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Pinpointing a tell-tale mark of liver cancer

Persistent hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection can lead to chronic hepatitis C and then progress to fatal liver diseases including liver cirrhosis and liver…

Earth Sciences

Olympia Hypothesis: Tsunamis Buried Ancient Greek Cult Site

Olympia, site of the famous Temple of Zeus and original venue of the Olympic Games in ancient Greece, was presumably destroyed by repeated tsunamis that…

Life & Chemistry

Ant Colonies: Unraveling Behavioral Variability in Innovation

They attack other colonies, plunder and rob, kill other colonies' inhabitants or keep them as slaves: Ants are usually regarded as prototypes of social beings…

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Discover Mayamycins: New Antibacterial Benzanthrins Unveiled

This invention concerns novel benzanthrins, Mayamycins, isolated from the bacterium Streptomyces sp. HB202. Mayamycines may be used against infectious diseases…

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Cyclic Peptides: New Antitumoral and Antibiotic Innovations

This invention concerns novel cyclic peptides, Xenobovides, isolated from the bacterium Xenorhabdus bovienii. These peptides may be used against infectious…

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Novel Antitumoral Cyclodepsipeptides from Marine Fungus

This invention concerns two novel cyclodepsipeptides, scopularides A and B, from the fungus Scopulariopsis brevicaulis, which was isolated from the marine…

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Stable NOHA Derivatives: A New Approach to Thermo-Stability

A substitution of the N-hydroxyguanidine function leads to thermo- and oxidation-stable N(omega)-hydroxy-L-arginine (NOHA) derivates, whose favorable…

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New DDAH Inhibitors Show Promising Activity in Research

The new inhibitors of dimethylarginine dimethylaminohydrolase (DDAH) have a single amine function simultaneously displaying the same activity as the most…

Life & Chemistry

MDC Researchers Uncover Pain Causes in Epidermolysis Bullosa

Now Dr. Li-Yang Chiang, Dr. Kate Poole and Professor Gary R. Lewin of the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) in Berlin-Buch have discovered the…

Physics & Astronomy

Understanding Quantum Magnetism, Atom by Atom

Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) researchers led by Christopher Monroe, with theoreticians from University of Michigan, University of Auckland, and Georgetown…

Life & Chemistry

International Team Collaborates on Sequence Data for German E. Coli Outbreak

An international team of scientific experts on E. coli collaborated on the rapid sequencing project to provide more comprehensive information about the origins…

Earth Sciences

Record Snowfalls Causing High Waters In Great Plains, Says Geography Expert

Richard Marston, university distinguished professor and head of the department of geography, said that some mountainous states still have 200 percent of normal…

Information Technology

New Software Aids Fight Against Nitrates in Florida's Groundwater

Now, along with his FSU professor and colleagues, Rios has written an important and practical software program that could protect Florida’s lakes and rivers…

Life & Chemistry

A Drugstore within: Mesenchymal Stem Cells Protect and Heal

Mesenchymal stem cells reaped from bone marrow had been hailed as the key to growing new organs to replace those damaged or destroyed by violence or disease,…

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World HAI Forum Sets Priorities to Combat Antibiotic Resistance

The Forum's participants warned of an impending public-health catastrophe caused by the emergence and spread of bacteria that are resistant to all antibiotics,…

Life & Chemistry

Hebrew U. Scientists Discover DNA Breakage Link to Cancer

The DNA encodes the entire genetic information required for building the proteins of the cell. Hence, DNA breaks disrupt the proteins and lead to changes in…

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