Life & Chemistry

Life & Chemistry

First atherosclerosis vaccine: time for the count-down

The first vaccine against atherosclerosis is not far away in the future, according to Jan Nilsson, professor of Experimental Cardiology at Lunds Universitet in…

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LSU Professor Discovers New Species of Frog

Chris Austin, assistant curator of herpetology at LSU's Museum of Natural Science, or LSUMNS, and adjunct professor in biological sciences, recently discovered…

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First Biomarker For Sleepiness Discovered in Fruit Flies

Researchers hope to make amylase the first of a panel of biomarkers that will aid diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders and may one day help assess the…

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First Familial Pancreatic Cancer Gene Discovered

The responsible genes have so far remained elusive, but one of the research teams that had been on a pancreatic cancer gene hunt for years now reports success:…

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Grain and Berry Phytoestrogens: Impact on Cancer Risk

Recent CASCADE research has shown that lignans affect the estrogen signalling system. Earlier results by several research groups have shown that lignans delay…

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Unlocking Nerve Cell Regeneration: New Insights in Neuroscience

The research may lead to a greater understanding of the development of the nervous system and the processes that control nerve cell regeneration following…

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Controlling drug design through ‘unnatural’ selection

Enzymologist Alan Berry and chemist Adam Nelson used ‘directed evolution’ to adapt a natural enzyme to make analogues of the anti-flu drug, Relenza™. The…

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New Tech Enhances Precision in Clinical Research Outcomes

The collaboration between VIB and AlgoNomics has yielded a biological test that supplements the current computer simulations. The additional data enable a more…

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Lab 21 Launches 20-Virus Respiratory Diagnostic in UK

The assay is currently in the final stages of validation at Lab 21’s advanced testing laboratory based at its Cambridge facility and will be available to all…

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Ebola Virus Threatens Gorilla Populations in Central Africa

The Ebola virus has killed some 1,300 people in Central Africa over the last 30 years. In most of these cases where it has been possible to trace the source of…

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100-million-year-old discovery pushes bees' evolutionary history back 35 million years

Danforth and George Poinar of Oregon State University found the bee embedded in amber from a mine in northern Myanmar (Burma). A report on this major fossil…

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Geneticists Identify Genes Causing Sterility in Fruit Fly Hybrids

Now, Cornell researchers have made the first identification of a pair of genes in any species that are responsible for problems unique to hybrids….

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New Genetic Map Enhances Malaria Research Insights

An international research team announced today the completion of a genome-wide map that charts the genetic variability of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium…

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Boost Biosystems: Bridging Research and Small Enterprises

Under the project name “Boost Biosystems”, a ScanBalt BioRegion consortium creates the basis for an intensive integration of researchers and small enterprises…

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EMBO Installation Grants: Supporting Scientists in Europe

EMBO Installation Grants are financed entirely by the EMBC Member States hosting the grantees. Each scientist will receive 50,000 euro annually for three to…

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Hairpins for Switches: Unlocking Protein Regulation Insights

How does an organism know when it must produce a protein and in what amount? Clever control mechanisms are responsible for the regulation of protein…

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