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re-CAT – Regeneration of cofactor in catalytic process by aldehyde dehydrogenase

In biochemical processes, cofactors like NAD(P)H to NADP+ are commonly used as reduction agents. However, the regeneration of these valuable cofactors is…

Life & Chemistry

Prevent Life-Threatening Bloodstream Infections in Kids

Yearlong research led by Marlene Miller, M.D. Ms.C., of the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center with colleagues from other hospitals saw a 43 percent drop in the…

Health & Medicine

New Insights on Walking: Blue Light Stimulates Motor Activity

Shining blue light on brainstems or spinal cords isolated from these mice produces walking-like motor activity. The findings, which are published in the…

Life & Chemistry

Cellular Enzyme Loss Affects Glucose Processing in Mice

A study investigating how a cellular enzyme affects blood glucose levels in mice provides clues to pathways that may be involved in processes including the…

Environmental Conservation

Mountain Plants Struggle Against Invasive Species Threat

In 2005, scientists from various science centres in Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Australia, the United States and Chile created the Mountain Invasion Research…

Studies and Analyses

New Gene Identified Linked to Adult Muscular Dystrophy

The research team led by Dr. Bernard Brais, neurogeneticist at the Research Centre of the Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM) and associate…

Life & Chemistry

Inflammation 'on switch' also serves as 'off switch'

Scientists previously understood that the protein called TAB2 activates inflammation, an important biological process that stimulates wound-healing and…

Life & Chemistry

Discovery of algae's toxic hunting habits could help curb fish kills

The researchers studied the behavior of the algal cell Karlodinium veneficum, known as a dinoflagellate and found in estuaries worldwide. Each year millions of…

Life & Chemistry

Notre Dame Study Reveals Insights on Protein Dynamics

Scientists have long known that receptors on the immune system's T-cells are important for discovering and destroying cells that are infected with viruses or…

Studies and Analyses

Pitt Research Examines How Environment Shapes Informed Consumers

“How can retailers help consumers become more informed about the products they use while also making them happy?” write authors Cait Poynor, Pitt assistant…

Studies and Analyses

Managing Pacific Northwest dams for a changing climate

They developed a new technique to determine when to empty reservoirs in the winter for flood control and when to refill them in the spring to provide storage…

Life & Chemistry

Zebrafish: A New Frontier in Drug Development

The findings, reported in ACS Chemical Biology, support using zebrafish as a novel platform for drug development.In 2007, Charles Hong, M.D., Ph.D., and…

Studies and Analyses

NASA Research Finds Last Decade was Warmest on Record, 2009 One of Warmest Years

Although 2008 was the coolest year of the decade because of a strong La Nina that cooled the tropical Pacific Ocean, 2009 saw a return to a near-record global…

Science Education

1-to-1 Computing Boosts Student Performance in Classrooms

A dozen years into the “1 to 1” computing movement's push to pair every schoolchild and teacher with a laptop, studies show the students in these programs…

Life & Chemistry

Stem Cell Breakthrough: Creating Blood Vessel Cells Unveiled

New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF)-Druckenmiller Fellow, Daylon James, PhD, of Weill Cornell Medial College, is lead author on a study defining conditions…

Earth Sciences

New Study Challenges Soil Hydrology Assumptions on Water Retention

A new study by scientists from Oregon State University and the Environmental Protection Agency showed – much to the surprise of the researchers – that soil…

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