With U.S. biodiesel production at an all-time high and a record number of new biodiesel plants under construction, the industry is facing an impending crisis…
In a host of neurological diseases, including multiple sclerosis (MS) and several neuropathies, the protective covering surrounding the nerves – an insulating…
As reported today in the internationally renowned journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), the discovery…
Polymeric nanoparticles are excellent carriers for delivering drugs. They protect drugs from degradation until they reach their target and provide sustained…
In groundbreaking research, scientists have demonstrated the ability to strategically attach gold nanoparticles – particles on the order of billionths of a…
Though much research is focused on developing drugs and vaccines targeted to the bacterium that causes tularemia, Francisella tularensis, little is known about…
The work could help researchers understand the complex protein networks that influence human disease, including cancer. The researchers report their findings…
Now, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry in Martinsried/Munich have shown that such bioelectronic hybrid systems are no longer just a…
Known as Amphinase, the molecule recognises the sugary coating found on a tumour cell and binds to its surface before invading the cell and inactivating the…
The researchers found that two independent groups of cells generate the same signal by different pathways and that these cells subsequently act together to…
Traditionally very little has been known about the biology of noroviruses because of the difficulty in culturing and manipulating these pathogens in the…
Opening the event EU Commissioner for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs Dr. Joe Borg stated “…only excellence in marine research and technology would allow us to…
Experiments were based on mouse cell culture (fibroblasts). Irradiation by ultraviolet with wave-length of 365 nanometers in the 1.8 joule per cubic centimeter…
The cerebral metastases occur approximately with 25 to 30 percent of oncological patients. At that, they appear independent of the primary tumor location….
“There has always been a recognized potential of the mushroom as being a choice platform for the mass production of commercially valuable proteins,” said…
Giant prehistoric penguins? In Peru? It sounds more like something out of Hollywood than science, but a researcher from North Carolina State University along…