Bone collagen of fish shows individual history of migration and feeding habits
Credit: Yoshikazu Kato Collagen is a protein found widely in almost all cells of animals, and scientifically can be used ...
Tag: Biochemistry
Metabolite fumarate can reveal cell damage: New method to generate fumarate for MRI
Researchers find new technique for rapid hyperpolarization and purification of fumarate in aqueous solution; obstacles involving the use of parahydrogen ...
New chemical tool that sheds light on how proteins recognise and interact with each other
Seeing the unseen: HKU scientists develop a new chemical tool that sheds light on how proteins recognise and interact with ...
Value from sewage? New technology makes pig farming more environmentally friendly
Credit: Okinawa Prefecture Livestock and Grassland Research Center. Anyone who lives in Okinawa, a subtropical island in Japan, has an ...
Dietary amino acid determines the fate of cancer cells
Credit: RIKEN A research group at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) has discovered molecular events that determine ...
Normally harmless cell molecule triggers neuron death
Finding could lead to better understanding, new treatments for strokeCredit: Wanli Liu A vital intermediate in normal cell metabolism is ...
Toward painless oral insulin administration
Can insulin be administered orally by simply mixing it with a small intestine permeable cyclic peptide?Left: blood glucose levels continued ...
Discovery of an elusive cell type in fish sensory organs
Capturing highly motile and invasive neuromast-associated ionocytesCredit: Piotrowski Lab KANSAS CITY, MO--One of the evolutionary disadvantages for mammals, relative to ...
Scientists have cultured the first stable coral cell lines
The ability to culture coral cells could usher in a new era in coral biology research.Credit: Reproduced from Researchers have ...
Successful cancer therapy using artificial metalloenzymes to deliver drugs
Credit: RIKEN Researchers led by Katsunori Tanaka and Kenward Vong at the RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research (CPR) in Japan ...
Force transmission between cells orchestrates collective cellular motion
Credit: Amin Doostmohammadi How do the billions of cells communicate in order to perform tasks? The cells exert force on ...
Researchers uncover activation mechanism of a cell growth protein that can trigger cancer
Credit: Thorsten Mohr There are many different types of cancer, but they all have one thing in common: errors in ...
Patching up your health
Researchers at Osaka University and JOANNEUM RESEARCH develop ultrathin self-powered e-health patches that can monitor a user's pulse and blood ...
Stress test finds cracks in the resistance of harmful hospital bugs
Credit: John Innes Centre Research has identified critical factors that enable dangerous bacteria to spread disease by surviving on surfaces ...
Scientists provide new insights into the citric acid cycle
High carbon dioxide concentrations are required to allow the central metabolic pathway to run "backwards" / publication in "Nature"Credit: AG ...
Nearly half a million dollars to fund a research chair to ensure food safety and quality
Funding for a new research chair directed by INRS Professor Monique LacroixCredit: Christian Fleury (INRS) What are the antimicrobial effects ...
HHU evolutionary biologist Prof. Dr. William Martin receives third ERC advanced grant
European funding for cutting-edge researchCredit: HHU / Verena Zimorski The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded a coveted Advanced Grant ...
From Interferon to Philanthropy: Autobiography of Dr. Jan Vilcek published as audiobook
Vilcek Foundation releases audiobook memoir of Dr. Jan Vilcek, narrated by Daniel K. IsaacCredit: Photo courtesy of the Vilcek Foundation. ...
‘Undruggable’ cancer protein becomes druggable, thanks to shrub
Credit: Purdue University photo/Charles Jischke A chemist from Purdue University has found a way to synthesize a compound to fight ...
Inhibition of meprin β enzyme linked to the development of Alzheimer’s disease analyzed
Findings of researchers at Mainz University could lead to the creation of new drugsCredit: ill./©: Walter Stöcker Researchers at Johannes ...
