Life & Chemistry

Life & Chemistry

Biotech breakthrough could end biodiesel's glycerin glut

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…

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Weizmann Scientists Uncover New Nerve Communication Pathway

In a host of neurological diseases, including multiple sclerosis (MS) and several neuropathies, the protective covering surrounding the nerves – an insulating…

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CSIRO Uncovers New Bat Virus in Humans: Key Findings

As reported today in the internationally renowned journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), the discovery…

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Nanoparticles Ride Red Blood Cells for Targeted Drug Delivery

Polymeric nanoparticles are excellent carriers for delivering drugs. They protect drugs from degradation until they reach their target and provide sustained…

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Nanoparticles and Proteins: A New Frontier in Research

In groundbreaking research, scientists have demonstrated the ability to strategically attach gold nanoparticles – particles on the order of billionths of a…

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Antibodies Shield Mice Against Respiratory Tularemia

Though much research is focused on developing drugs and vaccines targeted to the bacterium that causes tularemia, Francisella tularensis, little is known about…

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Team's model aids understanding of protein networks –Work could impact cancer research

The work could help researchers understand the complex protein networks that influence human disease, including cancer. The researchers report their findings…

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Bioelectronics: Advancements in Drug Screening Using Biosensors

Now, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry in Martinsried/Munich have shown that such bioelectronic hybrid systems are no longer just a…

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Frog Molecule Amphinase Targets Brain Tumors Effectively

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…

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New System Enhances Collaboration in Cell Communication

The researchers found that two independent groups of cells generate the same signal by different pathways and that these cells subsequently act together to…

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Scientists make significant advance in understanding 'sickness' bug

Traditionally very little has been known about the biology of noroviruses because of the difficulty in culturing and manipulating these pathogens in the…

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Top Experts Call for European Marine Science & Technology Strategy

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…

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New Ultraviolet Experiments on Mouse Fibroblasts Unveiled

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…

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Nitric Oxide – Concomitant Of Metastases

The cerebral metastases occur approximately with 25 to 30 percent of oncological patients. At that, they appear independent of the primary tumor location….

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Modified Mushrooms: A New Source for Human Drugs

“There has always been a recognized potential of the mushroom as being a choice platform for the mass production of commercially valuable proteins,” said…

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Giant Prehistoric Penguins Discovered in Peru

Giant prehistoric penguins? In Peru? It sounds more like something out of Hollywood than science, but a researcher from North Carolina State University along…

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