News tagged with carbohydrate molecules
Chemists synthesizes carbohydrates
Apr 01, 2009 |
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Carbohydrates are part of our daily vocabulary. We all know they're part of a healthy diet. We know they're in breads and pastas. We know they have something to do with starches and sugars. But, even though ...
First automated carbohydrate 'assembly line' opens door to new field of medicine
Mar 22, 2009 |
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Scientists from Germany today reported a major advance toward opening the doors of a carbohydrate-based medicine chest for the 21st Century. Much more than just potatoes and pasta, these carbohydrates may ...
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Carb synthesis sheds light on promising tuberculosis drug target
Jun 22, 2009 |
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A fundamental question about how sugar units are strung together into long carbohydrate chains has also pinpointed a promising way to target new medicines against tuberculosis.
Novel prostate cancer vaccine taking aim at cancer cell 'sweet spot'
Jan 08, 2009 |
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Molecules of sugar sitting on the surface of cancer cells are keys to the development of a new vaccine aimed at both treating and stopping the spread of certain types of cancers called carcinomas, which include prostate, ...
High-fat low-carb diets could mean significant heart risk
Dec 09, 2009 |
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New scientific research has shown that low-carbohydrate high-fat diets, made popular by the likes of the Atkins diet, do not achieve more weight loss than low-fat high-carbohydrate diets. Worryingly, the research, lead by ...
Researchers one step closer to elusive cancer vaccine
Oct 29, 2007 |
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When cells become cancerous, the sugars on their surfaces undergo distinct changes that set them apart from healthy cells. For decades, scientists have tried to exploit these differences by training the immune system to attack ...
Low-carb diet reduces inflammation and blood saturated fat in metabolic syndrome
Dec 03, 2007 |
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Metabolic syndrome is a condition afflicting one quarter to one third of adult men and women and is an established pre-cursor to diabetes, coronary heart disease, and other serious illnesses. Patients have long been advised ...
Structural study of anthrax yields new antibiotic target
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Jan 28, 2008 |
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Researchers studying anthrax knew they were onto something when they discovered an opponent the bacterium couldn’t outwit. Probing a bit deeper, they discovered this was because the attacker was interacting ...
Researchers apply systems biology and glycomics to study human inflammatory diseases
Oct 28, 2008 |
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An innovative systems biology approach to understanding the carbohydrate structures in cells is leading to new ways to understand how inflammatory illnesses and cardiovascular disease develop in humans. The work was described ...
Scientists develop nanogels that enable controlled delivery of carbohydrate drugs
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Aug 20, 2007 |
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Carnegie Mellon University scientists have developed tiny, spherical nanogels that uniformly release encapsulated carbohydrate-based drugs. The scientists created the nanogels using atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP), ...
New genre of sugar-coated 'quantum dots' for drug delivery
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Mar 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists in Switzerland are reporting an advance that could help tap the much-heralded potential of “quantum dots”— nanocrystals that glow when exposed to ultraviolet light — in the treatment of cancer ...
SEX4, starch and phosphorylation
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Jun 26, 2008 |
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Some of the new molecular mechanisms and regulatory components in starch metabolism have been identified by Dr. Samuel Zeeman and his colleagues. Dr. Zeeman, of the Institute of Plant Sciences, ETH Zurich, in Switzerland, ...
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