Posts Tagged ‘proteins’
Enzyme flips body’s ‘fat switch’
U. WARWICK (UK) — Discovery of a mechanism that controls the body’s “fat switch” may help explain why some people have a swift metabolism and others are in a constant struggle to control their appetite. Continue…
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Health & Medicine - Dec 9, 2011 13:38 - 0 Comments
Open ‘back door’: How to reprogram cells
USC (US) — Proteins that can reprogram switched-off genes offer new clues to how cells can be reprogrammed, from skin, for example, to muscle or vice versa. (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 4, 2011 9:03 - 0 Comments
Protein stops second wave of stroke injury
RUTGERS (US) — One of two proteins that regulate nerve cells and assist in overall brain function may be the key to preventing long-term damage after a stroke. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 29, 2011 10:39 - 4 Comments
Gamers succeed where scientists fail
U. WASHINGTON-SEATTLE (US) — Gamers have solved the structure of a retrovirus enzyme whose configuration had stumped scientists for more than a decade. (more…)
Top Stories - Jul 29, 2011 11:22 - 0 Comments
Plant killers may be easy to outsmart
UNC-CHAPEL HILL (US) — Pathogens pack a diverse arsenal of weapons in their war against plants, but a new study shows they strike a surprisingly limited number of cellular targets when they go for the kill. (more…)
Top Stories - Jun 7, 2011 12:17 - 0 Comments
Nano pickle: Pick the perfect proteins
U. PENN (US) — A new algorithm helps engineers tackle the seemingly impossible task of selecting the right raw materials for nanoscale construction. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 11, 2011 10:52 - 0 Comments
Bird embryos show cells move en masse
GEORGIA TECH (US) — Scientists studying bird embryos are learning new details about a developmental process involving the mass migration of cells as a sheet. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 2, 2011 18:37 - 0 Comments
How to make seeds drink less water
U. WARWICK (UK) — Efforts to develop drought-resistant seeds are now focused on a protein long considered irrelevant. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 1, 2011 19:01 - 1 Comment
Another piece to Parkinson’s puzzle
IOWA STATE (US) — There’s hope that a newly discovered protein pathway could lead to a much clearer understanding of Parkinson’s disease. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 23, 2011 17:39 - 1 Comment
Protein wangles recruits to do dirty work
STANFORD (US) — A mutant misfolded protein is successful at causing neurodegenerative diseases by moving from cell to cell, corrupting normal proteins into joining its crusade. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 8, 2011 10:29 - 1 Comment
Protein clamps down on neuro diseases
RICE (US) — A digital signal processing technique commonly used to analyze statistical data is clarifying the roots of memory and learning, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, and stroke. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 7, 2011 10:48 - 3 Comments
X-ray shows ‘thrilling’ biology in action
STANFORD (US) — The world’s first hard X-ray free-electron laser is taking remarkable “snapshots” of the inner life of proteins and viruses. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 11, 2011 17:41 - 1 Comment
Smile, proteins! You’re on candid camera
WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US) — Scientists have come up with a way to ‘watch’ proteins fold and unfold—in less than thousandths of a second—into the elaborate twisted shapes that determine their function. (more…)
Top Stories - Jan 10, 2011 12:04 - 4 Comments
Microbe lives on lab-grown proteins
PRINCETON (US) — Synthetic proteins designed in the lab—using genetic sequences never before seen in nature—work much like the real thing to sustain life. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 7, 2010 17:17 - 0 Comments
500 giant steps in fight against disease
NORTHWESTERN (US) — Scientists have achieved a major milestone in the effort to wipe out some of the most lethal diseases on the planet. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 29, 2010 12:13 - 0 Comments
Killer virus protein chews up RNA
EMORY (US) — Using X-rays, researchers have identified the structure of a key protein from Lassa virus, which infects 100,000 to 300,000 people every year in West Africa—and kills 5,000. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 22, 2010 14:19 - 0 Comments
Structure reveals genetic disorder clues
U. MICHIGAN (US) — Researchers have solved the structure of a protein that is integral to processes responsible for maintaining a healthy heart and nervous system. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 16, 2010 12:10 - 0 Comments
Atomic snapshot shows how RNA ruled
NORTHWESTERN (US) — Using powerful X-rays, researchers have produced an atomic picture of how ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecules interacted in the ancient world. (more…)
