News tagged with zinc fingers
Zinc finger proteins put personalized HIV therapy within reach
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jun 30, 2008 |
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Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and collaborators are using minute, naturally occurring proteins called zinc fingers to engineer T cells to one day treat AIDS in humans.
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New trial casts doubt on role of zinc supplements in diarrhea treatment
May 05, 2009 |
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Zinc supplementation can be ineffective in the treatment of diarrhea. A randomised controlled trial published in the open access journal BMC Medicine has shown that supplementation with either zinc or zinc and copper is no ...
Got zinc? New zinc research suggests novel therapeutic targets
Jul 30, 2009 |
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Everyone knows that vitamins "from A to zinc" are important for good health. Now, a new research study in the August 2009 print issue of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology suggests that zinc may be pointing the way to new th ...
Additive copper-zinc interaction affects toxic response in soybean
Nov 10, 2009 |
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Agricultural soils accumulate trace metals, particularly copper and zinc, as a result of their presence in wastes (sewage biosolids and manures) and fungicides that are applied over long periods of time. Regulations and guidelines ...
Think zinc: Molecular sensor could reveal zinc's role in diseases
Aug 30, 2009 |
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Scientists have developed a new molecular sensor that can reveal the amount of zinc in cells, which could tell us more about a number of diseases, including type 2 diabetes. The research, published today in ...
New rechargeable zinc-air batteries coming soon
Oct 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new breed of rechargeable zinc-air batteries is soon to be available, and may replace lithium-ion batteries in cell phones, laptops and other consumer items. Lithium-ion batteries store ...
A safe approach to nanotechnology: Boiling up zinc oxide nanorods without toxic solvents
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 19, 2009 |
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A non-toxic and environmentally friendly way to make tiny nanorods of zinc oxide has been developed for the first time by researchers in Saudi Arabia. The approach, described in the current issue of the International Journal of ...
Museum: Galileo's fingers, tooth are found
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 21, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei's corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th century and given up for lost have been found again and will soon be put on display, an Italian museum ...
'Nanospears' could lead to better solar cells, lasers, lighting
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Growing - and precisely aligning - microscopic, spear-shaped zinc oxide crystals on a surface of single-crystal silicon, researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology may have ...
Countries slow to use lifesaving diarrhea treatments for children
Oct 08, 2009 |
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Despite evidence that low-cost diarrhea treatments such as lower osmolarity oral rehydration salts (ORS) and zinc supplements could drastically reduce the number of deaths among children, little progress has been made in ...
High-Res View of Zinc Transport Protein
Sep 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- How much difference can a tenth of a nanometer make? When it comes to figuring out how proteins work, an improvement in resolution of that miniscule amount can mean the difference between seeing where atoms ...
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