Life & Chemistry

Life & Chemistry

Researchers create map of 'shortcuts' between all human genes

The investigation, spearheaded by Yuval Itan, a postdoctoral fellow in the St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, has led to the…

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New Neuroimaging Technique Links Autism to Face Recognition

They also say that the novel neuroimaging analysis technique they developed to arrive at this finding is likely to help link behavioral deficits to differences…

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Understanding Necrosis: The Impact of Cell Destruction

Stroke, heart attacks and numerous other common disorders result in a massive destruction of cells and tissues called necrosis. It’s a violent event: As each…

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Molecular Geometry, new field in the making

Professor Deok-Soo Kim of the Department of Industrial Engineering is a pioneer in adapting the Voronoi Diagram for 3D Spheres in biological molecules. Prof….

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DNA Catalysts: A New Era in Protein Enzyme Innovation

Led by Scott Silverman, a professor of chemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the researchers published their findings in the journal…

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University of California's unofficial favorite sea slug poised to make a comeback

With its vivid blue and gold colors and its discovery by UC zoologists in 1901, the nudibranch Felimare californiensis, also known as the California…

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Microbes in the Mariana Trench

Sediments of the deepest trench on Earth, Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench, shows surprisingly high microbial activity. An international research team led…

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White blood cells found to play key role in controlling red blood cell levels

The findings could lead to novel therapies for diseases or conditions in which the red blood cell production is thrown out of balance. The study, conducted in…

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Highly effective communities of bacteria in the world's deepest oceanic trench

Their analyses document that a highly active bacteria community exists in the sediment of the trench – even though the environment is under extreme pressure…

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Transistor in the Fly Antenna: Insect odorant receptors regulate their own sensitivity

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany, have now provided experimental proof that the extremely sensitive olfactory…

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New Insights in COVID-19 Antidote Development

Scientists all over the world are on a quest for an antidote since the first patient died from the new coronavirus in summer 2012. Infection Researchers from…

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Stem Cell Technique Shows Promise for ED Treatment

The study was conducted by a group of Korean scientists and will be awarded 3rd prize for best abstract in non-oncology research on the opening day of the…

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How Gene Mutations Shape Survival in Nebraska Deer Mice

For deer mice living in the Nebraska Sandhills, color can literally be the difference between life and death. When they first colonized the region, the…

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Researchers Split Enzyme to Create Genetic Logic Gates

Rice University researchers have found a way to divide and modify enzymes to create what amounts to a genetic logic gate.Biochemist Matthew Bennett and…

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Fungus Uses Copper Detox to Combat Meningitis Threat

Defense mechanisms used by the fungus Cryptococcus neoformans enable it to lead to fatal meningitis, which is one of the opportunistic infections often…

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RUB Researchers Shape Floppy Molecule Using Solvent Effects

How you get the chameleon of the molecules to settle on a particular “look” has been discovered by RUB chemists led by Professor Dominik Marx. The molecule…

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