Life & Chemistry

Life & Chemistry

Molecular Discovery Unveils Cause of Hereditary Disease

The disease is characterised by thrombocytopenia and immune deficiency with patients suffering from eczema, increased risk of internal bleeding and permanent…

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Scripps Scientists Enable Diseased Cells to Create Own Treatment

“We’re using a cell as a reaction vessel and a disease-causing defect as a catalyst to synthesize a treatment in a diseased cell,” said TSRI Professor Matthew…

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Peptoid Nanosheets: New Innovation at Oil/Water Interfaces

From the people who brought us peptoid nanosheets that form at the interface between air and water, now come peptoid nanosheets that form at the interface…

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New Enzyme Discovery Targets Breast Cancer Metastasis

“The take-home message of the study is that we have found a way to target breast cancer metastasis through a pathway regulated by an enzyme,” said lead author…

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‘Prepped’ by tumor cells, lymphatic cells encourage breast cancer cells to spread

Breast cancer cells can lay the groundwork for their own spread throughout the body by coaxing cells within lymphatic vessels to send out tumor-welcoming…

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Sabotage as Therapy: Targeting Cancer with Lupus Antibodies

The findings were published recently in Nature’s journal Scientific Reports.

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Microphysiological Systems Transforming Biology and Medicine

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are collaborating with the NIH in the program. Fourteen of the…

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New Nano Scaffolding Technique Unveiled by UO-Berkeley Lab

Scientists, including University of Oregon chemist Geraldine Richmond, have tapped oil and water to create scaffolds of self-assembling, synthetic proteins…

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New Treatment Options for Staph Infections Unveiled

Brian Geisbrecht, professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics, and Kasra Ramyar, his research associate, are studying S. aureus, which is the cause of…

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How genes link a mother's diet to the risk of obesity in her offspring

Many research studies have made it clear that a mother's eating habits prior to pregnancy, during pregnancy and during lactation have a profound impact on her…

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Combatting Organic Food Fraud: Innovations in Tracking Systems

The demand for organic food is rising. It has almost tripled worldwide between 2002 and 2011, despite the fact that organic food is much more expensive than…

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Research in rodents suggests potential for 'in body' muscle regeneration

Reporting online ahead of print in the journal Acta Biomaterialia, the research team demonstrated the ability to recruit stem cells that can form muscle tissue…

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News from the Mailroom of the Cell – Max Planck Researchers elucidate mechanism of protein

Researchers at the MPI of Biochemistry (MPIB) have now shown in detail how the ‘mailroom of the cell’ sorts a subset of the proteins that are transported out…

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Faster, Cheaper Tests Transform Sickle Cell Diagnosis

Within minutes after birth, every child in the U.S. undergoes a battery of tests designed to diagnose a host of conditions, including sickle cell disease….

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Calcium’s Surprising Role in Pain Sensing Revealed

When you accidentally touch a hot oven, you rapidly pull your hand away. Although scientists know the basic neural circuits involved in sensing and responding…

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Blowfly Maggots: Key Evidence for Forensic PMI Analysis

Estimation of the post mortem interval (PMI) is one of the most crucial matters in autopsies and entomological specimens have been widely used to determine PMI…

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