Life & Chemistry

Life & Chemistry

Insect Diet Preferences: The Science Behind Plant Choices

Plant-insect ecologists typically attribute the differences to variation in the nutritional quality or defective chemistry of plant tissues. However, the…

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New MChip Test Quickly Detects H5N1 Infections Affordably

The researchers used the MChip to detect H5N1 in samples collected over a three-year period from people and animals in geographically diverse locales. In tests…

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Studying Protein Behavior in Natural Environments

In a study using electron cryomicroscopy, Dr. Steven Ludtke, assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology and co-director of the National Center…

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New Test Identifies Cardiovascular Disease Earlier

The markers also may prove useful as “early warning systems” for coronary artery disease, alerting physicians to patients who need preventive treatment to keep…

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New Model Enhances Pancreatic Cancer Research Insights

Results from the genetically-engineered mice, published online Nov. 14 in the journal Genes and Development, suggest that the mice could provide new…

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Blood Vessel-Building Protein Blocks Cancer Growth

Cell biologists at Jefferson Medical College and the Kimmel Cancer Center of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia have found that the protein fragment…

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Taking 'chips' to the next level of gene hunting

A variety of DNA microarray technology, one of the two new chips, called the TIP-chip (transposable element insertion point) can locate in the genome where…

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Lab-on-a-Chip: Boosting Treatment for Drug-Resistant Pneumonia

At this week's AVS 53rd International Symposium & Exhibition in San Francisco, Michael Lochhead, a bioengineer at the Denver biotechnology company Accelr8,…

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New Insights on Memory Storage Challenge Established Theories

Daily events are minted into memories in the hippocampus, one of the oldest parts of the brain. For long-term storage, scientists believe that memories move to…

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Fast-Tracking Medicine: 10,000 Years of Testing in Just 1 Year

Developing new medicines is usually a long and costly process. Now, methods are being developed at Norwegian University of Science and Technology – that allow…

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Immune System Boosts Defense Through DNA Repair Mechanism

How does the immune system manage to keep pace with this diversity? For the first time scientists from the GSF – Research Centre for Environment and Health and…

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Study Reveals Why Opposites Don’t Attract in Nature

Biologists Marin Moravec, Professor Nancy Burley and Professor Georg Striedter conducted the study, which was published in Ethology in early November. The…

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PSB Leads New Industrial-Academic Partnership in Biomedical Innovation

Through the secondment of Business Development Managers in the participating centres Transvac aims to find an effective way to manage biomedical research…

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PSB and Farminerva Team Up for Peptide Biopharmaceuticals

The collaboration will involve the permanent presence of a Farminerva S.r.l. section on the science park, and will join two other biotechnology companies…

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Please Exhale – Quick and easy breath analysis

However, our breath does not only betray what we have consumed; some diseases also produce telltale breath odors. Breath analysis has some interesting…

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Designer Drug Insights: Tailored Treatments for Cancer Biology

Two studies in the November 2006 issue of the journal Cancer Cell, published by Cell Press, provide mechanistic details that may explain why the small-molecule…

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