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Metabolic profiling of liver cells suggests new treatments for cirrhosis patients

In a new study that could help doctors extend the lives of patients awaiting liver transplants, a Rice University-led team of researchers examined the metabolic breakdown that takes place in liver cells during late-stage cirrhosis and found clues that suggest new treatments to delay liver failure.

5 Mar 2014

Researchers unlock controversial structure in heart cells

Brandeis University researchers have unlocked a controversial structure in heart cells responsible for regulating heart contractions.

5 Mar 2014

Bruker announces successful installation of World’s First compact 900 MHz actively refrigerated magnet for NMR spectroscopy at UCSD

Bruker today announced the successful installation of an Ascend™ Aeon 900 magnet, the world’s first compact, single-story NMR magnet with active refrigeration at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) in La Jolla, CA.

4 Mar 2014

New study shows increase in certain macrophages may lead to therapeutic targets for Crohn's disease

For those coping with Crohn's disease, a new research report published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology offers hope for the development of new and more effective drugs. In the report, scientists show for the first time, precisely what type of immune cells are involved in driving the inflammation process in the disease.

4 Mar 2014

Drug that blocks LTA4 hydrolase enzyme plays key role in body's inflammatory response

There have been great expectations regarding the production of a drug to block the enzyme LTA4 hydrolase, which plays a key role in the body's inflammatory response.

4 Mar 2014

Scientists report major step forward in determining specific behavior of PP1 enzyme

In the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a team of scientists at Brown University reports a major step forward in determining the specific behavior of the ubiquitous enzyme PP1 implicated in a wide range of diseases including cancer.

4 Mar 2014

Research explores milk proteins for healthy aging and sports performance

The University of Limerick will take the lead in Phase 2 of Food for Health Ireland’s research programme to explore the role of milk proteins in healthy aging and performance nutrition.

4 Mar 2014

Light-activated drug delivery holds promise for treating cancer

Researchers from UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have developed an innovative cancer-fighting technique in which custom-designed nanoparticles carry chemotherapy drugs directly to tumor cells and release their cargo when triggered by a two-photon laser in the infrared red wavelength.

3 Mar 2014

3D structure of enzyme helps defend against bacteria

An essential weapon in the body's fight against infection has come into sharper view. Researchers at Princeton University have discovered the 3D structure of an enzyme that cuts to ribbons the genetic material of viruses and helps defend against bacteria.

3 Mar 2014

Max Planck scientists identify new mechanisms in cellular stress response

When an organism is exposed to life-threatening conditions, it sounds the alarm and a cellular emergency program, the heat shock response, is initiated.

3 Mar 2014

UCLA develops experimental treatment that eliminates acute type of leukemia in mice

A diverse team of scientists from UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center has developed an experimental treatment that eradicates an acute type of leukemia in mice without any detectable toxic side effects.

28 Feb 2014

Silver nanoparticles in dietary supplements, cosmetics and food packaging can cause damage to cells

Endocrine disrupters are not the only worrying chemicals that ordinary consumers are exposed to in everyday life. Also nanoparticles of silver, found in e.g. dietary supplements, cosmetics and food packaging, now worry scientists.

28 Feb 2014

UH scientists working to develop next generation of prostate cancer therapies

A University of Houston scientist and his team are working to develop the next generation of prostate cancer therapies, which are targeted at metabolism.

27 Feb 2014

Antioxidant in strawberries may help control cholesterol in blood, says study

A team of volunteers ate half a kilo of strawberries a day for a month to see whether it altered their blood parameters in any way. At the end of this unusual treatment, their levels of bad cholesterol and triglycerides reduced significantly, according to the analyses conducted by Italian and Spanish scientists.

26 Feb 2014

Researcher identifies ''conductor'' in development of muscle tissue

A team led by Jean-Fran-ois C-t-, researcher at the IRCM, identified a ''conductor'' in the development of muscle tissue. The discovery, published online yesterday by the scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), could have an important impact on the treatment of muscular diseases such as myopathies and muscular dystrophies.

26 Feb 2014

Research: Strawberries help to reduce cholesterol

25 Feb 2014

UCLA scientists developed experimental treatment that eradicates acute type of leukemia in mice

A diverse team of scientists from UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have developed an experimental treatment that eradicates an acute type of leukemia in mice without any detectable toxic side effects. The drug works by blocking two important metabolic pathways that the leukemia cells need to grow and spread.

25 Feb 2014

Researchers produce novel microparticles

A team of researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the University of Michigan/USA has produced novel microparticles, whose surface consists of three chemically different segments.

24 Feb 2014

New innovative technique can carry chemotherapy safely and release inside cancer cells

Researchers from the cancer nanotechnology and signal transduction and therapeutics programs of UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (JCCC) have developed an innovative technique that can carry chemotherapy safely and release it inside cancer cells when triggered by two-photon laser in the infrared red wave length.

24 Feb 2014

Researchers find new drug compound that treats laboratory mice with congenital heart disease

Congenital heart disease is the most common form of birth defect, affecting one out of every 125 babies, according to the National Institutes of Health. Researchers from the University of Missouri recently found success using a drug to treat laboratory mice with one form of congenital heart disease, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy - a weakening of the heart caused by abnormally thick muscle.

23 Feb 2014

Biochemistry News and Research

Metabolic profiling of liver cells suggests new treatments for cirrhosis patients

Researchers unlock controversial structure in heart cells

Bruker announces successful installation of World’s First compact 900 MHz actively refrigerated magnet for NMR spectroscopy at UCSD

New study shows increase in certain macrophages may lead to therapeutic targets for Crohn's disease

Drug that blocks LTA4 hydrolase enzyme plays key role in body's inflammatory response

Scientists report major step forward in determining specific behavior of PP1 enzyme

Research explores milk proteins for healthy aging and sports performance

Light-activated drug delivery holds promise for treating cancer

3D structure of enzyme helps defend against bacteria

Max Planck scientists identify new mechanisms in cellular stress response

UCLA develops experimental treatment that eliminates acute type of leukemia in mice

Silver nanoparticles in dietary supplements, cosmetics and food packaging can cause damage to cells

UH scientists working to develop next generation of prostate cancer therapies

Antioxidant in strawberries may help control cholesterol in blood, says study

Researcher identifies ''conductor'' in development of muscle tissue

Research: Strawberries help to reduce cholesterol

UCLA scientists developed experimental treatment that eradicates acute type of leukemia in mice

Researchers produce novel microparticles

New innovative technique can carry chemotherapy safely and release inside cancer cells

Researchers find new drug compound that treats laboratory mice with congenital heart disease

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