COVID-19: Dexamethasone discovery carries treatment implications
Credit: Courtesy Marcin Minor A new discovery about how the body transports dexamethasone, a drug that can increase the survival ...
Tag: Biochemistry
Enzyme biofactories to enhance cord blood transplants
Credit: © 2020 KAUST; Heno Hwang A new way of producing an enzyme called fucosyltransferase VI (FTVI) in the lab ...
New experimental blood test determines which pancreatic cancers will respond to treatment
Credit: Courtesy of Van Andel Institute GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Oct. 22, 2020) -- Scientists have developed a simple, experimental blood ...
Observed COVID-19 variability may have underlying molecular sources
UC Riverside-led study shows how variations in SARS-CoV-2 host gene expression can be linked to variations in COVID-19 susceptibility and ...
It’s all about the right balance
Credit: © Anna Liess During cell division specific target proteins have to be turned over in a precisely regulated manner. ...
Transcription factors may inadvertently lock in DNA mistakes
Binding to mismatched DNA takes less energy; may explain how regulatory mutations get locked inCredit: Maria Schumacher, Duke University DURHAM, ...
Thermal vision of snakes inspires soft pyroelectric materials
Credit: Darbaniyan et al. /Matter Converting heat into electricity is a property thought to be reserved only for stiff materials ...
Cancer-linked enzyme mechanism newly characterized in study
New research on previously undescribed biochemical process could contribute to broader quest toward more-targeted cancer therapiesCredit: Image courtesy Matthew Bochman ...
Salk’s Dannielle Engle awarded over $1 million to study tobacco use on pancreatic cancer
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(October 21, 2020) Salk Institute Assistant Professor Dannielle Engle has been awarded a New Investigator Award ...
Innovation spins spider web architecture into 3D imaging technology
Credit: Sena Huh/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University innovators are taking cues from nature to develop 3D photodetectors ...
UC studies tobacco use, cancer connection
Research shows that tobacco use changes the metabolism of a type of kidney cancer which could lead to individualized treatmentCredit: ...
Computational study reveals how Ebola nucleocapsid stabilizes
All-atom simulations of the Ebola virus nucleocapsid reveal how a helical assembly, indispensable for viral infection, stabilizes the virusCredit: Tanya ...
Researchers develop method for earlier detection of Alzheimer’s Disease
Credit: WSU PULLMAN, Wash. -- Washington State University scientists have developed a method to detect the biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease ...
The Lemelson-MIT Program and Beyond Benign introduce new Green Chemistry Activity Guide
The JV InvenTeams Green Chemistry Activity Guide encourages students to use green chemistry principles to invent bioplastics.Credit: Lemelson-MIT Program Today ...
Gut bacteria could be responsible for side effect of Parkinson’s drug
Credit: University of Groningen Bacteria in the small intestine can deaminate levodopa, the main drug that is used to treat ...
MDI Biological Laboratory awarded $3.14 million for kidney research
Iain Drummond, Ph.D., Will Study the Development of Kidney Replacement TissueCredit: MDI Biological Laboratory BAR HARBOR, MAINE -- The MDI ...
Immune activation in the liver illuminated with new glycan-tagging strategy
A new chemistry technique expands known targets of signaling protein galectin-3, with implications for liver disease and the immune systemCredit: ...
Old methods prove true for studying proteins
Credit: © 2020 ?ukasz Jaremko and Vladlena Kharchenko A fresh new look at an old technique in protein biochemistry has ...
Sludge-powered bacteria generate more electricity, faster
Credit: © 2020 KAUST Changing the surface chemistry of electrodes leads to the preferential growth of a novel electroactive bacterium ...
New study shows how complex metabolism may have self-assembled from simple precursors
New research shows that simple environmental reactions can form reactive thioesters similar to those used in modern biology to transduce ...
