Life & Chemistry

Life & Chemistry

Molecular Machine in Nucleus Shows Promise for AML Treatment

Many individuals forced to fight an exceptionally aggressive form of the blood cancer acute myeloid leukemia (AML) don't survive more than five years.

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Smart Contact Lenses Deliver Medicine and Sugar for Eye Care

When eye diseases are treated topically often only about five percent of the drug has an effect on the eye tissue. The German-Israeli research team would…

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Automated Bio-Sample Analysis: Fast-Tracking Disease Detection

FROM CONVENTIONAL MICROFLUIDICS TO OPEN-SPACE MICROFLUIDICS

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New eDNA Tech Enhances Coral Reef Health Assessments

Underwater visual surveys are used widely in coral reef ecology and are an important part of any coral reef monitoring program. However, visual surveys are…

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Breakthrough in Acidic Water Electrolysis with Ruthenium Catalysts

Fortunately, a recent study is bringing this dream closer. Professor WU Yuen's team from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) successfully…

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Control Bacterial Communication with Light-Responsive Compound

In order to respond to their environment, bacteria 'talk' to each other through a form of chemical communication called quorum sensing. The cells secrete a…

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Princeton Scientists Uncover Mechanism of Cancer Spread to Bone

“A large majority of human cancers are carcinomas derived from epithelial cells,” says Kang, a professor of molecular biology and the corresponding author of…

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Ancient Textile Study Reveals Use of Natural Dyes in Clothing

Chemists Dr Annemarie Kramell and Professor René Csuk from MLU examined two ancient textile samples. One comes from the ancient Chinese city of Niya and was…

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Printing Nanoparticle Shapes for Medical Innovations

In the range of a millionth of a millimeter, the size range of a virus, synthetic nanomaterials are anticipated to be the next milestone in medical technology….

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Better healing for eardrum injuries? – new adhesive structures for medical applications

More than 30 million people worldwide suffer from eardrum injuries every year. If inadequately treated, the resulting hearing loss can severely restrict the…

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Precise Decoding of Breast Cancer Cells Opens New Treatment Path

Every year more than 1.7 million women all over the world are diagnosed with breast cancer, with the disease ending fatally for around half a million patients….

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Innovative Microscopy Techniques Illuminate Molecules in the Body

Laser used to illuminate molecules

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New Scanning Technology Aims to Improve AML Treatment Outcomes

11,000 people are predicted to die from acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in 2019, according to the American Cancer Society. The cancer starts in the bone marrow….

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Understanding ALS: Insights into Patient Body Changes

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is an incurable disease of the central nervous system. In most cases, ALS is fatal within a short period following…

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Coral Reef Bacteria Shift Together Across Vast Distances

A study published today in Nature Communications by researchers at San Diego State University (SDSU), the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Scripps Institution…

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Exploring Advanced Plant Simulations for Better Growth Insights

In nature, plants don't get that kind of care — it may not rain often enough, the earth may lack specific nutrients and there's a lot of other vegetation…

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