‘Bilingual’ molecule connects two basic codes for life
Synthesized molecule holds potential for biomedical applicationsCredit: Emory University The nucleic acids of DNA encode genetic information, while the amino ...
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Getting to the heart of heart beats: Cardiac thin filament structure and function revealed
Researchers use CryoEM to visualize the most detailed images of cardiac muscle thin filaments to date, revealing for the first ...
How bacterial evolution of antibiotic arsenals is providing new drug blueprints
Credit: Martin Caffrey, Trinity College Dublin. Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have discovered that two very different species of bacteria ...
Virus surfaces help MTU engineers study vaccine and gene therapy applications
Credit: Jess Brassard/Michigan Tech Viruses are not easy to characterize. But we need to because being able to quickly predict ...
Taking the measure of glycans
Researchers capture variability in antibodyCredit: De Leoz et al., MCP 2019 When Lorna De Leoz invited laboratories to participate in ...
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Cancer drugs, artificial proteins, and how human tooth enamel can last a lifetimeCredit: Amgen Unique Cancer Drug Discovered With Help ...
This ‘lemon’ could help machine learning create better drugs
Credit: Purdue University/Gaurav Chopra WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - One of the challenges in using machine learning for drug development is ...
An atomic view of the trigger for the heartbeat
Structural studies of sodium channels disclose details about how they power heartbeats and respond to heart rhythm drugs.Credit: Catterall and ...
Skin and mucous membrane lesions as complication of pneumonia
Credit: University Children's Hospital Zurich Painful inflammatory lesions of the skin and mucous membranes may occur in children who develop ...
Developing next-generation biologic pacemakers
Stem cells originally found in fat converted to pacemaker-like cellsCredit: University of Houston University of Houston associate professor of pharmacology ...
From cancer medication to antibiotic
Modified cancer drug effective against multi-resistant bacteriaCredit: Andreas Heddergott / TUM Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are increasingly the source of deadly infections. ...
SMART and NTU researchers design polymer that can kill drug-resistant bacteria
New polymer may pave the way for developing drugs to which bacteria are significantly less resistant, a breakthrough that could ...
Site search: A digital approach to proteins and cancer
Credit: Purdue University/Chao Feng WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - What if scientists could create more effective drugs to treat cancers and ...
She uses mushroom enzyme and light to create green chemicals
By combining nature's own reactions, Associate Professor Selin Kara from the Department of Engineering at Aarhus University aims to develop ...
Researchers add order to polymer gels
A new kind of soft elastic material has medical and technological applicationsCredit: Image: © 2019 Li et al. Gel-like materials ...
Using a molecular motor to switch the preference of anion-binding catalysts
Credit: R. Dorel / University of Groningen Many organic molecules are chiral, which means that they are non-superimposable on their ...
First investigational drug therapy for liver disease NASH awaiting FDA approval
Global clinical trial designed in collaboration with VCU successfully tested a drug therapy to treat NASH, a chronic liver disease ...
Janus bases among The Scientist’s Top Innovations of 2019
Invented at Carnegie Mellon, the bivalent nucleic acid recognition platform is being used to develop treatments for rare genetic diseasesCredit: ...
Researchers develop method to improve skeleton of common chemicals
Credit: Keiji Mori, TUAT Every chemical, from the simplest to the most complex, have a structural skeleton of atoms. The ...
Drug decreases gut leakiness associated with ulcerative colitis
UC Riverside-led study is the first to show how tofacitinib affects epithelial cells lining the gutCredit: I. Pittalwala, UC Riverside. ...