Life & Chemistry

Life & Chemistry

Cannibalistic Cells: A New Approach to Prevent Infections

Salmonella, the causative agent of salmonellosis, causes many of the intestinal infections and food-related illnesses reported in the U.S. About 600 people die…

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Malaria Parasite Transferred from Wild Chimps to Humans

An international research team led by evolutionary geneticist Stephen M. Rich of the University of Massachusetts Amherst has discovered that the parasite…

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New Microchip Tech Accelerates Drug Discovery in Chemistry

Technique may accelerate drug discovery for cancer, other diseases Flasks, beakers and hot plates may soon be a thing of the past in chemistry labs. Instead of…

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Novel System Detects Ripe Pineapples for Pork Suppliers

Major suppliers might soon be able to call on the help of a novel system that uses volatile components to detect when the pineapple is ripe and when it can be…

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New Method Targets Metastatic Melanoma Cells Effectively

Researchers from Virginia Commonwealth University, in collaboration with a team of researchers led by Maria S. Soengas, Ph.D., with the Spanish National Cancer…

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New Protein Function Discovered in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Researchers at the University of Minnesota and National Institutes of Health have identified a new function for the protein missing in people with the most…

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Chemists Unlock Cell Switchboards for Smart Sensors

Their findings may significantly help efforts to build biologically based sensors for the detection of chemicals ranging from drugs to explosives to disease…

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New Research Insights on Brain Circuits and Dystonia

Specific changes in brain pathways may counteract genetic mutations for the movement disorder dystonia, according to new research in the August 5 issue of The…

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How Transposons Drive Genetic Innovation in Organisms

Transposons are mobile genetic elements found in the hereditary material of humans and other organisms. They can replicate and the new copies can insert at…

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Evasive Plant Research: Insights from Student Innovations

The students – junior biology majors Courtney Soley of Buchanan, Mich., and Dustin Houghton of West Lafayette, and sophomore civil engineering major Kaylene…

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‘Brain Exercises’ May Delay Memory Decline in Dementia

The study involved 488 people age 75 to 85 who did not have dementia at the start of the study. They were followed for an average of five years; during that…

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Decoding H1N1 Genomic Sequences From Argentine Outbreak

Researchers at the Center for Infection and Immunity (CII) at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health are working with Argentina's National…

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Gene Variation Linked to Increased Bladder Cancer Risk

Researchers have pinpointed a specific gene variation that causes increased risk of urinary bladder cancer, according to a scientific team led by The…

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Gene Signature in Cancer Stem Cells Reveals New Drug Targets

“We have found that gene expression patterns in a subset of these resistant cancer cells differ from those associated with the bulk of the epithelial cells in…

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Breakthrough Study Halts Epilepsy in Mice Using New Approach

The study is published today in the US journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). It offers, for the first time, irrefutable proof that a…

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Big cattle — the genes that determine carcass weight

Akiko Takasuga, from the Shirakawa Institute of Animal Genetics, led a team of researchers who studied Japanese Black and Japanese Brown cattle, two breeds…

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