their surface proteins to confuse the immune systems of the humans and animals they invade. Recent work in the group of Renate Rosengarten and Rohini Chopra-Dewasthaly at the University of Veterinary ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 8, 2010
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Scientists discover how deadly fungal microbes enter host cells
A research team led by scientists at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) at Virginia Tech has discovered a fundamental entry mechanism that allows dangerous fungal microbes to infect plants and cause disease. The ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 22, 2010
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Biosensor chip enables high-sensitivity protein analysis for disease diagnosis
In the battle against cancer and other diseases, precise analysis of specific proteins can point the way toward targeted treatments. Scientists at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM, Germany), together with Fujitsu ...
Bio & Medicine
Apr 22, 2010
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EphA4 -- the molecular transformer
(PhysOrg.com) -- EphA4 is a protein which is attached to the surfaces of many types of human cells and plays a role in a wide range of biological processes. EphA4 functions by binding to ephrin ligands, cell surface proteins ...
Analytical Chemistry
Oct 23, 2009
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New method may accelerate drug discovery for difficult diseases like Parkinson's
Whitehead Institute scientists have developed a rapid, inexpensive drug-screening method that could be used to target diseases that until now have stymied drug developers, such as Parkinson's disease. This technique uses ...
Biochemistry
Jul 13, 2009
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Bacteria with a built-in thermometer
Researchers in the "Molecular Infection Biology group" at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig and the Braunschweig Technical University could now demonstrate for the first time that bacteria ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 20, 2009
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Scorpion venom with nanoparticles slows spread of brain cancer
By combining nanoparticles with a scorpion venom compound already being investigated for treating brain cancer, University of Washington researchers found they could cut the spread of cancerous cells by 98 percent, compared ...
Bio & Medicine
Apr 16, 2009
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