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AI tool helps develop the most complete map of the bacterial essential interactome

Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB) researchers have produced the most complete map of the bacterial essential interactome, i.e. how proteins combine and interact to perform functions essential for their survival.

23 Feb 2024

SCIEX’s Jose Castro-Perez Reveals How They're Setting New Standards in Mass Spectrometry

SCIEX’s Reveals How They're Setting New Standards in Mass Spectrometry at SLAS 2024.

From Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) 22 Feb 2024

Collaborative project gets $20 million to develop new radiopharmaceutical cancer therapies

UT Health Science Center researchers Gabor Tigyi, MD, PhD, Harriet Van Vleet Endowment Professor in Basic Oncology Research, Junming Yue, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Pathology, Sue Chin Lee, PhD, in the Department of Physiology, and David Schwartz, MD, chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology, are part of a scientific leadership group awarded $20 million from the University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge Innovation Institute in partnership with Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, to develop new radiopharmaceutical therapies to treat cancer.

21 Feb 2024

Scientists develop 3D-printable gelatin materials for reconstructive and plastic surgery

Researchers from IOCB Prague and Ghent University have been working on improving the properties of gelatin-based materials, thereby expanding the possibilities of their use mainly in medicine.

21 Feb 2024

Aging alters fibroblasts to promote pancreatic cancer growth

Older people may be at greater risk of developing pancreatic cancer and have poorer prognoses because of age-related changes in cells in the pancreas called fibroblasts, according to research led by investigators from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy.

20 Feb 2024

Researchers introduce a pioneering approach to combat neurodegenerative diseases

Researchers led by Northwestern University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison have introduced a pioneering approach aimed at combating neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

16 Feb 2024

Chula researchers develop wireless hepatitis B test kit for rapid diagnosis

Chula researchers have developed a remarkable wireless hepatitis B virus test kit to screen for infection and collect data for an online database that's fast and complete in one step. Industrial production is targeted for use throughout the country.

15 Feb 2024

How maternal diet composition influences offspring appetite and metabolic health

Researchers evaluated the impact of maternal dietary protein and carbohydrate balance on offspring's appetite and metabolic health.

15 Feb 2024

Microgreens: Superfoods for the future, packed with nutrients and easy to grow

Review in Heliyon highlights the nutritional superiority, cultivation methods, and health benefits of microgreens, emphasizing their potential as a sustainable functional food amidst global health and environmental challenges.

12 Feb 2024

Breakthrough technique unveils secrets of "backtracking" in gene regulation

A technique can determine for the first time how frequently, and exactly where, a molecular event called "backtracking" occurs throughout the genetic material (genome) of any species, a new study shows.

9 Feb 2024

Hormonal steroids could make gonorrhea untreatable

You know that package warning that oral birth control won't prevent STIs? Well in the case of gonorrhea, the sexually transmitted bacterium that causes the disease can use those hormones to help it resist antibiotic attacks.

8 Feb 2024

New immunotherapy borrows cancer's tricks to unleash powerful T cells

Immunotherapies using engineered T cells have ushered in a new era in cancer treatment, but they have their limits. They may cause side effects or stop working, and they do not work at all against 90% of cancers.

8 Feb 2024

Parental traits offer new clues to predicting neurodevelopmental disorders in children

Predicting the trajectory of neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders like autism or schizophrenia is difficult because they can be influenced by many different genetic and environmental factors.

8 Feb 2024

Wayne State researchers secure $1.4 million DoD grant for prostate cancer study

A team of researchers from Wayne State University was awarded a $1.4 million, three-year grant from the U.S. Department of Defense for the study, "Cytochrome c acetylation drives prostate cancer aggressiveness and Warburg effect."

7 Feb 2024

Study pinpoints a protein linked to metastatic pancreatic cancer

Pancreatic cancer is the No. 3 cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States, and only 12% of patients survive five years after being diagnosed.

7 Feb 2024

Unraveling the architecture of poxvirus cores

A recent re-emergence and outbreak of Mpox brought poxviruses back as a public health threat, underlining an important knowledge gap at their core.

6 Feb 2024

NIH awards $1.9 million to investigate how complex communities of microbes impact human health

The bacteria and microorganisms that live within the human body -; the microbiota -; can impact human health, disease risk and even how the body absorbs medications, but the details of these processes are unclear.

5 Feb 2024

Engrailed-1 protein promotes pancreatic cancer progression and metastasis

Pancreatic cancer is the No. 3 cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States, and only 12% of patients survive five years after being diagnosed.

2 Feb 2024

Welch Foundation grant supports UTA research on drug-resistant tuberculosis

With a $300,000 grant, the Welch Foundation is supporting University of Texas at Arlington research into why some types of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the bacteria that causes the lung disease tuberculosis (TB), do not respond to treatments.

2 Feb 2024

New insights on how diet regulates allergic responses

The intricate relationship that exists between humans and the gut microbiome has become a hot research topic, and scientists are constantly uncovering new reasons why a healthy diet can lead to a healthier life.

1 Feb 2024

Biochemistry News and Research

AI tool helps develop the most complete map of the bacterial essential interactome

SCIEX’s Jose Castro-Perez Reveals How They're Setting New Standards in Mass Spectrometry

Collaborative project gets $20 million to develop new radiopharmaceutical cancer therapies

Scientists develop 3D-printable gelatin materials for reconstructive and plastic surgery

Aging alters fibroblasts to promote pancreatic cancer growth

Researchers introduce a pioneering approach to combat neurodegenerative diseases

Chula researchers develop wireless hepatitis B test kit for rapid diagnosis

How maternal diet composition influences offspring appetite and metabolic health

Microgreens: Superfoods for the future, packed with nutrients and easy to grow

Breakthrough technique unveils secrets of "backtracking" in gene regulation

Hormonal steroids could make gonorrhea untreatable

New immunotherapy borrows cancer's tricks to unleash powerful T cells

Parental traits offer new clues to predicting neurodevelopmental disorders in children

Wayne State researchers secure $1.4 million DoD grant for prostate cancer study

Study pinpoints a protein linked to metastatic pancreatic cancer

Unraveling the architecture of poxvirus cores

NIH awards $1.9 million to investigate how complex communities of microbes impact human health

Engrailed-1 protein promotes pancreatic cancer progression and metastasis

Welch Foundation grant supports UTA research on drug-resistant tuberculosis

New insights on how diet regulates allergic responses

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