Epilepsy is a neurological disorder that arises from abnormal electrical activity in the brain leading to seizures. These seizure events can have a variety of causes, including genetic variants in a family of proteins that ...
Biochemistry
Aug 18, 2022
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New structural information about an enzyme target in cancer medicine could help the development of next generation inhibitors. The enzyme, called PARP1, senses DNA damage and sends a cellular signal to carry out repair. PARP1 ...
Biochemistry
Aug 16, 2022
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Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) is an essential nutrient belonging to the omega-3 group of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs). As the human body cannot synthesize PUFAs, dietary supplements containing EPA are required for normal ...
Biochemistry
Aug 8, 2022
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Unknown to passersby, a modest little creature with amazing abilities lives and breeds in the forests and paddy fields of Japan. Now, researchers from Japan have discovered how these amphibians' superpowers are unleashed.
Plants & Animals
Aug 2, 2022
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Time is running out, say researchers who are proposing a framework to guide the safe use of microbes to restore global biodiversity loss.
Ecology
Aug 1, 2022
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Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have developed a new way to synthesize bicyclic peptides, with major implications for future research into drug treatments for a range of diseases including cancer, ...
Biochemistry
Jul 29, 2022
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New research by a team at Queen Mary University of London shows that bumblebees can modify their response to 'noxious' (painful) stimuli in a manner that is viewed in other animals as consistent with the ability to feel pain.
Plants & Animals
Jul 28, 2022
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Rice University chemical engineers have improved their design for a light-powered catalyst that rapidly breaks down PFOA, one of the world's most problematic "forever chemical" pollutants.
Materials Science
Jul 25, 2022
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Researchers have uncovered an elegant system that contributes to antibiotic tolerance in the "superbug" Staphylococcus aureus, identifying and characterizing a mechanism for drug tolerance and providing new lines for antibiotic ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jul 25, 2022
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In humans, a fertilized egg is no guarantee of reproductive success. Most embryos stop developing and perish within days of fertilization, usually because they have an abnormal number of chromosomes. Now, researchers at Columbia ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 19, 2022
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