Life & Chemistry

Life & Chemistry

Nano Wagon Wheels: Giant Molecules in Focus

It looks like a tiny wagon wheel: Scanning tunneling microscope images published in the journal Angewandte Chemie depict giant molecules with a diameter of 7…

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Pumpkin Extract: A Potential Alternative to Insulin Injections?

A group, led by Tao Xia of the East China Normal University, found that diabetic rats fed the extract had only 5% less plasma insulin and 8% fewer…

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Lunchtime Breast Enlargement: Discover the Celution Procedure

The procedure, called Celution, takes just over an hour and involves injecting a ‘supercharged’ fat mixture into breast tissue. Fat is taken using a minor…

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Scientists Develop a General “Control Switch” for Protein Activity – Innovations Report

“Our results show that bone marrow is an excellent source of adult stem cells containing smooth muscle and endothelial cells, and that these stem cells can be…

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New Control Switch Enhances Protein Activity in Cells

Our bodies could not maintain their existence without thousands of proteins performing myriad vital tasks within cells. Since malfunctioning proteins can cause…

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MU Researchers Uncover Molecular Mechanics of Phototropism

In a paper published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, scientists at the University of Missouri-Columbia reported molecular-level discoveries about the…

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Protein's role in lipid absorption may be important to future weight-loss strategies

Principal investigator Nada A. Abumrad, Ph.D., the Dr. Robert C. Atkins Professor of Medicine and Obesity Research at Washington University School of Medicine,…

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Breakthrough Insights on Neural Stem Cells for Therapy Design

The results of their study are reported online in “Science Express” today, July 5, and will be published in an upcoming issue of “Science.”Adult neural stem…

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Combining Trastuzumab and Chemotherapy: New Insights from ESMO

At the ESMO Conference Lugano, Issa Dahabreh from the University of Athens reported the results of a meta-analysis of 5 trials involving more than 13,000 women…

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Double Identities in Chromosome Disorders: New Insights Revealed

Sex cells contain a control station for monitoring the mechanism that ensures that the correct numbers of chromosomes are distributed during cell division….

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How Butterfly Defenses Evolve: Insights from Great-Tit Behavior

Researchers observed the behaviour of Great-tits foraging for artificial prey to understand more clearly how a species evolves to protect themselves from…

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Complementary Therapy’s Impact on Infertility: New Insights

Dr. Jacky Boivin, from the School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Wales, UK, will say that her research had also shown that women who used complementary…

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Dietary Chemicals Impact Fetal Ovarian Development

Over recent decades there has been a dramatic increase in the production of industrial and agricultural chemicals and heavy metals, and this has coincided with…

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Fossil DNA Discovery Challenges Assumptions About Life

The DNA is likely close to half a million years old, and the research is painting a picture which is overturning all previous assumptions about biological life…

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Breakthrough Genetics Research Boosts HIV Vaccine Development

The research collaborative – involving scientists from the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Microsoft…

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Sea Anemone Genome Reveals Insights Into Multicelled Ancestors

The first analysis of the genome of the sea anemone shows it to be nearly as complex as the human genome, providing major insights into the common ancestor of…

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