Life & Chemistry

Life & Chemistry

HIV drugs interfere with blood sugar, lead to insulin resistance

Now, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have determined why that happens. Their research shows that HIV protease inhibitors…

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Innovative Approach to Combat Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

New findings by civil engineering researchers in the University of Minnesota's College of Science and Engineering shows that treating municipal wastewater…

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EU Backs International Network for Primate Research Advances

For biological and biomedical research, science depends on animal experiments. The understanding of complex processes in the body such as, for example, the…

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New Salmonella Test Enhances Food Safety and Reduces Recalls

“Processors and consumers will benefit from the speed and sensitivity of the new test's results,” said Azlin Mustapha, associate professor of food science in…

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New Diagnostic Tool Quickly Detects Ebola and Marburg

Boston University researchers have developed a simple diagnostic tool that can quickly identify dangerous viruses like Ebola and Marburg. The biosensor, which…

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Unlocking Ancient DNA: New Insights from Fluid Inclusions

For decades, geologists have looked at these water droplets — called fluid inclusions — and wondered whether microbes could be extracted from them. Fluid…

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Bacteria Boost Milk Digestion in Infants, Study Reveals

Researchers from the University of California, Davis, and Utah State University report on genomic analysis of these strains in the November 2010 issue of the…

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How Sunlight Influences Plant Circadian Rhythms

Scientists studying the daily activity cycle in plants – known as circadian rhythms – have discovered a finely tuned process that enables the plant's genes to…

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New Tel Aviv Research Targets Fat Cells Effectively

From fad diets to exercise programs, Americans continue to fight the battle of the bulge. Now they'll have help from recent Tel Aviv University research that…

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Protein found to predict brain injury in children on 'ECMO' life support

Johns Hopkins Children's Center scientists have discovered that high blood levels of a protein commonly found in the central nervous system can predict brain…

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New Sleep Cycle Discovery Links Fatty Diets and Childhood Obesity

The link between sleeping and obesity is drawn tighter as a new research published online in the FASEB Journal…

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Uptake Protein Acts as Zinc’s Doorway to the Cell

A study to be published as the “Paper of the Week” in the Journal of Biological Chemistry this December details how zinc, an element fundamental to cell…

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University of the Basque Country research team investigates species of bat that traps fish for food

The director of the team, Mr Joxerra Aihartza, took the first steps when he began drawing up a complete atlas of the distribution of bat species in the…

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Scientists Identify Genes Connecting Puberty Timing and Body Fat

Many of these genes are also known to act on body weight regulation or biological pathways related to fat metabolism. This large new study of more than 100,000…

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In the test tube, teams reconstruct a cancer cell's beginning

The DNA molecule — the elegant, twin-stranded necklace of life in all cells — gets broken and repaired all the time. Breaks are caused by the body's metabolic…

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Stanford Researchers Create 3-D Cancer Models from Normal Cells

Watching how the cells behave as they divide and invade surrounding tissue will help physicians better understand how human cancers act in the body. The new…

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