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Targeting the microenvironment of cancer cells to inhibit tumor growth

The recognition of bacterial infections or foreign substances is mediated and controlled by the human immune system. This innate and adaptive immune system comprises the most important metabolic and cellulare processes to fight against infections and other diseases.

5 Feb 2020

UH professor examines life cycle of drug-resistant persister cells in recurrent infections

A University of Houston engineering professor is examining the life cycle of stubborn, drug-resistant persister cells in recurrent infections to find a way to destroy them.

4 Feb 2020

Scientists track down a potential target for new sleeping sickness drugs

Using ultra-bright X-ray flashes, a team of researchers has tracked down a potential target for new drugs against sleeping sickness: The scientists have decoded the detailed spatial structure of a vital enzyme of the pathogen, the parasite Trypanosoma brucei.

30 Jan 2020

Japanese researchers identify genetic variations related to specific dietary habits

Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences in Japan and colleagues at Osaka University have found genetic variations in humans related to specific dietary habits.

29 Jan 2020

UB team receives $2 million NIH grant for enzyme research

In the human body, proteins called enzymes help speed up chemical reactions that are vital for life.

29 Jan 2020

New insecticide compounds from plant used for traditional Chinese medicine

For hundreds of years, practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine have used an herb called Stemona sessilifolia as a remedy for parasitic infections, such as those caused by pinworms and lice.

29 Jan 2020

Analysis of Postmortem Microbes using Gas Chromatography

In this interview, Katelynn Perrault, from Chaminade University of Honolulu talks to News-Medical and Life Sciences about her research into using Multidimensional Gas Chromatography to achieve odor profiling of postmortem microbes.

From Pittcon 29 Jan 2020

Scientists may soon be able to prevent disease-spreading mosquitoes from maturing

New research from UC Riverside shows scientists may soon be able to prevent disease-spreading mosquitoes from maturing. Using the same gene-altering techniques, they may also be able help boost reproduction in beneficial bumblebees.

28 Jan 2020

Researchers develop new model that simulates the accumulation of lipids in membranes

Cholesterol is crucial to the formation of the cell membranes of mammals and is part of many life processes.

27 Jan 2020

New portable device could be used to assess microbes in the environment

Imagine a device that could swiftly analyze microbes in oceans and other aquatic environments, revealing the health of these organisms - too tiny to be seen by the naked eye - and their response to threats to their ecosystems.

27 Jan 2020

Determining Microsatellite Instability Status Using Multiplex PCR-Based Methods

Determining microsatellite instability status using multiplex PCR-based methods used to screen for Lynch Syndrome, a dominant hereditary cancer propensity.

From Promega Corporation 24 Jan 2020

New discovery changes the understanding of gene expression

A group of University of Chicago scientists has uncovered a previously unknown way that our genes are made into reality.

22 Jan 2020

High-speed, precise liquid and gas handling products at SLAS 2020

Festo debuts a new generation of high speed, flexible, and precise liquid dispensing and gas handling products at SLAS, January 27-29, in San Diego.

22 Jan 2020

New method determines the atomic structure of natural products more rapidly, accurately

Many drugs are derived from natural products. But before natural products can be exploited, chemists must first determine their structure and stereochemistry.

21 Jan 2020

Enterprise Therapeutics publishes open access paper on novel approach to treat cystic fibrosis

Enterprise Therapeutics Ltd, a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery and development of novel therapies to improve the lives of patients suffering with respiratory disease, today announced the publication of its first peer-reviewed paper.

21 Jan 2020

Biochemistry

Targeting the microenvironment of cancer cells to inhibit tumor growth

UH professor examines life cycle of drug-resistant persister cells in recurrent infections

Scientists track down a potential target for new sleeping sickness drugs

Japanese researchers identify genetic variations related to specific dietary habits

UB team receives $2 million NIH grant for enzyme research

New insecticide compounds from plant used for traditional Chinese medicine

Analysis of Postmortem Microbes using Gas Chromatography

Scientists may soon be able to prevent disease-spreading mosquitoes from maturing

Researchers develop new model that simulates the accumulation of lipids in membranes

New portable device could be used to assess microbes in the environment

Determining Microsatellite Instability Status Using Multiplex PCR-Based Methods

New discovery changes the understanding of gene expression

High-speed, precise liquid and gas handling products at SLAS 2020

New method determines the atomic structure of natural products more rapidly, accurately

Enterprise Therapeutics publishes open access paper on novel approach to treat cystic fibrosis

SITESEEKER to be used for Otsuka’s therapeutics discovery programs

Certain enzymes implicated in diseases like cancer also destroy each other

Researchers develop self-assembled artificial microtubule like LEGO building blocks

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Research could be starting point for wound dressings with 'built-in infection stoppers'

Synthetic Psychedelics: A Growing Public Health Concern

How the Vutara VXL simplifies single-molecule imaging

How cohesin mechanics and nanotracker tech are redefining DNA research

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