Life & Chemistry

Life & Chemistry

Gene Mutation Is Linked to Autism-Like Symptoms in Mice

The researchers also report that a drug affecting a specific type of nerve function reduced the obsessive behavior in the animals, suggesting a potential way…

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International Aphid Genomics Consortium publishes genome sequence of the pea aphid

In a series of landmark papers to appear in journals including PLoS Biology and Insect Molecular Biology, the scientists shed light on the identity of an…

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Damaged protein identified as early diagnostic biomarker for Alzheimer's disease in healthy adults

The study published this month online by Neurobiology of Aging shows that high levels of P- tau231 predict future memory decline and loss of brain gray matter…

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DNA Sequencing Reveals Flowering Plant Evolution Insights

A study appearing online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences unravels 100 million years of evolution through an extensive analysis…

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Breaking the aphid's code

For the first time, scientists have sequenced the entire genome of the pea aphid, a notorious horticultural and agricultural pest. The findings reveal the…

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Equipment matters – Max Planck Scientists Can Predict which Immune Cells Identify Invaders

“To our surprise, we discovered that not all the members of the dendritic cell family are able to detect pathogens such as viruses”, explains Christian A….

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Bitter melon extract attacks breast cancer cells

The extract from a vegetable that is common in India and China shows promise in triggering a chain of events that kills breast cancer cells and prevents them…

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What it might take to unravel the 'lean mean machine' that is cancer

The study shows that changes within the prostate cancer cell 'epigenome' (biochemical processes that target DNA and affect gene expression) alter the…

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Ready to Use: DASGIP and Mobius CellReady 3L Bioreactor

DASGIP strengthens its market position by combining disposable benchtop bioreactors with the DASGIP technology. Thanks to the unique modularity of the DASGIP…

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U. of Colorado scientists create tiny RNA molecule with big implications for life's origins

The smallest RNA enzyme ever known to perform a cellular chemical reaction is described in a paper published this week in the Proceedings of the National…

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Synthetic Lethality: A New Approach to Target Cancer Cells

Susan Bates and Christina Annunziata looked at several recent papers on this form of treatment, which takes advantage of the synthetic lethality of BRCA…

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New Tumor Mechanism Uncovered by Leading Researchers

Researchers from the Peninsula Medical School in Plymouth (UK), the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, Cornell University in New York, Weil…

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SIBLING Proteins: A New Indicator for Oral Cancer Risk

SIBLINGs, or Small Integrin-Binding Ligand N-linked Glycoproteins, are a family of five proteins that help mineralize bone but can also spread cancer. SIBLINGs…

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Protecting the Brain from Genetic Disease: New Insights

HD sufferers are born with the disease although they do not show symptoms until late in life. In a new study published in The Journal of Neuroscience, Stephen…

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Mayo Clinic’s RNA Sequencing Unveils Full Tumor Genome

Mayo Clinic researchers along with collaborators from Life Technologies are reporting on the application of a new approach for sequencing RNA to study cancer…

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Decoding Gene Regulation in Helicobacter Pylori Breakthrough

A breakthrough in decoding gene regulation of Helicobacter pylori has been made by an international research team led by Jörg Vogel of the Max Planck Institute…

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