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Creating plant-based, protein-rich food that looks and feels more like meat

A team of University of Massachusetts Amherst food scientists has been awarded a grant from the Good Food Institute to create tasty, plant-based, protein-rich food that's similar in texture to whole chicken, pork or beef.

5 Apr 2020

Giant Madeiran squill likely to have accumulated antibiotics from contaminated soil

A previous study has shown that a type of squill growing in Madeira produces a chemical compound that may be useful as a medicinal drug.

5 Apr 2020

Investigating Human Disease with Mass Spectrometry-based Proteomics

Dr. Andrew Webb describes how his lab uses mass spectrometry-based techniques to understand the role of post-translational modifications in human disease.

From Bruker Life Sciences Mass Spectrometry 3 Apr 2020

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New study overturns ‘snapshot’ model of cell cycle accepted since 1974

Cells have a big decision: Should they replicate or sleep? Healthy cells can go either way. Cancer cells' replication switches are stuck in the 'on' position.

2 Apr 2020

Inhibiting the iron transport could halt tuberculosis

The bacteria that cause tuberculosis need iron to survive. Researchers at the University of Zurich have now solved the first detailed structure of the transport protein responsible for the iron supply.

1 Apr 2020

Study shows how the brain balances sensory information to control muscle movement

Visual feedback is just as important as a sense of body position when it comes to the involuntary reflexes that activate muscle movement, says a new study in the open-access journal eLife.

1 Apr 2020

UVA researchers find way to enhance cancer outcomes by examining patients' genetic data

By mining a vast trove of genetic data, researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine are enhancing doctors’ ability to treat cancer, predict patient outcomes and determine which treatments will work best for individual patients.

30 Mar 2020

Study shows how copper boosts pig growth

Pigs have better feed conversion rates with copper in their diets, but until now, scientists didn't fully understand why.

27 Mar 2020

Scientists discover a brain region necessary for shaping socially motivated behavior

How much we value an item is often related to what other people have. You might want the newest fashion, but not once everybody has it.

27 Mar 2020

Snake venom did not evolve as a defense mechanism, research shows

It is estimated that every year, over 100,000 human deaths can be attributed to snakebite from the world's 700 venomous snake species - all inflicted in self-defense when the snakes feel threatened by encroaching humans.

25 Mar 2020

New molecular probes to study the behavior of opioid receptors

It could be an important step forward in the improvement of pain therapy: Thanks to newly developed molecular probes, the behavior of individual opioid receptors can now be studied in detail.

25 Mar 2020

Changes in surface sugarlike molecules help cancer cells to spread

Changes in a specific type of sugarlike molecule, or glycan, on the surface of cancer cells help them to spread into other tissues, according to researchers at the University of California, Davis. Published March 23 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the work could lead to diagnostic tests and new therapies to slow or stop the spread of cancers.

25 Mar 2020

Multi-corneal barrier-on-a-chip device could help improve ophthalmic drug development

Researchers at Kyoto University's Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences have developed a device that moves fluids over corneal cells similarly to the movement of tears over a blinking eye.

24 Mar 2020

Research reveals important mechanism in the repair of DNA double-strand breaks

Scientists have revealed an important mechanism in the repair of DNA double-strand breaks, according to new research published today in eLife.

24 Mar 2020

Researchers show possibility to control cell bioenergetics by changing mitochondria content

Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have shown that they can give cells a short-term boost of energy through mitochondrial transplantation.

23 Mar 2020

Researchers invent new method to map sugar structures of blood-thinning drug

The blood-thinning drug heparin is used all over the world. But, the underlying sugar structures of heparin and the wider family of heparan sulfate sugars in cells have not been fully mapped.

22 Mar 2020

Antibiotic blocks the integration of building blocks into the cell wall of pathogens

One of the last arrows in the quiver in the fight against dangerous bacteria is the reserve antibiotic daptomycin.

21 Mar 2020

CARB-X awards $2.86M to develop novel oral antibiotic to treat drug-resistant gonorrhea

Up to $2.86M has been awarded to a research team including Penn State scientists to develop a new oral antibiotic to treat multidrug-resistant gonorrhea, a sexually transmitted disease caused by bacteria that have developed resistance to all but one existing antibiotic.

20 Mar 2020

Researchers produce fat busting proteins in the lab

Triglycerides, those fats that seem to be the bane of any diet, remain a mystery for many researchers. Plenty of them are in Big Macs, deep pan pizza and the like, but some are a necessity to fuel the body for daily activities.

19 Mar 2020

Biochemistry

Creating plant-based, protein-rich food that looks and feels more like meat

Giant Madeiran squill likely to have accumulated antibiotics from contaminated soil

Investigating Human Disease with Mass Spectrometry-based Proteomics

New IONICON corporate, product & technologies brochure

New study overturns ‘snapshot’ model of cell cycle accepted since 1974

Inhibiting the iron transport could halt tuberculosis

Study shows how the brain balances sensory information to control muscle movement

UVA researchers find way to enhance cancer outcomes by examining patients' genetic data

Study shows how copper boosts pig growth

Scientists discover a brain region necessary for shaping socially motivated behavior

Snake venom did not evolve as a defense mechanism, research shows

New molecular probes to study the behavior of opioid receptors

Changes in surface sugarlike molecules help cancer cells to spread

Multi-corneal barrier-on-a-chip device could help improve ophthalmic drug development

Research reveals important mechanism in the repair of DNA double-strand breaks

Researchers show possibility to control cell bioenergetics by changing mitochondria content

Researchers invent new method to map sugar structures of blood-thinning drug

Antibiotic blocks the integration of building blocks into the cell wall of pathogens

CARB-X awards $2.86M to develop novel oral antibiotic to treat drug-resistant gonorrhea

Researchers produce fat busting proteins in the lab

Small solutions for big problems in drug discovery and delivery

Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy

Utilizing process Raman in optimizing cultivated meat production

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