Life & Chemistry

Life & Chemistry

FISH Probing: Tackling Biofilm in the Paper Industry

A great majority of the paper factories, specially those producing recycled paper, suffer from biofouling in their installations. Such phenomena are caused by…

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Boosting Life Sciences Innovation in North Germany’s NEU ² Consortium

To develop innovative drugs more efficiently is the goal of the consortium NEU ² (new-square) , which consists of the Kiel based Bionamics GmbH (Project…

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New Drug Riluzole Shows Promise in Melanoma Trials

Rutgers Professor Suzie Chen has found that riluzole, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved drug used to treat Lou Gehrig’s disease (ALS), slows…

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Sacrificial Bacteria: Altruism or Genetic Chance?

An investigation of the genes that govern spore formation in the bacteria B. subtilis shows that chance plays a significant role in determining which of the…

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Vitamin D and Calcium’s Role in Colon Cancer Risk

Emory investigators will present their findings on biological markers that could influence colon cancer risk in three abstracts at the American Association for…

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Inhibitors Target Necroptosis to Enhance Drug Discovery

Research published in Nature Chemical Biology reveals that three specific inhibitors of a cell death pathway, termed necroptosis, all target and inhibit RIP1…

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Genetic Link Found in Rare Iron Deficiency Case

The discovery of a gene for a rare form of inherited iron deficiency may provide clues to iron deficiency in the general population – particularly iron…

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Insects’ Unique Smell Strategy Reveals Evolutionary Insights

Darwin's tree of life represents the path and estimates the time evolution took to get to the current diversity of life. Now, new findings suggest that this…

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Protein Discovery Links Tumor to Breast Cancer Prognosis

Oregon Health & Science University Cancer Institute researchers have found that a tumor protein present in an aggressive form of breast cancer is related to a…

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Georgetown Study Identifies Stem Cell Marker in Cancer Pathways

They say this finding, reported at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), provides new evidence that breast cancer can…

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New Living System Mimics Predator-Prey Interactions

Working with colleagues at Caltech, Stanford and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, a Duke University bioengineer has developed a living system using…

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Blood Pressure Drugs Show Promise Against Pancreatic Cancer

In earlier work in the laboratory, Hwyda Arafat, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of Surgery at Jefferson Medical College, and her team showed that angiotensin…

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Advancements in Angiogenesis: New Insights from Mouse Studies

The formation of new blood vessels, or angiogenesis, is an Achilles’ heel of tumor growth, because tumors depend on the supply of oxygen and nutrients for…

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St. Jude Study Reveals Key Genetic Factors in Aggressive Leukemia

Researchers at St. Jude Children¡¦s Research Hospital have discovered evidence that a series of genetic mutations work together to initiate most cases of an…

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Molecular Insights Into Neurodegeneration in Ataxia Telangiectasia

Ataxia telangiectasia (A-T) is a rare, genetic immunodeficiency disease that affects multiple organ systems and is characterized by neurodegeneration and…

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Unconscious Brain Activity Predicts Decision Outcomes

Already several seconds before we consciously make a decision its outcome can be predicted from unconscious activity in the brain. This is shown by a study of…

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