Life & Chemistry

Life & Chemistry

Ultrasensitive imaging method uses gold-silver 'nanocages'

The system works by shining near-infrared laser pulses through the skin to detect hollow nanocages and solid nanoparticles – made of an alloy of gold and…

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Gene Studies Uncover How Kissing Cousins Find Mates

But put males of each species as far as six car-lengths away from females, and even in the darkness of midnight they easily find their way to mates from their…

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Key Discovery in Gene Driving Cancer Metastasis Unveiled

The molecular machinery that switches on a gene known to cause breast cancer to spread and invade other organs has been identified by an international team led…

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UCLA Researchers Record Human Brain’s Mirror Neurons Directly

Mirror neurons, many say, are what make us human. They are the cells in the brain that fire not only when we perform a particular action but also when we watch…

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Immune-Boosting Drug Linked to Worsening TB in Mice

The drug acts indirectly by drawing certain immune cells, in which Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) bacteria thrive, to the lungs. The findings may have…

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Case Western Reserve team discovers 'smart' insulin molecule

For millions of Americans with Type-2 diabetes and inject insulin to control diabetes (with onset typically in adulthood) the associated risk of cancer is of…

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New Genes Linked to Kidney Disease Risk Identified by CKDGen

The team, known as the CKDGen Consortium, examined common variations in DNA sequences in more than 65,000 individuals of European descent. Common variations in…

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New Gene Linked to Schizophrenia Discovered by Scientists

An international study led by Université de Montréal scientists suggests that gene mutations may predispose some individuals to schizophrenia and provides new…

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Omega-6 Fatty Acid Deficiency Linked to Severe Dermatitis

“In experiments with mice, we knocked out a gene responsible for an enzyme that helps the body to make arachidonic acid. Without arachidonic acid, the mice…

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Yeast Innovation: Mainz and India Collaborate on Nanoparticle Research

Nanoparticles are already widely used in everyday products such as cosmetics, textiles, dyes, and paints. It is quite possible that these minute fragments of…

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Insights to air supply

As well as being expressed in the kidney, AE1 is the most abundant protein in the membrane of red blood cells, or erythrocytes, and helps prevent tissue damage…

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Understanding Neural Development: Axons and Dendrites Explained

During neural development, immature nerve cells extend axons and dendrites toward their targets then form connections with other cells. At the tip of these…

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Maternal Thyroid Hormones: Key to Fetal Development Insights

That event is very important because the maternal thyroid hormones appear to play a key role in the development of the nervous system and other organs of the…

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MIT Researchers Use Viruses to Split Water for Clean Energy

A team of MIT researchers has found a novel way to mimic the process by which plants use the power of sunlight to split water and make chemical fuel to power…

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Key Protein Boosts DNA Repair and Fights Aging Effects

Scientists have shown in multiple contexts that DNA damage over our lifetimes is a key mechanism behind the development of cancer and other age-related…

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Hormone Sensitivity in Breast Stem Cells: New Drug Target Found

The discovery, by scientists in the institute's Stem Cells and Cancer and Bioinformatics divisions, also explains decades of evidence linking breast cancer…

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