Posts Tagged ‘biochemistry’
Health & Medicine - Nov 29, 2011 11:40 - 0 Comments
Cancer drug sticks to RNA like glue
U. OREGON (US) — A common cancer drug binds quickly and firmly to RNA, a finding that has the potential to open new targets for drug delivery with fewer toxic side effects, a new study shows.
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Top Stories - Nov 28, 2011 13:17 - 4 Comments
Compound dissolves HIV on contact
TEXAS A&M (US) — Researchers are closer to developing a topical compound that stops HIV by dissolving the virus on contact. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 23, 2011 15:12 - 0 Comments
Chew hormone gum, lose weight?
SYRACUSE (US) — Fighting weight gain may one day be as easy as chewing a stick of gum after meals, according to new research. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 21, 2011 11:56 - 0 Comments
Jet lagged? Time to reset that inner clock
CORNELL (US) — A better understanding of how circadian rhythms work could lead to better treatments for jet lag and perhaps even more serious syndromes, a new study shows. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 18, 2011 11:01 - 0 Comments
Largest ever human-engineered protein
VANDERBILT (US) — If Guinness World Records had a category for the largest human-designed protein, then a team of Vanderbilt University chemists would have just claimed it. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 18, 2011 10:43 - 0 Comments
2M nanorods crammed into cancer cell
RICE (US) — Chemists have found a way to load more than 2 million tiny gold particles called nanorods into a single cancer cell. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 17, 2011 13:28 - 1 Comment
How estrogen turns on genes in breast cancer
USC (US) — New research has determined the key process by which estrogen, the female sex hormone, activates genes in breast cancer cells, a finding that could eventually lead to new treatments for the disease. (more…)
Top Stories - Nov 14, 2011 11:52 - 4 Comments
Why obese bodies resist leptin
MONASH (AUS) — Researchers have discovered how a key causal component of obesity—resistance to the hormone leptin—develops. (more…)
Top Stories - Nov 11, 2011 13:19 - 4 Comments
Tune E. coli to churn out biodiesel
STANFORD (US) — E. coli bacteria have what it takes to produce high volumes of biofuel cheaply and efficiently. All that’s needed, scientists say, is a tweak to kick E. coli into high gear. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 10, 2011 16:15 - 0 Comments
Chemists reveal the force within you
EMORY (US) — A new method for visualizing mechanical forces on the surface of a cell offers the first detailed view of those forces, as they occur in real-time. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 9, 2011 11:46 - 0 Comments
New DNA letter may have distinct function
EMORY (US) — Scientists have mapped the patterns formed by a sixth nucleotide—a new DNA letter discovered in 2009—in the brains of mice, observing how its pattern of distribution changes during development and aging. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 8, 2011 12:44 - 0 Comments
Clearest view yet of complex tied to cancer
BROWN (US) — Scientists have determined the structure of an enzyme complex that regulates vital cell functions. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Nov 1, 2011 9:58 - 1 Comment
Seaweed wages chemical war on coral
GEORGIA TECH (US) — Scientists have mapped the chemical structure of molecules used by certain species of seaweed to kill or inhibit reef-building coral. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 1, 2011 9:33 - 1 Comment
Build a better antibody to neutralize HIV
CALTECH (US) — Biologists have built a better antibody in an effort to neutralize the many subtypes of HIV. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 31, 2011 13:05 - 0 Comments
Junk DNA: Why humans, chimps are different?
GEORGIA TECH (US) — While the DNA sequence of genes between humans and chimpanzees is nearly identical, a new study finds the insertion and deletion of large pieces of DNA near genes are highly variable. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 25, 2011 11:51 - 3 Comments
DNA ‘remembers’ early living conditions
MCGILL (CAN) — Family living conditions in childhood are associated with significant effects in DNA that persist well into middle age, new research shows. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 21, 2011 6:43 - 0 Comments
Genetic split gave hemp its high
U. TORONTO (CAN) — The sequenced genome of Cannabis sativa, the plant that produces both industrial hemp and marijuana, reveals the genetic changes that led to the plant’s drug-producing properties. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 17, 2011 11:27 - 0 Comments
Brain receptors targeted for Alzheimer’s drug
U. BUFFALO (US) — A tiny piece of a critical receptor that fuels the brain shows promise as a new drug target for Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases. (more…)
