Life & Chemistry

Life & Chemistry

Lipid Nanodiscs Halt Misfolded Protein Clumps in Disease

The clumps caused by misfolded proteins, called plaques, are implicated in many diseases: plaque interferes with neuron function in the brains of people with…

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Mustard Cress: How Edge Life Prepares Plants for Drought

The researchers focused on mustard cress which grows across Europe, Asia and northwest Africa. Surprisingly, Scandinavian plants can cope with extreme drought…

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The body's street sweepers

A new study by medical researchers at LMU extends the list of tasks performed by the smallest blood cells known as platelets: At sites of infection, actively…

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New Technique Boosts Carbon Capture’s Economic Value

Carbon capture could help the nation's coal plants reduce greenhouse gas emissions, yet economic challenges are part of the reason the technology isn't widely…

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First Chemical Oscillator Enhances Molecular Control Techniques

Researchers have created chemical amplifiers and a chemical oscillator using a systematic method that has the potential to embed sophisticated circuit…

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New Computational Strategies Enhance Peptide Drug Development

New computational strategies reported this week in Science might help realize the promise of peptide-based drugs. Peptides are similar to protein molecules,…

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Bioluminescent Worm’s Iron Superpowers Unveiled by Researchers

Researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego have made a discovery with potential human health impacts in a…

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New Antbird Species Found in Peru by LSU Researchers

In fact, the first ornithological inventory in the region was only in 1996, when a team of researchers from the Louisiana State University Museum of Natural…

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Exploring DNA and RNA Origami in Nanotechnology Innovation

Nanotechnologists are using DNA, the genetic material present in living organisms, as well as its multifunctional cousin RNA, as the raw material in efforts to…

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Unlocking New Cystic Fibrosis Treatments Through Protein Structure

Cystic fibrosis is a severe hereditary disease of the lung, for which there is currently no cure. The underlying cause of the disease is a malfunction of the…

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Kidney Function: How Concentrated Urine Is Produced

When water intake is low, humans and other higher organisms produce very small quantities of urine. “To help the body retain as much fluid as possible, water…

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Cardiolinc™: an NPO to personalize treatment for cardiovascular disease patients

Cardiovascular disease is responsible for one in every three deaths globally, generating substantial costs and social burden due to reduced quality of life and…

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Enhancing Technologies to Protect Endangered California Salmon

Scientists working to protect California's most endangered salmon say in a new report that key improvements in tracking Sacramento River winter-run Chinook…

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Guardians of the Gate: New Universe Threats Unveiled

A gateway has opened between two universes. Invaders from one universe are coming through the gate, and if they make it through, the other universe will be…

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BigH1 — The key histone for male fertility

Depending on the stage of the process, histone BigH1 is either present and represses specific genes or it is inhibited to allow gene expression, thereby…

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New Insights Enhance Stem Cell Therapy for Horses

Mesenchymal stem cells are multipotent cells found in a number of tissues that can differentiate into various cell types. Stem cells thus provide an enormous…

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