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New MRI signaling method could picture disease metabolism in action

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Duke University chemists are using modified magnetic resonance imaging to see molecular changes inside people's bodies that could signal health problems such as cancer.





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The Beaver as Chemist: Total Synthesis of Enantiomerically Pure Nupharamine Alkaloids from Castoreum

Chemistry /

created Feb 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Castoreum, the dried scent glands of the Canadian beaver, was once one of the most valuable scent components derived from animals. Castoreum contains a complex mixture of substances, including a number of ...


Chemists synthesize herbal alkaloid

Chemists synthesize herbal alkaloid

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

The club moss Lycopodium serratum is a creeping, flowerless plant used in homeopathic medicine to treat a wide variety of ailments. It contains a potent brew of alkaloids that have attracted considerable scient ...


Synthesis with a template: Carbon-free fullerene analogue

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 30, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team led by Manfred Scheer at the University of Regensburg has now synthesized the first example of an inorganic, carbon-free C80 analogue.


Chemists synthesize fungal compound with anti-cancer activity

Chemists synthesize fungal compound with anti-cancer activity

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ten years ago, William Fenical of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography isolated from an ocean-living fungus a compound that has since shown the ability to kill cancer cells in the lab. ...


Duke chemist has new way to tell right from left

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created Jun 05, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (10) | comments 0

A Duke University chemist has apparently solved a long-standing frustration in creating certain synthetic molecules that make up drugs, which could lead to better drugs with fewer side effects.


Study reveals surprising details of the evolution of protein translation

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created Aug 12, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 0

A new study of transfer RNA, a molecule that delivers amino acids to the protein-building machinery of the cell, challenges long-held ideas about the evolutionary history of protein synthesis.


Uncharged organic molecule can bind negatively charged ions

Chemistry /

created Feb 26, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (12) | comments 2

Indiana University Bloomington chemists have designed an organic molecule that binds negatively charged ions, a feat they hope will lead to the development of a whole new molecular toolbox for biologists, chemists and medical ...


Controlling the building blocks of life

Controlling the building blocks of life

Chemistry /

created Dec 10, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (17) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A simple and reliable method for converting one of the simplest chemical entities into one of the most difficult-to-make molecular building blocks of life, with complete control over its shape, ...


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First DNA molecule made almost entirely of artificial parts

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created Jul 07, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (44) | comments 2

Chemists in Japan report development of the world's first DNA molecule made almost entirely of artificial parts. The finding could lead to improvements in gene therapy, futuristic nano-sized computers, and ...


Scientists crack mystery of protein's dual function

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute have solved a 10-year-old mystery of how a single protein from an ancient family of enzymes can have two completely distinct roles in the body. In addition to providing guidance ...



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