Life & Chemistry

Life & Chemistry

Unlocking Scent: The Surprising Smell of Money Explained

It's not hard to recall the pungent scent of a handful of pocket change. Similar smells emanate from a sweat-covered dumbbell or the water emerging from an old…

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T Cells Miss Key Protein, Triggering Autoimmune Disease Risk

The research confirms an emerging view that autoimmunity can start in this cradle of the immune system, and not only at the sites where autoimmune diseases…

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Patterns on tropical marine mollusc shell mirror gene expression patterns

A study published today in the open access journal BMC Biology reveals that the shape and colour patterns on the shell of the mollusc mirror the localised…

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Teeth as a Future Renewable Resource: Insights from Researchers

Researchers from the Institute of Biotechnology at the University of Helsinki and their collaborators from Berlin and Kyoto have now shown that continuous…

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Cancer Cure Advances: Insights from EuroDYNA Conference 2023

At a recent EuroDYNA conference in Brno, Czech Republic, scientists from around Europe came together to share their research carried out in the field of…

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'Nymph of the sea' reveals remarkable brood

The research team consisted of David Siveter from the University of Leicester, Derek Siveter from Oxford, Mark Sutton from Imperial College London and Derek…

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Experts Debate Egg Donation for Stem Cell Research Ethics

Exploring the controversial issue of egg donation for medical research, an expert panel¹ of scientists, ethicists and activists will address the public’s…

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Dragonfly's metabolic disease provides clues about human obesity

The discovery expands the known taxonomic breadth of metabolic disease and suggests that the study of microbes found in human intestines may provide a greater…

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Study Confirms No Link Between Kawasaki Disease and New Virus

A newly described virus is not a cause of Kawasaki disease, according to an article by a group of researchers in Denver, Colorado. Their article appears in the…

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Real-Time Immune-Cell Activity in Tumors: A New Insight

Using advanced new microscopy techniques in concert with sophisticated transgenic technologies, scientists at The Wistar Institute have for the first time…

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New Study Reveals Adult-Born Neurons Mimic Mature Neurons

In mammals, the production of new brain cells occurs primarily at the time the nervous system is developing, although certain brain areas generate neurons…

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Gene Expression Profiling’s Role in Lung Cancer Prognosis

The interest in and the knowledge of gene expression profiling in medical science has exploded since the completion of the human genome project in 2003….

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Natural Selection’s Role in Cancer Evolution Explained

The dynamics of evolution are fully in play within the environment of a tumor, just as they are in forests and meadows, oceans and streams. This is the view of…

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New Insights Into Drug Discovery for SARS Treatment

Researchers from Brookhaven’s biology department and the National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS) characterized a component of the virus that will be the…

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Wnt Reactivates Dormant Limb Regeneration in Vertebrates

Their study, published in the advance online edition of Genes and Development on Nov. 17, demonstrates that vertebrate regeneration is under the control of the…

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UCLA chemist provides insights into science icon: Chemistry's periodic table

“The moment I discovered there was this elegant, orderly chart that encompassed chemistry, I fell in love with the periodic table,” said Eric Scerri, a UCLA…

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