News tagged with individual strands
MIT zeroes in on Alzheimer's structures
Aug 22, 2008 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
MIT engineers report a new approach to identifying protein structures key to Alzheimer's disease, an important step toward the development of new drugs that could prevent such structures from forming.
Search results for individual strands
Student-Made 'Sustain-a-Bear' Puts Green Spin on Timeless Toy
2 hours ago |
1 / 5 (1) |
0
Most teddy bears, regretfully, face a lonesome retirement once their owners grow up or move on.
Adjusting acidity with impunity
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
4 hours ago |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- How do individual cells or proteins react to changing pH levels? Researchers at the MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology at the University of Twente, The Netherlands, have developed a technique ...
Mutant CTRC gene has a new way to trigger pancreatitis
5 hours ago |
not rated yet |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- The CTRC gene is a lot like your baby brother—mutant and annoying. Drs. Miklos Sahin-Toth and Richard Szmola of the Department of Molecular & Cell Biology at Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental ...
Nanoscale changes in collagen are a tipoff to bone health
5 hours ago |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
Using a technique that provides detailed images of nanoscale structures, researchers at the University of Michigan and Detroit's Henry Ford Hospital have discovered changes in the collagen component of bone ...
New insight in nerve cell communication
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
7 hours ago |
not rated yet |
0
Communication between nerve cells is vital for our bodies to function. Part of this communication happens through vesicles containing signalling molecules called neurotransmitters. The vesicle fuses with the ...
Poor face greater health burden than smokers or the obese
8 hours ago |
not rated yet |
0
The average low-income person loses 8.2 years of perfect health, the average high school dropout loses 5.1 years, and the obese lose 4.2 years, according to researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. ...
Housing growth near national parks may limit conservation value
8 hours ago |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
The growth of housing near national parks, national forests and wilderness areas within the United States may limit the conservation value that these protected areas were designed to create in the first place, a new study ...
New study finds catch shares improve consistency, not health, of fisheries
8 hours ago |
not rated yet |
0
Catch share programs result in more consistent and predictable fisheries but do not necessarily improve ecological conditions, according to a new study published online this week by the journal Proceedings of the National ...
Dispatcher-assisted bystander CPR best choice for possible cardiac arrest signs
8 hours ago |
not rated yet |
0
Dispatchers should assertively give cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) instructions to bystanders who suspect someone is in cardiac arrest because the benefits from correctly recommending CPR for someone who needs it greatly ...
Role of addiction cannot be ignored in obesity epidemic
9 hours ago |
not rated yet |
0
The causes of obesity are complex and individual, but it is clear that chronic overeating plays a fundamental role. But when this behaviour becomes compulsive and out of control, it is often classified as "food addiction" ...
List of search results for individual strands
