Life & Chemistry

Life & Chemistry

Economical Protein Secretion: A Thrifty Strategy in Bacteria

These organisms “spend” more on proteins that will be used and recycled internally than on proteins that are secreted from the cell and lost to the…

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New Genomic Marker Helps Identify Tuberculosis Patients

It may soon be possible to identify patients who will develop tuberculosis, as scientists have identified changes in the blood specific to the disease. These…

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Scientists Decode All Genes in One Breakthrough Study

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics and the Institute of Medical Genetics at the Charité Universitätsmedizin – Berlin have succeeded…

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Genetic Link to Common Migraine Discovered by Researchers

A world-wide collaboration of researchers has identified the first-ever genetic risk factor associated with common types of migraine. The researchers, who…

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Apple Genome Sequencing: Expanding Knowledge of Tree Fruits

An international team of scientists from Italy, France, New Zealand, Belgium and the USA have published a draft sequence of the domestic apple genome in the…

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Key Genetic Driver of Severe Allergic Asthma Uncovered

The study may help in the search for future therapeutic strategies to fight a growing medical problem that currently lacks effective treatments, researchers…

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Fertilizer Chemicals Linked to Animal Development Issues

In a study published in the Aug. 27 edition of PLoS One, the NC State researchers show that water fleas take up nitrates and nitrites – common chemicals used…

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New Parkinson's gene is linked to immune system

The long-term study involved a global consortium, including Johns Hopkins researchers from the Center for Inherited Disease Research who performed genome-wide…

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Cell Signals Reveal Ear Sensory Organ Formation in Mice

Researchers have tracked a cell-to-cell signaling pathway that designates the future location of the ear's sensory organs in embryonic mice. The scientists…

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Measuring Taste: The Truth About Milk Chocolate and Wine

Does milk chocolate still contain milk? Or does cheaper vegetable fat already dominate here? Has the barrique wine really seen the inside of a barrique barrel…

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Potential Medical Treatment Surfaces in Squid Research

A postdoctoral research associate and adjunct professor in the biology department at NAU, Uyeno’s curiosity is currently rapt in the study of circulatory…

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Scientists Bring New Species of Turtle Out of Its Shell

But the recent announcement of a new species of turtle in the southeastern United States proves that even in a country considered to be well-explored, perhaps…

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Where the Fat’s At

In a paper published in the September issue of the Journal of Lipid Research, a team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of California, San…

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Green Odor: Fatal Consequences for Tobacco Hornworm Caterpillars

During field studies, scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology discovered that the oral secretions of tobacco hornworm larvae (Manduca…

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New Drug Targeting Deadly Immune Response Shows Promise

The molecule, a modified peptide, was extracted from the relatively huge protein shell of a common virus that is a frequent cause of childhood diarrhea,…

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New Springy Polymer Shrinks After Stretching, Study Reveals

Now a Duke and Stanford chemistry team has found a polymer molecule that's so springy it snaps back from stretching much smaller than it was before.Duke…

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