Tag: Biochemistry

Scripps Research team finds promising molecules for stabilizing abnormal proteins that cause disease LA JOLLA, CA - Scientists at Scripps ...

Scientists capture a ‘snapshot’ of bacterial stress-response regulator’s ‘recycling truck’

The stress-response master regulator is important for antibiotic resistance, ability for bacteria to cause diseaseCredit: Image courtesy Alexandra Deaconescu. PROVIDENCE, ...

Near-atomic map of parathyroid hormone complex points toward new therapies for osteoporosis

Credit: Courtesy of Van Andel Research Institute GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (April 11, 2019) -- An international team of scientists has ...

How plants defend themselves

Plant immune system detects bacteria through small fatty acid moleculesCredit: Astrid Eckert / TUM Like humans and animals, plants defend ...

New SCATTIRSTORM microscope could improve bioenergy production

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The construction of a new multimodal optical microscope, SCATTIRSTORM, that could enable more efficient bioenergy production, ...

Cancer sufferers’ hair loss misery during chemo could be over

Scientists are developing a specially-formulated shampoo which, combined with scalp cooling innovations, could put an end to the misery for ...

Biosynthesis of widespread pigments from bacteria revealed

Researchers from Goethe University and TU Munich decode biosynthesis of aryl polyene pigmentsCredit: Maximilian Schmalhofer Aryl polyene are yellow pigments ...

Water that never freezes

April 10, 2019

Credit: ETH Zurich Making ice cubes is a simple process: you take a plastic ice-cube tray like you'd find in ...

A dust-up: Microbes interact with harmful chemicals in dust

April 10, 2019

Microbes in household dust can break down harmful chemicals, study shows COLUMBUS, Ohio--The dust that settles throughout our homes and ...

CSI meets conservation

April 10, 2019

Scant amounts of DNA reveal conservation clues, Stanford University researchers and their colleagues foundCredit: Prasenjeet Yadav The key to solving ...

Researchers explain signals of CpG ‘traffic lights’ in DNA

Credit: @tsarcyanide/MIPT Press Office A research team featuring bioinformaticians from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) has identified ...

Using bacteria to protect roads from deicer deterioration

Drexel researchers test bacteria-laden concrete mix to prevent potholes caused by road saltCredit: Drexel University Tiny bacteria could soon be ...

Shining lasers on mouse brains sheds light on cells central to Alzheimer’s, schizophrenia

Technique that can turn on one of the brain's most abundant inhibitory cells shows their role in curbing blood flow ...

UConn researchers see promising early results in drug discovery partnership with AI Biotech Company

Credit: Atomwise Inc. A half dozen University of Connecticut (UConn) researchers are now working to identify potential new drugs to ...

Autism symptoms reduced nearly 50% two years after fecal transplant

Credit: Image credit: Shireen Dooling According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about one in every 59 children ...

Nature could provide the answer for blindness caused by diabetes, say experts

Mother Nature could have the answer to treating several causes of blindness, according to a ground-breaking study involving scientists from ...

‘Electron shuttle’ protein plays key role in plant cell-wall construction

Controlling the flow of electrons by targeting shuttle proteins could be a new strategy for guiding plants to make desired ...

Elements can be solid and liquid at the same time, study reveals

Scientists have discovered a new state of physical matter in which atoms can exist as both solid and liquid simultaneously. ...

Testing how well water disinfectants damage antibiotic resistance genes

Credit: Mark Stone/University of Washington Each year at least 2 million Americans are infected with bacteria that cannot be treated ...

Migraine-linked protein exhibits sex-specific pain effects