Life & Chemistry

Life & Chemistry

Key Protein Structure Unveiled: Insights Into Epigenetics

Scientists from the Structural Genomics Consortium (SGC) have determined the 3D structure of a key protein component involved in enabling “epigenetic code” to…

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Artificial Meadows & Robot Spiders: Unveiling Bee Secrets

Dr Tom Ings of Queen Mary, University of London will tell the British Ecological Society's Annual Meeting at Imperial College, London about how he and his…

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Energy-Saving Bacteria Show Antibiotic Resistance Breakthrough

The moonlighting activity of one enzyme from the tuberculosis bacterium makes it partially resistant to a family of broad-spectrum antibiotics, according to a…

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New Stem Cell Tools Enhance Drug Development Efforts

A collaborative team of scientists from Durham University and the North East England Stem Cell Institute (NESCI) have developed two synthetic molecules which…

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How Salmonella bacteria contaminate salad leaves – it’s not rocket science

The new study shows how some Salmonella bacteria use the long stringy appendages they normally use to help them ‘swim’ and move about to attach themselves to…

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RVC Scientists Unveil Safe Alternative to Antibiotics in Biofuels

The method involves safer, less costly alternatives and is well suited for industrial production of many biofuels and biopharmaceuticals. This research has…

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Oxidative Stress Unveils Cell Death Mechanism for Aging Cure

This knowledge opens novel perspectives to systematically explore the benefit of targeted therapeutic interventions in the cure of ageing and stress-related…

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Exercise Mitigates Brain Radiation Damage in Children

The researchers believe that these results are also applicable to children that have suffered damage due to radiotherapy of brain tumors.Children that receive…

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Engineers Develop Bone That Seamlessly Integrates with Tendons

The artificial bones display a gradual change from bone to softer tissue rather than the sudden shift of previously developed artificial tissue, providing…

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Discovering Campylobacter jejuni: Insights from Biofilms

Campylobacter jejuni is a pathogen found in chickens and is the nation’s leading cause of foodborne bacterial diarrhea, so poultry producers look for ways to…

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New Approach to Endometrial Cancer Treatment Unveiled by TGen

Researchers at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) today announced a new approach to treating endometrial cancer patients that not only stops…

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Scientists Identify New Prostate Cancer Gene Site

After comparing the newly-discovered site with a previously discovered site in the same gene among two large groups of patients in Sweden and at Johns Hopkins…

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Wolves Prefer Salmon Over Deer in New Study Findings

The study, published today in the open access journal BMC Ecology, shows that when salmon is available, wolves will reduce deer hunting activity and instead…

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Cholesterol Insights: Diet, Statins, and Genetic Factors

Genetic lipoprotein disorders are frequently seen in patients with premature coronary artery disease (CAD). An example of strong genetic predisposition is the…

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New Diagnostic Tools Enhance Shortness of Breath Evaluation

New biomarkers allow improved diagnosis of patients presenting shortness of breath. BACH study shows that MR-proANP adds additional information on standard of…

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New Growth Factor Discovery Boosts Cancer Research Potential

This discovery, published in today’s issue of Nature Cell Biology, opens up an entirely new landscape for research on breast and prostate cancer, among other…

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