Life & Chemistry

Life & Chemistry

Flippin’ heck! Researchers bring new meaning to the term ‘computer bug’

The findings of the research, published in BioMed Central’s open access Journal of Biological Engineering, demonstrate that computing in living cells is…

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New Breakthrough in Melanoma Gene Research Uncovered

It has long been known that prolonged exposure to the suns harmful UV rays can lead to Melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. An unanswered question,…

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UQ Researchers Achieve West Nile Vaccine Breakthrough

Associate Professor Alex Khromykh, from UQ's School of Molecular & Microbial Sciences, and colleagues have found a way to generate immune response levels…

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Genetic Test Offers Hope for Lung Cancer Recurrence Insights

“Non-small cell lung cancer, which accounts for about 80 percent of all lung cancers, has a high rate of recurrence even when treated early,” said lead…

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Genomic Standards: Guiding Future Research in Organisms

At present, more than 1000 complete genomes of single cell organisms (Bacteria and Archaea) and 100 Eukaryotes (plants, animals, algae) are available in public…

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Neotropical Treefrog’s Unique Reproductive Plasticity Unveiled

When frogs reproduce, like all vertebrates, they either lay their eggs in water or on land – with one exception, according to new research by a team of Boston…

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World first discovery — genes from extinct Tasmanian tiger function in a mouse

The results, published in the international scientific journal PLoS ONE this week, showed that the thylacine Col2a1 gene has a similar function in developing…

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Smallpox Drug Shows Promise Against Adenovirus, Study Finds

Scientists at Saint Louis University have made two key discoveries that could lead to the first-ever human testing of a drug to target the adenovirus, which…

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Embryonic Pathway Reveals New Insights on Stem Cell Traits

Studies of how cancer cells spread have led to a surprising discovery about the creation of cells with adult stem cell characteristics, offering potentially…

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Immune Cells Target Infected Cells by Disrupting Mitochondria

When killer T cells of the immune system encounter virus-infected or cancer cells, they unload a lethal mix of toxic proteins that trigger the target cells to…

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Dismantling Alzheimer’s Disease: Small Molecule Can Take Apart Disease-Associated Protein Fibers

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have shown, in unprecedented detail, how a small molecule is able to selectively take apart…

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Sulfur in marine archaeological shipwrecks – the “hull story” gives a sour aftertaste

Contact with oxygen, in conjunction with the high humidity of the museum environment, causes these contaminants to produce sulfuric acid, according to a new…

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New facility helps Queen’s lead the way in cancer research

The Northern Ireland Virtual Tissue Archive (NIVTA), funded by a £250,000 grant from the Health and Social Care Research and Development Office (HSC R&D…

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Gene Discovery Linked to Vertebral Defects in Patients

The discovery was published today on the Web site of the American Journal of Human Genetics. Working with samples from 31 patients at Boston Children’s…

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MIT Develops Bacteria-Resistant Films Using Stiffness Insights

Having found that whether bacteria stick to surfaces depends partly on how stiff those surfaces are, MIT engineers have created ultrathin films made of…

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Discovery of several hundreds of potential cancer genes

To chart the genes that are involved in the development of leukemia – cancer of white blood cells- researchers Jaap Kool, Anthony Uren and colleagues…

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