Tag: Biochemistry

Credit: McGill University Many of the drugs and medicines that we rely on today are natural products taken from microbes ...

The story of three African slaves during Spanish colonialism, as told by their bones

Credit: Collection: San José de los Naturales, Post Graduate Studies Osteology Laboratory, Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia Photo: Rodrigo ...

Naked mole-rats need carbon dioxide to avoid seizures and here’s why

Credit: Roland Gockel African naked mole-rats are sometimes referred to as animal superheroes. They resist cancer, tolerate pain, and live ...

Researchers are developing potential treatment for chronic pain

Credit: University of Copenhagen Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have developed a new way to treat chronic pain which ...

New STM technique points way to new and purer pharmaceuticals

Credit: University of Warwick Using an ultra-thin and sharp needle tipped with a single carbon monoxide molecule frozen to minus ...

Superoxide produces hydroxyl radicals that break down dissolved organic matter in water

Credit: Luca Carena/The University of Torino According to a study published in Water Research in April 2020, superoxide produces hydroxyl ...

COVID-19 has led to more deep cleaning: Which disinfectants and masks work best together?

Credit: University of Texas at Austin The spread of coronavirus has spurred massive efforts to consistently disinfect everything from office ...

Engineering a new model for respiratory infection treatment

Pitt ChemE professor receives $547K NSF CAREER Award for designing immune-targeted treatment of respiratory infectionCredit: University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH (April ...

New study could change what we know about platelets

Credit: University of Kentucky LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 29, 2020) -- University of Kentucky College of Medicine researcher Sidney Whiteheart has ...

Harnessing psyllid peptides to fight citrus greening disease

BTI, USDA and UW researchers identified 122 peptides that could be used to as insecticides to halt a disease that ...

Gold standard force fields help identify promising peptides to disrupt COVID-19

University of Utah researchers rapidly generate molecular models of compounds relevant for COVID-19Credit: Cheatham Lab Drug discovery is arduous, expensive, ...

Surveying the lipid landscape

Credit: Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna Researchers increasingly aim at utilising the manifold functions of lipids in our bodies, ...

Finding the genes to build a better cancer treatment

Credit: WSU Scientists are one step closer to understanding how the cancer-fighting drug Taxol is produced by trees. In a ...

A molecular pressure cooker tenderizes tough pieces of protein and helps to bite off

Credit: NINS/IMS Proteins are composed of amino acids connected by amide bonds. The amide bond exhibits high chemical stability and ...

It takes a neutron beam to find a proton

Researchers from Osaka University use neutron crystallography to pinpoint hydrogen atoms and protons in the structure of a large enzyme ...

Biochemists unveil molecular mechanism for motor protein regulation

Lis1 activates dynein by preventing dynein's ability to turn itself offCredit: Markus Lab/Colorado State University Movement signals life, and nowhere ...

Scientists use bacteria to help plants grow in salty soil

Method could be scaled up to help farmers improve crop yield in areas with increased soil salinityCredit: Brent L. Nielsen, ...

Tube worm slime displays long-lasting, self-powered glow

Marine organism's bioluminescence could inspire new eco-friendly, long-lasting light sourcesCredit: David Liittschwager Bethesda, MD - When threatened, the marine parchment ...

Light helps arthritis treatments target joints

New drug delivery method could reduce side effects from rheumatoid arthritis drugsCredit: Victoria Wickenheisser Bethesda, MD - Although today's rheumatoid ...

CBD shows promise for fighting aggressive brain cancer