Life & Chemistry

Life & Chemistry

Tracking Sugar Innovations at Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley

Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California (UC), Berkeley, have…

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New Treatment Shields Monkeys from Lethal Ebola Post-Exposure

“Over the past decade, we have evaluated numerous therapeutic approaches for the treatment of lethal viruses, such as Ebola,” said co-author Dr. Lisa E….

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Chiral Gold Nanocluster Structure Revealed by X-Ray Diffraction

The theoretical structure was confirmed via comparison to experimental results obtained by X-ray diffraction from powder samples of the pure cluster material….

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Exploring the APJ Receptor Binding Site of Apelin Peptide

Apelin is a recently discovered peptide that binds to the apelin (or APJ) G-protein-coupled receptor. Apelin-13 (NH2-QRPRLSHKGPMPF-COOH), one of several…

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Wired for sight

In human babies, a defective maternal Ube3a gene causes a developmental condition known as Angelman syndrome that leads to mental retardation, speech…

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Faulty gene stops cell 'antennae' from transmitting

The work, co-led by geneticists at the UCSD Institute for Genomic Medicine, together with colleagues from institutes and universities in Paris, Rome and…

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Unlocking Precision: Advances in High-Resolution NMR Spectrometry

High-resolution nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometry is one of the most powerful analytical tools for the precise determination of molecular…

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New Genes Linked to Throat Cancer Identified in Major Study

Scientists from Singapore, China and USA have identified three new susceptibility genes in a genome-wide association study of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC)….

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Gene Linked to Birth Defects Discovered by Researchers

The work, co-led by geneticists at the University of Leeds, together with colleagues from institutes and universities in Paris, Rome and San Diego, should…

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Ancient Chinese Sticky Rice Mortar: A Construction Breakthrough

They also concluded that the mortar ¯ a paste used to bind and fill gaps between bricks, stone blocks and other construction materials ¯ remains the best…

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Prenatal BPA and DES Exposure Linked to Breast Cancer Risk

BPA, DES and similar compounds are known as endocrine-disrupting chemicals, which are substances in the environment that interfere with the proper functioning…

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Whales Evolved: Insights from 35 Million Years of Change

To answer that, UCLA evolutionary biologists and a colleague used molecular and computational techniques to look back 35 million years, when the ancestor of…

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Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma Shows Resistance to Sunitinib

Of the more than 38,000 Americans diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) each year, approximately 20 percent have non-clear cell forms of the disease. New…

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Rutgers Research Unveils RNA Virus Replication Mechanisms

Nihal Altan-Bonnet, assistant professor of cell biology, Rutgers University in Newark, and her research team have made a significant new discovery about RNA…

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New Method for Identifying Glycosylated Proteins Unveiled

Many biological mechanisms like immune response, apoptosis or pathogenesis of diseases are based on the subsequent transformation of single components of…

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How Environment Shapes Great Tits’ Vibrant Plumage Color

Alain Jacot, researcher of the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in Seewiesen and colleagues analyzed the yellow coloring of breast feathers of great tits….

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