Life & Chemistry

Life & Chemistry

Freezing Embryos in IVF: Boosting Success Rates Safely

Freezing all embryos for later transfer might therefore improve implantation and pregnancy rates and increase the safety of IVF. Presently, the highest success…

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Penn Engineers Transform Plant Protein Into Drug Delivery Vehicles

Beyond practical concerns of manufacturing and loading these vehicles, the carriers must work effectively with the drug and be safe to consume. Vesicles,…

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New Animal Model Offers Hope for NASH Treatments

The condition, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), resembles alcoholic liver disease, but occurs in people who drink little or no alcohol. The major feature…

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Unraveling Genomic Pathways to Combat Cancer Spread

Pathways are ordered series of actions that occur as cells move from one state, through a series of intermediate states, to a final action. Because model…

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Epigenetics Impact on Genes in Rheumatoid Arthritis Research

A research team at the University of California, San Diego – led by Gary S. Firestein, professor in the Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology at UC…

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Physical Activity Needed To Reap Benefits Of Dietary Restriction

According to research at the Buck Institute, flies on DR shift their metabolism toward increasing fatty acid synthesis and breakdown, specifically in muscle…

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Researchers Block Pathway to Cancer Cell Replication

Research suggests that patients with leukemia sometimes relapse because standard chemotherapy fails to kill the self-renewing leukemia initiating cells, often…

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Scientists discover bees can 'turn back time,' reverse brain aging

While current research on human age-related dementia focuses on potential new drug treatments, researchers say these findings suggest that social interventions…

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Promising Results of Adult Stem Cells from Bone Marrow in Mice

Researchers from the University of Maryland School of Maryland report promising results from using adult stem cells from bone marrow in mice to help create…

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Daily Coffee Intake Linked to 50% IVF Success Drop

The study was presented today at the annual meeting of ESHRE by Dr Ulrik Schiøler Kesmodel from the Fertility Clinic of Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark….

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DNA Sequenced for Parrots' Ability to Parrot

The research team unraveled the specific regions of the parrots' genome using a new technology, single molecule sequencing, and fixing its flaws with data from…

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BESC researchers tap into genetic reservoir of heat-loving bacteria

Scientists have long been on the hunt for cost-effective ways to break down complex plant material such as switchgrass in order to access sugars that are…

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Rensselaer Scientists Unlock Some Key Secrets of Photosynthesis

New research led by chemists in the Baruch ’60 Center for Biochemical Solar Energy Research at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is seeking to detail the…

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DNA as Future Electronic Components

Our electronic devices are getting smaller and smaller while doing more and more. Using conventional materials, we will soon reach the practical limit. The…

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New way to grow, isolate cancer cells may add weapon against disease

University of Illinois researchers, in collaboration with scientists at the Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China, published their results in…

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Researchers Discover Rare Leukemia-Causing Protein

These findings, slated for the July 26, 2012 print issue of Blood, the journal of the American Society of Hematology, could lead to cellular targets for a…

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