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Life & Chemistry

Calcium’s Role in Protein Folding for Lysosomal Disorders

Currently, lysosomal storage diseases are treated by enzyme replacement therapy. This can be challenging because the enzyme has to find its proper way into…

Health & Medicine

Targeting Astrocytes to Slow ALS Disease Progression

The study, conducted in the laboratory of Don Cleveland, Ph.D., UCSD Professor of Medicine, Neurosciences and Cellular and Molecular Medicine and member of the…

Studies and Analyses

Ustekinumab Phase 3 Data: Long-Term Relief for Psoriasis

One-year data from a second double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 3 study showed therapy with ustekinumab given every 12 weeks provided sustained, clinically…

Life & Chemistry

Enhancing T Cell Immunity Through Interleukin-7 Timing

But precisely how this natural protein works its magic on the cells of the immune system is not well understood. Now, however, in research that may have…

Life & Chemistry

Protein Folding’s Impact on Water Revealed by THz Spectroscopy

Just a few weeks ago, teams from Bochum, Illinois, and Nevada were able to prove with terahertz (THz) spectroscopy that proteins do modify water molecules in…

Seminars Workshops

4th Biomarker Workshop at NMI: Insights into Proteomics

“The workshop has become well established and continues to present excellent speakers and new insights into proteomics,” said Prof. Dr. Hugo Hämmerle, the new…

Physics & Astronomy

International Team Launches Unique Observatory in Antarctica

Two weeks after arriving Jan. 11 at “Dome A” for only the second time in history, an expedition team led by the Polar Research Institute of China (PRIC) has…

Earth Sciences

NASA Data Links Pollution to Southeast Rainy Summer Days

The link between rainfall and the day of the week is evident in data from NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite, known as TRMM. Midweek storms…

Life & Chemistry

New Gene Linked to Prenatal Nervous System Development

The findings will be published in the Feb. 15 issue of Development. In this work, the team used gain- and loss-of-function mutations in mice to isolate novel…

Studies and Analyses

New Atomic Map Reveals Poxvirus Potency for Drug Discovery

Having high-resolution detail of this protein on hand will speed the discovery of new drugs to combat inflammation and immune diseases such as atherosclerosis…

Statistics

American Food Prices: A Cost-Effective Analysis by CNPP

Analysis done by USDA's Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP) indicates that families could, in fact, spend even less on food than what they…

Life & Chemistry

Genetic Disruption Linked to Familial Combined Hyperlipidemia

Familial combined hyperlipidemia is caused by the gene USF1, which in turn regulates many other genes, but until now there have been no techniques for finding…

Life & Chemistry

UCD Scientist Advances Cancer Treatment in Mouse Model

In the mouse model, a decrease not only in tumour growth but also a reduction in tumour volume to around one-third was observed for the first time. In the…

Life & Chemistry

Reducing Waste in Anti-Inflammatory Drug Synthesis

Their paper published in the Royal Society of Chemistry's Chemical Communications has been tagged as a hot article. Dr Paradisi and her co-workers used an…

Earth Sciences

Leicester Scientist Advocates Geological Time Exhibition

Sediments accumulate on deep ocean floors at a rate of a few centimetres every thousand years. The study of this – called stratigraphy – involves drilling…

Physics & Astronomy

Researchers at Leeds mine the ‘Terahertz gap’

The Leeds team has secured a new grant of £2 million from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to shed light on the changes in…

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