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Molecules self-assemble to provide new therapeutic treatments

Researchers in the laboratory of Samuel I. Stupp at Northwestern University have an interesting approach for tackling some major health problems: gather raw materials and then let them self-assemble into structures that can ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

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Polymer's hunt for nicotine

Newly synthesized polymer, fitted with molecular pincers of carefully tailored structure, effectively captures nicotine molecules and its analogues. The polymer can be used for fabrication of sensitive and selective chemical ...

Chemistry / Polymers

created Aug 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Common drugs initiate a molecular pas de quatre at the surface of the cell membrane

G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are popular drug targets, accounting for about one-third of approved drugs and many hundreds of drugs currently in development. They act as molecular switches that transduce extracellular ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Seeing red? Making carbon nanotubes clearer to the naked eye

If you were to look at a carbon nanotube with the naked eye you wouldn't see much more than black powder, but now a team of EU-funded scientists has developed a novel way of making these multi-purpose nanotechnology ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jul 11, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cell viscosity research improves our knowledge of cancer cells

EU-funded researchers from Germany and Poland have made some groundbreaking discoveries about cell cytoplasm viscosity, which could further our knowledge of the cytoplasm of cancer cells.

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created May 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Hershey scientists improve methods for analysis of healthful cocoa compounds

Two scientific publications report on improved methods for determining the amounts of flavanol antioxidants in cocoa and chocolate. The research, sponsored by The Hershey Center for Health and Nutrition, was a collaboration ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Feb 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Planet affects a star's spin

The discovery of a hot Jupiter exoplanet that transfers orbital momentum to its host star may hold the key to a clearer understanding of the evolution of common planetary systems, according to findings presented ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 13, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Combination vaccine developed for smallpox and anthrax

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new combination vaccine against both smallpox and anthrax has been tested in animal studies and found to be more effective against anthrax than the Emergent BioSolutions Inc. vaccine currently ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 06, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

Engineered coral pigment helps scientists to observe protein movement

Scientists in Southampton, UK, and Ulm and Karlsruhe in Germany have shown that a variant form of a fluorescent protein (FP) originally isolated from a reef coral has excellent properties as a marker protein ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 27, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Bioengineers create simulator to test blood platelets in virtual heart attacks

A team of bioengineers from the University of Pennsylvania Institute for Medicine and Engineering have trained a computer neural network model to accurately predict how blood platelets would respond to complex conditions ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jun 20, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study adds to evidence that autism has genetic basis

Although there is no known cause of autism, studies have shown that mutations in several genes are associated with the developmental brain disorder. New research has uncovered two additional genes that may be involved with ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created May 02, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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