Life & Chemistry

Life & Chemistry

Detecting ATP: Unveiling Cell Function and Innovation

All living cells require a fuel to function: adenosine triphosphate (ATP), the cell “gasoline”. Detecting ATP within cells can help researchers observe…

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New Drug Keeps Tumor Growth Off with Kinase Switch Innovation

“We locked the kinase switch in the off position in cancer and in tumor-associated blood vessels,” which differs from the way current inhibitors attempt to…

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New Compound Shows Promise in Treating Heart Failure

The study is published in the February issue of Circulation.More than five and half million Americans have heart failure, according to the American Heart…

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ASU Team Develops Universal DNA Reader for Cheaper Sequencing

Led by ASU Regents' Professor Stuart Lindsay, director of the Biodesign Institute's Center for Single Molecule Biophysics, the ASU team is one of a handful…

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MSU Researcher Explores CAM Therapies for Breast Cancer Care

Gwen Wyatt of MSU's College of Nursing, in research published in the current edition of Nursing Research, analyzed which CAM therapies — such as massage,…

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UNH Chemists Develop Promising New Semiconductor Molecule

The team, led by professor of organic chemistry and materials science Glen Miller and including two UNH undergraduates, published their findings in January…

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Dietary Formula Promotes Youthful Function in Aging Adults

The findings are published in the current issue of Experimental Biology and Medicine.”As we all eventually learn, ageing diminishes our mind, fades our…

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Targeting Self-Cannibalizing Cancer Cells for Breakthrough Insights

“We want to know: What role is this self-cannibalization playing in the middle of a tumor?” said team member Hilary Coller, an assistant professor of molecular…

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Low Natural Antibodies Linked to Stroke Risk

The research group, which was led by Professor Johan Frostegård, has previously demonstrated that high levels of a certain type of antibody (anti-PC) in the…

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New Genome Sequence Boosts Food and Fuel Crop Research

The advance was announced today in the journal Nature.The primary international repository for the Brachypodium genome sequence data, called “BrachyBase,” is…

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Bowel Disease and Blood Clots: New Research Insights

The two main types of IBD are Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease which affect about one in every 250 people in the UK. The research published today in the…

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MDC Researchers Develop New Tool to Investigate Ion Channels – Application of Neurotoxins of Cone Snails and Spiders

Ion channels in the cell membrane enable cells to communicate with their environment and are therefore of vital importance. The MDC researchers have developed…

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Blocking Cell Movement: Key to Cancer and MS Treatment Advances

Led by Professor of Immunology Shaun McColl, the researchers have identified molecular “receptors” on the surface of cells which are involved in helping cells…

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Wheat and Barley Grass Genome Sequenced by Global Consortium

Now, in the 11 February issue of Nature, an international consortium led by the John Innes Centre, the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, the US…

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New Insights on Arthropod Family Tree Uncovered

In a scientific and technological tour de force that was nearly a decade in the making, a team of scientists from Duke University, the University of Maryland…

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How the Brain Hears Silence: New Research Insights

A team of University of Oregon researchers have isolated an independent processing channel of synapses inside the brain's auditory cortex that deals…

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