Life Sciences and Chemistry
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Glue, fly, Glue: Underwater Silk for Surgical Sutures?
“Silk from caddisfly larvae – known to western fly fishermen as 'rock rollers' – may be useful some day as a medical bioadhesive for sticking to wet tissues,”…
Pinpointing immune system disturbances in celiac disease
These latest findings could speed the way towards improved diagnostics and treatments for the autoimmune complaint that affects 1 in 100 of the population, and…
New technique allows study of protein folding, dynamics in living cells
Martin Gruebele, the James R. Eiszner Professor of Chemistry at Illinois and corresponding author of the paper, says the method that he and his team of…
Biogenic Insecticides decoded: Scientists from Bochum and Freiburg present their results in Science
Infective entomopathogenic nematodes are minute worms that penetrate insect larva and serve as transport vehicles for the bacterium Photorhabdus luminescens,…
New cancer treatment gives hope to lymphoma and leukemia patients
Cancer researchers have high hopes for a new therapy for patients with certain types of lymphoma and leukemia.PCI-32765 is a new drug being assessed in a Phase…
Cells of aggressive leukemia hijack normal protein to grow
MLL happens when a piece of chromosome 11 breaks off at the normal MLL-associated gene. The broken gene attaches itself to another chromosome, resulting in a…