News tagged with glycobiology
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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Novel publishing approach puts textbook in more hands
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Oct 16, 2008 |
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For the first time, a new edition of a major textbook will be simultaneously released in print and free online in a novel approach to publishing that permits the textbook to reach a wider audience.
Do 68 molecules hold the key to understanding disease?
Sep 04, 2008 |
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Why is it that the origins of many serious diseases remain a mystery? In considering that question, a scientist at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine has come up with a unified molecular ...
How eating red meat can spur cancer progression
Nov 13, 2008 |
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Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, led by Ajit Varki, M.D., have shown a new mechanism for how human consumption of red meat and milk products could contribute to the increased risk ...
Eating Red Meat Sets Up Target for Disease-Causing Bacteria
Oct 29, 2008 |
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Offering another reason why eating red meat could be bad for you, an international research team, including University of California, San Diego School of Medicine professor Ajit Varki, M.D., has uncovered the first example ...
Study finds common component of fruits, vegetables kills prostate cancer cells
Aug 20, 2007 |
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A new University of Georgia study finds that pectin, a type of fiber found in fruits and vegetables and used in making jams and other foods, kills prostate cancer cells.
T Cell 'Brakes' Lost During Human Evolution
May 02, 2006 |
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A significant difference between human and chimpanzee immune cells may provide clues in the search to understand the diverse array of human immune-related diseases. Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) ...
Ashwell receptor reduces mortality during sepsis
May 18, 2008 |
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In research that solves the longest-standing mystery in glycobiology – a field that studies complex sugar chains called glycans – researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have discovered that ...
Leading pathogen in newborns can suppress immune cell function
Jul 13, 2009 |
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Group B Streptococcus (GBS), a bacterial pathogen that causes sepsis and meningitis in newborn infants, is able to shut down immune cell function in order to promote its own survival, according to researchers ...
Going Live With Click Chemistry
Oct 26, 2007 |
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Click chemistry, one of the most exciting and proficient new techniques for labeling biomolecules in vitro, has now been extended to studies in the context of live cells as well. This breakthrough opens the ...
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