Life & Chemistry

Life & Chemistry

Ohio State Researchers Uncover BAP1 Gene Link to Eye Melanoma

The hereditary cancer syndrome is caused by an inherited mutation in a gene called BAP1, researchers say. The findings suggest that BAP1 mutations cause the…

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New Research Reveals Rapid Evolution of Reproductive Organ Shape

Today, new international research led by Indiana University shows that as populations and species diversify, the exact shape and fit of genitalia steals the…

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Scientists find microbes in lava tube living in conditions like those on Mars

A team of scientists from Oregon has collected microbes from ice within a lava tube in the Cascade Mountains and found that they thrive in cold, Mars-like…

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Scientists Discover Second-Oldest Gene Mutation

Researchers with the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute led the study…

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Largest Genome Tree of Life Unveiled for Seed Plants

Scientists at the American Museum of Natural History, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, The New York Botanical Garden, and New York University have created the…

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Medicinal Plant Genes: New Insights from $6M Study

The resources, to be released on Thursday, follow a $6 million initiative to study how plant genes contribute to producing various chemical compounds, some of…

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Examining Medicinal Plant Toxicity in Peru’s Traditional Remedies

Many developing countries rely on traditional medicine as an accessible and affordable treatment option for human maladies. However, until now, scientific data…

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Discover a Gene That Guards Against Colorectal Cancer

The results of this study have been published as a Letter in the 11th December 2011 issue of the journal Nature.The team led by Patrick Mehlen, Director of the…

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MIT Researchers Uncover New Method to Detect Chemicals

Researchers at MIT have developed a new way of revealing the presence of specific chemicals — whether toxins, disease markers, pathogens or explosives. The…

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A new genre of tires: Call 'em 'sweet' and 'green'

Those new bio-based tires — already available as prototypes— are the topic of an article in the current edition of Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), the…

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Exploring the Role of Proteins in Vision and Health

Whether it’s right under our nose or far away, when we observe an object we see it—provided we have healthy eyes and normal vision or suitable glasses—in…

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Researchers Discover How Cells Limit Inflammation In Lung Injury

The study is reported in Nature Immunology.Inflammation is part of the normal response to infection. One aspect of inflammation is the production of negatively…

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Biochemical signature predicts progression to Alzheimer's disease

A study led by Research Professor Matej Orešiè from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland suggests that Alzheimer's disease is preceded by a molecular…

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Model Developed for Future Obesity Drug Testing

Led by researchers at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, the mouse study may be ideal, they say, for testing new obesity controlling drugs and…

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First Electronic Optical Fibers with Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon are Developed

The technique, which is the first of its kind to use high-pressure chemistry for making well-developed films and wires of this particular kind of silicon…

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Reprogramming Brain Cells Important First Step for New Parkinson's Therapy, Penn Study Finds

In efforts to find new treatments for Parkinson’s Disease (PD), researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have…

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