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Scientists Reproduce a Building Block of Life in Laboratory
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA scientists studying the origin of life have reproduced uracil, a key component of our hereditary material, in the laboratory.
Newly Discovered Fat Molecule: An Undersea Killer with an Upside
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A chemical culprit responsible for the rapid, mysterious death of phytoplankton in the North Atlantic Ocean has been found by collaborating scientists at Rutgers University and the Woods Hole ...
Map of Human Bacterial Diversity Shows Wide Interpersonal Differences
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Colorado at Boulder team has developed the first atlas of bacterial diversity across the human body, charting wide variations in microbe populations that live in different ...
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New Synthetic Molecules Trigger Immune Response to HIV and Prostate Cancer
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Mimicking nature, scientists can now extend redox potentials
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Tapeworm Drug May Hold Promise For Colon Cancer, Future Research
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Hybrid molecules show promise for exploring, treating Alzheimer's
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New discoveries in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
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New Digital 'Electronics' Concept May Continue Moore's Law,
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Tiny Music Player Made from Wire Bridge (w/ Video),
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Stars Fueled by Dark Matter Could Hold Secrets to the Universe,
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Creating a six-qubit cluster state,
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Second Law of Thermodynamics May Explain Economic Evolution,
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Yeast in a shell: Coating individual living yeast cells with silicon dioxide
Nov 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Our breakfast egg is a peculiarity of nature: a single cell protected by a thin mineral layer. Apart from a number of tiny radiolaria and diatoms, individual cells normally do not have a hard shell. Korean ...
Researchers reconstitute enzyme that synthesizes cholesterol drug lovastatin
Nov 03, 2009 |
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Researchers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have for the first time successfully reconstituted in the laboratory the enzyme responsible for producing the blockbuster cholesterol-lowering ...
Researchers design new strategy to find drugs to treat neglected infection
Nov 03, 2009 |
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Using an unconventional approach that they designed, University of Pittsburgh drug discoverers and their collaborators at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research have identified compounds that hold promise for treating leishmaniasis, ...
Study reveals a 'missing link' in immune response to disease (w/ Video)
Nov 02, 2009 |
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The immune system's T cells have the unique responsibilities of being both jury and executioner. They examine other cells for signs of disease, including cancers or infections, and, if such evidence is found, ...
New activity found for a potential anti-cancer agent
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Pateamine A (PatA), a natural product first isolated from marine sponges, has attracted considerable attention as a potential anti-cancer agent, and now a new activity has been found for it, which may reveal yet another anti-cancer ...
Heavy metals accumulate more in some mushrooms than in others
Oct 30, 2009 |
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A research team from the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM) has analysed the presence of heavy metals in 12 species of mushroom collected from non-contaminated natural areas, and has found that the levels ...
Mirror images united: Simultaneous binding of both enantiomers of a drug to an enzyme
Oct 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In the binding pockets of enzymes their natural binding partners fit exactly. The principle by which many pharmacological agents work also relies on the fact that these substances fit exactly into the pockets ...
'Feel-good' hormone serotonin regulates blood sugar concentration
Oct 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Diabetes is the most prevalent metabolic disease in developed countries and one that engenders - in addition to its high fatality - enormous health care costs. The physiological meaning of ...
Pumpkin skin may scare away germs
Oct 28, 2009 |
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The skin of that pumpkin you carve into a Jack-o'-Lantern to scare away ghosts and goblins on Halloween contains a substance that could put a scare into microbes that cause millions of cases of yeast infections ...
Statins show dramatic drug and cell dependent effects in the brain
Oct 28, 2009 |
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Besides their tremendous value in treating high cholesterol and lowering the risk of heart disease, statins have also been reported to potentially lower the risks of other diseases, such as dementia. However, a study in the ...
Scientists Are First To Observe The Global Motions Of An Enzyme Copyinng DNA
Oct 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists here have identified how the motions of an enzyme are related to correctly copying genetic instructions, setting the stage for studies that can uncover what happens when DNA copying ...
Identifying Molecules in Infrared Could Lead to New Medicines
Oct 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An interdisciplinary team of researchers has created a new, ultra-sensitive technique to analyze life-sustaining protein molecules. The technique may profoundly change the methodology of biomolecular ...
Researchers identify dominant chemical that attracts mosquitoes to humans
Oct 26, 2009 |
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Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have identified the dominant odor naturally produced in humans and birds that attracts the blood-feeding Culex mosquitoes, which transmit West Nile virus ...
Common weed could provide clues on aging and cancer
Oct 26, 2009 |
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A common weed and human cancer cells could provide some very uncommon details about DNA structure and its relationship with telomeres and how they affect cellular aging and cancer, according to a team led by scientists from ...
Biosensor to help enlist cancer resistance fighters?
Oct 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A powerful new biosensor developed by European researchers will help identify cells in the immune system that actively suppress tumour growth, then put them to use. Enlisting the patient?s ...
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New artificial enzyme safer for nature
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Oct 22, 2009 |
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Trigger of deadly food toxin discovered
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Oct 21, 2009 |
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Spider web glue spins society toward new biobased adhesives
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Oct 21, 2009 |
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Single-stranded DNA-binding protein is dynamic, critical to DNA repair
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A scientific basis the 'golden rule' of pairing wines and foods
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Researchers find new mechanism for circadian rhythm
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Oct 20, 2009 |
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Biochemical 'On-Switch' Could Solve Protein Purification Challenge
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Metals could forge new cancer drug
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Oct 19, 2009 |
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Artificial reddener: New synthetic route for EPO and other glycoprotein analogues
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Super sticky barnacle glue cures like blood clots
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Oct 16, 2009 |
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'Spaghetti' scaffolding could help grow skin in labs
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Scientists discover protein receptor for carbonation taste
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Oct 15, 2009 |
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Fabled 'vegetable lamb' plant contains potential treatment for osteoporosis
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Oct 14, 2009 |
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Goodbye 'R' rule? Oyster pathogen test may help make shellfish safer
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Silence of the genes
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Researchers find candidates for new HIV drugs
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Developing enzymes to clean up pollution by explosives
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New age of discovery for new proteins dawns
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Common herbicides and fibrates block nutrient-sensing receptor found in gut and pancreas
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2 Americans, 1 Israeli win Nobel chemistry prize
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