Life & Chemistry

Life & Chemistry

Charity takes steps to increase whale & dolphin research ‘Marinelife’ extends its vital monitoring of …

‘Marinelife’ has extended its EU-recognised whale and dolphin research conducted in partnership with several well known commercial ferry and transport…

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New Insights Into Cellular Death and Aging Process Explained

Protein researchers at the Ruhr University on the team from Junior Professors Dr. Clemens Steegborn and Dr. Dirk Wolters have clarified a complex safety…

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New Study: College Students Trade Sex for Resources

New research shows that even affluent college students who don't need resources will still attempt to trade sexual currency for provisions, said Daniel Kruger,…

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Blood Vessels Guide Nerve Cell Growth, New Protein Discovery

“We’re excited to have stumbled across another family of proteins that can tell a growing nerve which way to grow,” says David Ginty, Ph.D., a professor of…

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Researchers discover 'modus operandi' of heart muscle protein

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have discovered that a protein called leiomodin (Lmod) promotes the assembly of an important…

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Mayo Clinic Uncovers Key Protein Target for Liver Cancer Survival

Mayo Clinic Cancer Center leads the field in researching the impact and effect of SULF1, a protein whose normal role is to degrade heparin sulfate…

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Embryonic Stem Cells: A Solution for Immune Rejection Issues

Speaking at the conference in Edinburgh, Dr Paul Fairchild from the University of Oxford will tell delegates that although tissues derived from ES cells…

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Elastic Stresses Shape Leaf Vein Patterns in New Study

The researchers have developed a model that reproduces statistical properties of venation patterns, based on the assumption that cells can suffer abrupt…

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Juvenile Cells Show Unexpected Flexibility in T-Cell Development

Contrary to the currently accepted model of T-cell development, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have found that juvenile cells…

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Boston College Biologists Create Advanced Mouse Model for Cancer

Researchers at Boston College have developed the first laboratory mouse model that mimics cancer’s spread through the human body. Using their novel cell line,…

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DASGIP and Fraunhofer IZI Launch €1.1M Stem Cell Initiative

Taking prescription drugs during pregnancy can be harmful to the unborn child. Therefore, identifying the embryotoxic potential of a new drug candidate is an…

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Scientists Enhance Outbreak Strain Analysis With DNA Sequencing

Standard DNA sequencing and analysis of a pathogen genome is time-intensive and likely impractical during an emergency. Researchers have now developed a…

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Understanding Neuron Pathways in Embryonic Development

But it still remains unclear, how during embryonic development, sensory and motor neurons become incorporated into tightly coordinated pathways without getting…

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Yeast Innovation Inspired by Nature’s Eggshells

Nature’s eggshells have inspired Chinese researchers: A team led by Ruikang Tang at Zhejiang University have successfully equipped living yeast cells with an…

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Acute Kidney Injury and Sepsis: Insights on Unique Pathophysiology

The findings, published in the open access journal Critical Care, suggest that septic AKI may represent a unique pathophysiologic condition that may require…

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Innovative Lifestyle Interventions for Effective Obesity Management

This review, presented at the annual Society for Endocrinology BES meeting in Harrogate, shows that lifestyle interventions provide benefits at all stages of…

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