Life & Chemistry

Life & Chemistry

Johns Hopkins Identifies Genes Linked to Cystic Fibrosis Issues

Their findings, which appeared online March 15 in PLoS Genetics, along with the findings of their Toronto-based colleagues, published April 1 in Nature…

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Boosting Emotional Resilience: The Role of Brain Steroid Signals

Glucocorticoids are natural steroids secreted by the body during stress. A small amount of these hormones helps with normal brain function, but their excess is…

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Palms Unveil Climate Change Impact on Tropical Biodiversity

“It comes as a surprise to us that climate change over millions of years still leaves a signature in the composition of species assemblages we see today. If…

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Compressed Sensing Allows Imaging of Live Cell Structures

Despite many achievements in the field of super-resolution microscopy in the past few years with spatial resolution advances, live-cell imaging has remained a…

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Leeches: Nature’s DNA Detectives in Tropical Jungles

They collect leeches from tropical jungles, which have been sucking blood from mammals, and subsequently analyse the blood for mammal DNA. By using this…

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Plant scientists find mechanism that gives plants ‘balance’

But now researchers at Michigan State University, as part of an international collaboration, have figured out how plants can make the “decision” between growth…

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Carnegie Mellon fluorescent biosensor reveals mechanism critical to immune system amplification

The immune cells, called dendritic cells, are harnessed by cancer vaccines and other therapeutics used to amplify the immune system. The finding, published…

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New Stem Cell Discovery in Brain Tissue Reveals Key Insights

Analysing brain tissue from biopsies, the researchers for the first time found stem cells located around small blood vessels in the brain. The cell's specific…

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'Housekeeping' mechanism for brain stem cells discovered

Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) have identified a molecular pathway that controls the retention and release of the brain's stem cells….

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Forensic science used to determine who's who in pre-Columbian Peru

New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Genetics has used more detailed DNA analysis of individuals from Arequipa region to identify…

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Chemists Unveil New Insights on Fuel Cell Electrolyte

Phosphoric acid fuel cells were the first modern fuel cell types to be used commercially and have found application as both stationary and automotive power…

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Avocado oil: The 'olive oil of the Americas'?

Atmospheric oxygen facilitated the evolution and complexity of terrestrial organisms, including human beings, because it allowed nutrients to be used more…

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Seeking HIV treatment clues in the neem tree

Tall, with dark-green pointy leaves, the neem tree of India is known as the “village pharmacy.” As a child growing up in metropolitan New Delhi, Sonia Arora…

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What did the scientist say to the sommelier? 'Show me the proof!'

What does lemon pan sauce chicken have to do with biochemistry and molecular biology? If you ask the students in Joseph Provost's class at Minnesota State…

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Research shows why 1 bacterial infection is so deadly in cystic fibrosis patients

Scientists have found why a certain type of bacteria, harmless in healthy people, is so deadly to patients with cystic fibrosis.The bacterium, Burkholderia…

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New Genes Linked to Osteoporosis Risk Uncovered by Scientists

The study, published in Nature Genetics and involving leading researchers from Sweden and the world, shows among other interesting facts that women with a…

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