Life & Chemistry

Life & Chemistry

University of Toronto Scientists Map Complete Yeast Genome

Led by Corey Nislow, a U of T Assistant Professor with the Banting and Best Department of Medical Research and Department of Molecular Genetics, the team…

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Genetic Selection Advances in Target Stem Cell Populations

This advance could help scientists develop better ways of deriving useful cell populations for therapeutic and research purposes.Although human embryonic stem…

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Could stem cells be used to cure Crohn’s Disease?

University of Nottingham researchers are launching a major clinical trial to find out whether stem cells taken from a sufferer’s own body could provide…

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Molecular Map Reveals Insights on Aging in Mice

The study, published November 30 in PLoS Genetics, uses a newly available database called AGEMAP to document the process of aging in mice at the molecular…

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Eczema Relief: Testing Water Softeners at Nottingham University

The independent trial run by clinicians at The University of Nottingham has received funding of nearly £1million from the Department of Health’s National…

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New Biomarkers Advancing Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Research

In a special issue of Disease Markers, published by IOS Press, eleven articles explore new developments in the identification and understanding of biomarkers…

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Cancer-Resistant Mouse: Breakthrough in Par-4 Gene Research

The researchers discovered that the Par-4 gene kills cancer cells, but not normal cells. There are very few molecules that specifically fight against cancer…

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Self-Healing Materials

A new catalyst-free, self-healing material system developed by researchers at the University of Illinois offers a far less expensive and far more practical way…

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New Challenges in Diagnosing Bacterial STIs Amid Outbreak

An outbreak of lymphogranuloma venereum has been detected following reports of the disease in Europe. “From October 2004 to the end of April 2007, 492 cases of…

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Sweet Fuel Cell: Harnessing Sunlight and Glucose for Power

The experimental device works by using sunlight to convert the glucose into hydrogen to power the cell, which produces several hundred millivolts.The use of…

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Europe Connects Industry and Academia for Brain Disorder Research

Attempts to cure brain-related disorders have proved less successful than therapies for other major conditions such as heart cancer, even though just as many…

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3D Structure of DNA Repair Complex in Mycobacterium Tuberculosis

This is the first study that shows the 3D structure of a molecular complex found in the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis that repairs DNA damage. According…

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University Receives £5M To Explore Cell Communication

Biologists at Liverpool will investigate the role of the NF-kappaB signalling system to determine how cells decide when to die. NFkB governs responses within…

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New Genetic Insights on Native American Settlement History

Or, did the ancestors of today’s Native Americans come from other parts of Asia or Polynesia, arriving multiple times at several places on the two continents,…

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Sensing Microbes: Genetic Insights into Innate Immunity

The fundamental challenges.Infections have always been among the principal causes of death in the human species. In the developed world, microbes may be…

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Stem Cells Train Heart Recovery After Heart Attack

Liesbeth Winter of the Leiden University Medical Center, however, was able to prove the concept of using the embryonic potential of adult human cells to train…

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