News tagged with synthetic molecules
Synthetic molecules emulate enzyme behavior for the first time
Jul 02, 2008 |
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When chemists want to produce a lot of a substance -- such as a newly designed drug -- they often turn to catalysts, molecules that speed chemical reactions. Many jobs require highly specialized catalysts, and finding one ...
Synthetic Molecules Could Add Spice To Fight Against Cancer
Aug 18, 2008 |
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Seeking to improve on nature, scientists used a spice-based compound as a starting point and developed synthetic molecules that, in lab settings, are able to kill cancer cells and stop the cells from spreading. The researchers ...
New stem cell tools to aid drug development
Sep 03, 2008 |
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SCIENTISTS have designed, developed and tested new molecular tools for stem cell research to direct the formation of certain tissue types for use in drug development programmes.
Simulated gene therapy
Apr 29, 2009 |
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In a recent issue of The Journal of Chemical Physics, published by the American Institute of Physics (AIP), a group of researchers at the University of California, Berkeley and Los Alamos National Laboratory describe the fi ...
Chemists discover twisted molecules that pick their targets
Aug 10, 2009 |
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New York University chemists have discovered how to make molecules with a twist—the molecules fold in to twisted helical shapes that can accelerate selected chemical reactions. The research, reported in the latest issue of ...
Researcher refining synthetic molecules to prevent HIV resistance
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Dec 16, 2008 |
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Evolving HIV viral strains and the adverse side effects associated with long-term exposure to current treatments propel scientists to continue exploring alternative HIV treatments. In a new study, a University of Missouri ...
Toward better solar cells: Chemists gain control of light-harvesting paths
Oct 08, 2009 |
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University of Florida chemists have pioneered a method to tease out promising molecular structures for capturing energy, a step that could speed the development of more efficient, cheaper solar cells.
Engineered protein-like molecule protects cells against HIV infection
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Aug 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- With the help of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and molecular engineering, researchers have designed synthetic protein-like mimics convincing enough to interrupt unwanted biological conversations ...
Molecules self-assemble to provide new therapeutic treatments
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 14, 2009 |
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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 ...
Insulin analogue glargine possibly increases cancer risk
Jun 26, 2009 |
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The risk of cancer possibly increases if patients with diabetes use the long-acting insulin analogue glargine instead of human insulin. The Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG), in collaboration with ...
