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New research on a crucial protein in fruit flies provides a clear model for a fundamental question in biology that's significant for drug development in particular: What influences the exact same protein to coordinate a vital molecular process on one chromosome but an entirely different one on another chromosome?
Posted: Aug 28th, 2017
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Researchers use a clue from zebrafish to discover the cues that reprogram Muller glia into retinal neurons.
Posted: Aug 28th, 2017
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The incredible complexity of a single-celled organism is revealed by a computer model of protein production.
Posted: Aug 25th, 2017
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A new imaging technique helps researchers study tiny, time-sensitive biological processes - the crucial underpinnings of human health and disease.
Posted: Aug 23rd, 2017
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The development of DNA sensor systems is of great importance for advances in medical science. Now another piece of the puzzle for the development of personalized medicine has been found with the results of a highly sensitive monitoring of cancer-related topoisomerase II enzymes.
Posted: Aug 23rd, 2017
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Researchers report transforming lignin into carbon fiber to produce a lower-cost material strong enough to build car or aircraft parts.
Posted: Aug 23rd, 2017
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When chemically modified, this 'alginate' reduces oxidative stress, has an anti-inflammatory effect in cell culture tests and suppresses the immune reaction against cartilage cells, thereby combating the causes of arthritis.
Posted: Aug 23rd, 2017
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Physicists measure molecular electronic properties of vitamins.
Posted: Aug 22nd, 2017
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Scientists developed a new dental restoration composite that proves more durable than the conventional material.
Posted: Aug 22nd, 2017
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A new data analysis technique, moving subtrajectory analysis, defines the dynamics and kinetics of key molecules in the immune response to an infection. These biophysical descriptions are expected to clarify the TCR microcluster, an essential assembly for a T cell to initiate its attack on a pathogen.
Posted: Aug 21st, 2017
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Researchers are mapping the distribution of all proteins in mitochondria for the first time.
Posted: Aug 18th, 2017
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The collagen changes its crystallinity in response to physical forces, so the ordered arrangement in collagen molecules of the cartilage in our knees may be flipping from one structural state to another with every step we take.
Posted: Aug 17th, 2017
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Scientists have investigated whether an artificial silk protein developed in the laboratory could be suitable for engineering cardiac tissue.
Posted: Aug 17th, 2017
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The lining of our intestines uses an approach known to business to quickly process food.
Posted: Aug 15th, 2017
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By employing molecular biology tools, a team of researchers measured the way mercury affects the gene expression of algae, even when its concentration in water is very low, comparable to European environmental protection standards.
Posted: Aug 15th, 2017
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New research results may lead to new drugs that could promote hair growth for people with baldness or alopecia, which is hair loss associated with such factors as hormonal imbalance, stress, aging or chemotherapy treatment.
Posted: Aug 14th, 2017
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