Life & Chemistry

Life & Chemistry

Schutzmechanismen für Alzheimer-Erkrankung: Enzymaktivität nimmt Schlüsselfunktion ein

In einer institutsübergreifenden Kooperation ist es Wissenschaftlern der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz gelungen, weitere Einsichten in die körpereigenen…

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Mending Hearts: Stem Cells from Skin Show Promise in Research

In a study published online on Feb. 12 in Circulation Research, a journal of the American Heart Association, UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health…

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Dental Analytics Sheds Light on Human Diet Evolution

Ungar will be part of a seminar that includes a panel of experts addressing different aspects of the evolution of human diet. The seminar is part of the…

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Fruit Flies Take Flight as Key Models for Brain Cancer Research

Taking advantage of this remarkable evolutionary conservation, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies transformed the fruit fly into a…

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Next gen sequencing technology pinpoint 'on-off switches' in genomes

The strategy promises to clarify the longstanding mystery of the role played by vast stretches of DNA sequence that do not code for the functional…

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Stem Cell Research Reveals Mechanism Behind Type 2 Diabetes

Their findings, published online January 9 in Experimental Diabetes Research, could provide a potential new target for therapy.Pamela Itkin-Ansari, Ph.D.,…

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Gladstone Scientists Discover Enzyme’s Role in Healthy Skin

Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes of Cardiovascular Disease (GICD) have found that an enzyme associated with the synthesis of fat in the body is also an…

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Antibiotic Resistance Threatens Marine Ecosystems: Key Insights

A team of scientists, speaking today at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, called for new awareness of the…

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Engineers Develop Smart Molecules to Target Diseased Cells

“We basically design molecules that actually go into the cell and do an analysis of the cellular state before delivering the therapeutic punch,” said Christina…

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Mixed Population Study Reveals Insights Into Human Genetics

“We wanted to get to a strategy to predict what a face will look like,” said Mark D. Shriver, associate professor of biological anthropology. “We want to…

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Cells’ Surprising Strategy for Managing Broken Chromosomes

Thus the researchers uncovered a surprising feature of how DNA strand breaks can be handled. Their unexpected findings have important implications for the…

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New Metabolite Linked to Aggressive Prostate Cancer Identified

Researchers from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a panel of small molecules, or metabolites, that appear to indicate…

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Increased Gene Duplication and Its Role in Human Evolution

Segments of DNA in its genome began to form duplicate copies at a greater rate than in the past, creating an instability that persists in the genome of modern…

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Exploring Subspecies: Insights from Darwin’s Tree of Life

“Analysing so many strains has helped us to bring the small branches of Darwin's 'Tree of Life' into focus,” said Dr Steve James of the National Collection of…

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Gorilla Lice Find Home in Pubic Hair: An Evolutionary Insight

In the article, Robert Weiss from University College London describes how he was struck by inspiration while pondering the question of why lice would separate…

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Fruit Fly Evolution: New Species Emerges from Apple Preference

A new species of fruit fly has evolved after changing its mating behavior to favor laying eggs on apples instead of its characteristic hawthorn tree fruit…

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