News tagged with molecular targets
Drug discovery process more accurate, less expensive using novel mass spectrometry application
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Sep 17, 2009 |
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Cancer and cell biology experts at the University of Cincinnati (UC) have developed a new mass spectrometry-based tool they say provides more precise, cost-effective data collection for drug discovery efforts.
Scientists create custom 3D structures with 'DNA origami'
May 20, 2009 |
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BOSTON--By combining the art of origami with nanotechnology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers have folded sheets of DNA into multilayered objects with dimensions thousands of times smaller than the thickness of a ...
New lead on malaria treatment: Variation of natural compound cures malaria in mice
May 18, 2009 |
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Approximately 350 million to 500 million cases of malaria are diagnosed each year mostly in sub-Saharan Africa. While medications to prevent and treat malaria do exist, the demand for new treatments is on the rise, in part, ...
Researchers identify how PCBs may alter in utero, neonatal brain development
Apr 14, 2009 |
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In three new studies — including one appearing online today in the Public Library of Science - Biology (PLoS - Biology) — UC Davis researchers provide compelling evidence of how low levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PC ...
Starve a yeast, sweeten its lifespan
Mar 24, 2009 |
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Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered a new energy-making biochemical twist in determining the lifespan of yeast cells, one so valuable to longevity that it is likely to also functions in humans.
Cellular decision on the computer
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Jul 14, 2008 |
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Scientists of the Division of Theoretical Bioinformatics at the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) in Heidelberg have simulated on the computer how cells decide whether or not to migrate. ...
