The new technique provides a detailed look into processes that until now were proven but never visualized. The more detailed view of DNA being made into RNA in…
Alzheimer’s disease is the primary cause of age-related dementia. About 15 million people are affected by this neurodegenerative disease worldwide. It has so…
The researchers analyzed data from dozens of studies to determine how planting new biofuel crops can influence the carbon content of the soil. Their findings…
They also experienced much greater falls in their prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels at 14 and 28 days than men taking leuprolide. Researchers from Canada,…
Until now, the skeleton was thought to control bone growth, and serotonin was primarily known as a neurotransmitter acting in the brain. This new insight could…
Masaaki SuzukiTeam Leader, Molecular Probe and Drug Design LaboratoryRIKEN Center for Molecular Imaging Science (CMIS)‘Molecular imaging’ is a technology that…
In an article entitled, “Blazing the trail from stem cell research to regenerative medicine”, Jane Bower of the ESRC Innogen Centre, at University of…
The discovery of a sexual cycle in the fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus is highly significant in understanding the biology and evolution of the species…
The research is led by Professor Ian Forsythe and is reported in the journal Neuron on 26th November.Professor Forsythe, of the MRC Toxicology Unit, explains:…
Other neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer’s disease, Creutzfeld-Jakob disease and Parkinson’s disease are also associated with protein misfolding and…
What is a fruitful way to contain damages caused during an infarction? The answer is: trying to prevent/limit the action of damaging agents and promote the…
The Fulani people in Africa are one example of this. In a dissertation at the Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University, Elisabeth Israelsson presents some…
Jian Liu, Ph.D., and colleagues at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy have learned to modify the enzyme heparan sulfate 2-O-sulfotransferase, which produces…
The device, known as the Integrated Blood-Barcode Chip, or IBBC, was developed by a group of Caltech researchers led by James R. Heath, the Elizabeth W….
SARS – severe acute respiratory syndrome – alarmed the world five years ago as the first global pandemic of the 21st century. The coronavirus (SARS-CoV) that…
In studies with mice and rats, researchers have found that a chemical messenger called NAPE is made in the small intestine after the animals ate a greasy meal….
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