Life & Chemistry

Life & Chemistry

Unlocking Plant Cell Secrets: AHK5’s Key Role Revealed

The research group of Klaus Harter at the Centre for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), University of Tübingen, Germany, identified the AHK5 as an important…

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University of Navarra Identifies 5 Genes Linked to Breast Cancer Metastasis

Doctor Alfonso Calvo, researcher in the area of Oncology at the CIMA, led the work with the special collaboration of Doctor Ignacio Gil Bazo, cancer specialist…

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New Cellular Mechanism Boosts Vaccine Development Insights

La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology (LIAI) scientists have discovered one for the textbooks. Their finding, reported Friday in the scientific journal…

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New Insights on Inflammatory Protein in Polycystic Kidney Disease

The discovery was published in the advance online publication of Nature Medicine 15 June. The team showed that a pro-inflammatory cytokine protein — tumor…

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Steroids in Female Mouse Urine Trigger Male Mouse Responses

A group of steroids found in female mouse urine goes straight to the male mouse's head, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in…

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New Study Identifies Key Protein Biomarkers for Growth Hormone

At the Endocrine Society annual meeting in San Francisco today, scientists John Kopchick and Juan Ding presented a new study that pinpointed four proteins that…

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DNA Knot Keeps Viral Genes Tightly Corked, Study Finds

Using electron microscopy and three-dimensional computer reconstruction, UC San Diego biologists and chemists have produced the most detailed image yet of the…

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Seven Biomarkers Identified for Prostate Cancer Recurrence

In a study published in the June 15 issue of Clinical Cancer Research, UT Southwestern scientists identified a panel of seven biomarkers that can predict with…

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Iodine in Kelp: A Natural Antioxidant for Plants and People

However, when brown kelp (Laminaria), a kind of seaweed, is stressed, the plant flushes large quantities of iodide as a powerful antioxidant out of its cells,…

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New Insights into Amphibian Immune System Genes

Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) genes produce proteins that are crucial in fighting pathogen assault. Researchers from the Jagiellonian University in…

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European Science Foundation aims to strengthen 'regenerative medicine'

Stem cells are the body's 'master cells' that have not yet been programmed to perform a specific function. Most tissues have their own supply of stem cells,…

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How Proteins Can Lower Arsenic Levels in Rice

Arsenic is a very toxic and carcinogenic element which occurs naturally in rock. Arsenic contaminates water, soil and crops in a large number of countries. In…

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New Design Promises Custom Drugs With Fewer Side Effects

Sten Ohlson has extensive experience of research into so-called transient biomolecular binding. Such binding is short-lived­-the biomolecules touch each other…

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Understanding Montezuma’s Revenge: Tackling Global Dysentery

Every year, about 500 million people worldwide are infected with the parasite that causes dysentery, a global medical burden that among infectious diseases is…

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Enhancing Safety Assurance in the Poultry Supply Chain

In 2007, production reached 1,14 million tons in Germany alone. The growth in imports was even greater (14.9 %), reaching 572,100 tons, whilst exports,…

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Protein linked to Alzheimer's disease also has role in HIV progression

The apolipoprotein (apo) E4 isoform has been implicated in neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease, cardiovascular disease, and stroke. Now, investigators at…

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