Life & Chemistry

Life & Chemistry

Innovative Techniques for Cerebral White Matter Fiber Tracing

In deterministic algorithms, scholars proposed the fiber assignment by continuous tracking algorithm, the tensor deflection algorithm, the tensorline…

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Engineered MERS Coronavirus Strain Boosts Vaccine Development

The mutant MERS virus, rMERS-CoV-ΔE, has a mutation in its envelope protein that makes it capable of infecting a cell and replicating its genetic material, but…

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New Immune Cell Strategy May Combat Autoimmune Diseases

Scientists from UC San Francisco have identified a new way to manipulate the immune system that may keep it from attacking the body’s own molecules in…

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Microbes Boost Beetle Survival Against Plant Defenses

“For the last couple of decades, my lab has focused on induced defenses in plants,” said Gary W. Felton, professor and head of entomology. “We had some clues…

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Levitating Crystals: Enhancing Pharmaceutical Effectiveness

The effectiveness of crystalline pharmaceuticals is not only influenced by molecular composition; the structure of the crystals is also important because it…

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Scientists Discover How to Map Cell-Signaling Molecules to Their Targets

A team of University of Montreal and McGill University researchers have devised a method to identify how signaling molecules orchestrate the sequential steps…

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Genetic Breakthrough in Childhood Leukemia Research Unveiled

“We're in unchartered territory,” said study author Kenneth Offit, MD, MPH, Chief of the Clinical Genetics Service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering. “At the very…

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Discover Two Pathways of Chromosome Rearrangement in Mammals

Biologists reported today in Nature that they have identified two pathways through which chromosomes are rearranged in mammalian cells. These types of changes…

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New Solar Tech for Germ-Free Medical Instruments

Prototypes of the devices, which need no electricity or fuel, were the topic of one of the keynote addresses at the opening of the 246th National Meeting &…

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Purple sweet potatoes among 'new naturals' for food and beverage colors

That back-to-the-future trend is on the agenda here today at the 246th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the world's…

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Humpback Whales’ Winter Sounds Uncovered in Antarctica

The scientists report this in a current issue of scientific journal PLOS ONE. This surprising discovery based on underwater recordings from the Antarctic…

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Promising Muscular Dystrophy Treatment VBP15 Shows Early Success

The results, which are published today in EMBO Molecular Medicine, show that VBP15 decreases inflammation in mice with symptoms similar to those found in…

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Scientists Perfect Gene Movement for Enhanced Crop Insights

An international team of scientists led by the UK's John Innes Centre and including scientists from Australia, Japan, the US and France has perfected a way of…

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Singapore Scientists Uncover New RNA Pathway in Stem Cells

Scientists at A*STAR’s Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS), in collaboration with their counterparts from Canada, Hong Kong and US, have discovered a protein…

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Pico-World: Designing Proteins for Molecular Bioscavenging

Computer-designed proteins that can recognize and interact with small biological molecules are now a reality. Scientists have succeeded in creating a protein…

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Blue-Green Algae: Transforming Waste Into Sustainable Fuel

In the parallel universe of the microbiological world, there is a current superstar species of blue-green algae that, through its powers of photosynthesis and…

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