Life & Chemistry

Life & Chemistry

New Cellular Defect Discovered: Impact on Cancer Treatment

According to the study team, this discovery has broad clinical implications in the fight against cancer and could affect treatment of lymphoma and many other…

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Hebrew University researchers developing ‘breakfast of champions’

An improved method for sustainable pest control using “super-sexed” but sterile male insects to copulate with female ones is being developed by agricultural…

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Caltech and UCSD Use Leeches to Study Reproductive Behavior

A paper describing the work appears in the March 11 online edition of the journal Current Biology.Daniel Wagenaar, Broad Senior Research Fellow in Brain…

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Cloves Identified as Top Natural Antioxidant Spice

Researchers from the Miguel Hernández University have identified cloves (Syzygium aromaticum) as the best antioxidant spice, due to the fact they contain high…

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U-M Researchers Unlock Key Insights Into Muscle IGFs

But in spite of widespread interest in these potent molecules, key details about how IGFs work on muscle cells have been lacking.A research by a team led by…

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Sea Lilies’ Evolution: Insights from urchin Interactions

Common as such interactions may be, it's often difficult to trace their origins back in evolutionary time.Now, a study by University of Michigan paleontologist…

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Cellular Pathway Links Cancer and Obesity: Research Insights

University of Alberta researcher Richard Lamb is on his way to understanding the correlation and it's a good example of how the scientific process works. Lamb…

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3-D Cell Culture: Enhancing Cell Growth and Functionality

The film “Avatar” isn't the only 3-D blockbuster making a splash this winter. A team of scientists from Houston's Texas Medical Center this week unveiled a new…

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Measuring Protein Movements at Nanosecond Resolution

Upon examining movements of the protein villin using this method they found two structures that were otherwise barely distinguishable from one another. Quick…

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Key Predictor of Cardiovascular Death Identified by UBC Team

But now a team of Vancouver-based researchers has identified a key predictor of mortality in CAD patients, which means that specialists can better determine…

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Chemical Discovery May Safeguard Hearts in Muscular Dystrophy

Researchers at the University of Minnesota Medical School have discovered a chemical that may, over the long term, protect the hearts of Duchenne muscular…

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Two at One Stroke – How Cells Protect Themselves from Cancer – New Findings of MDC and Charité Researchers

Until now, researchers assumed that these protective systems were prompted separately from each other. Now for the first time, using an animal model for…

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Fruit flies and test tubes open new window on Alzheimer's disease

They found that in test tube studies the molecule not only prevents the protein from forming clumps but can also reverse this process. Then, using fruit flies…

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How Plants Develop Roots: Insights into Growth and Structure

In the beginning is the fertilized egg cell. Following numerous cell divisions, it then develops into a complex organism with different organs and tissues. The…

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Amniotic Fluid Cells Outperform Adult Cells in Reprogramming

The Mount Sinai researchers found that when compared to cultured adult skin cells, the amniotic fluid skin cells formed stem cell colonies in about half the…

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All natural ingredients

The various metabolic pathways in a given plant generate a staggering array of molecules that enable growth and survival under diverse conditions—and in some…

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