Explosion in a chemical plant, fire on a dangerous goods freighter… the causes may be many. Prevention however, starts with testing the hazardous properties…
Quinine is a very commonly used anti-malarial drug, yet to this day the principal mode of quinine action against the malaria parasite is still largely unclear,…
The new protein, called Trim24, feeds p53 to a protein-shredding complex known as the proteasome by attaching targeting molecules called ubiquitins to the…
Findings from the study, which will appear June 29 in the online journal Public Library of Science Biology, provide a better understanding of plants' immune…
Together with researchers in Canada and the USA they showed that this bradykinin receptor 1 (B1) controls the infiltration of immune cells into the CNS. When…
The finding, detailed this month in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, was a surprise, said principal investigator David Clayton, a professor…
Shinichi NakagawaInitiative Research ScientistNakagawa Initiative Research UnitRIKEN Advanced Science InstituteResearch on the function of a type of RNA called…
Cells produce thousands of proteins that are essential for life, but the proteins are of no use unless they can be delivered to the right places. Now, Ken…
The researchers mainly focus on the enzyme P450 StaP, which belongs to the cytochrome P450 enzyme family. These enzymes are involved in metabolic and…
In the bustling economy of the cell, little bubbles called vesicles serve as container ships, ferrying cargo to and from the port – the cell membrane. Some of…
The study, published in the June 26th issue of the journal Science, found that STAT3, in addition to its role in the cell nucleus regulating gene expression,…
Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes of Virology and Immunology (GIVI) have found another clue that may lead to eradication of HIV from infected patients who…
Understanding the structure of proteins is a vital first step in developing new drugs, but to date, drug development has been slowed because due to their…
Until now animal experiments have been an essential step, yet they continue to raise ethical issues. “Our artificial organ systems are aimed at offering an…
Established methods are particularly hard pushed to produce evidence when the viral burden is very low, for example during a phase of therapy. This could soon…
In the study, published this week in the Journal of Zoology, Geoffrey Birchard, associate professor of environmental science and policy at George Mason…
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