Archive for the ‘Biology / Biochemistry’ Category
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
Scientists from three Chicago-area universities have joined forces to develop new ways of building state-of-the-art chemical libraries that will help identify new compounds for future drug development and basic biomedical research.
Posted in Biology / Biochemistry, medical-news | No Comments »
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
Scientists from three Chicago-area universities have joined forces to develop new ways of building state-of-the-art chemical libraries that will help identify new compounds for future drug development and basic biomedical research.
Posted in Biology / Biochemistry, medical-news | No Comments »
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
LEDs may help reduce skin wrinkles, researchers report Researchers in Germany are describing a potential alternative to Botox and cosmetic surgery for easing facial wrinkles.
Posted in Biology / Biochemistry, medical-news | No Comments »
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
A team of researchers from Spain and the US led an investigation to reveal the extent to which sexual cannibalism occurs in nature and whether this behavior benefits female spiders.
Posted in Biology / Biochemistry, medical-news | No Comments »
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
If the biofuel known as bioethanol is to make a major contribution to our fuel supplies, then we may well require the assistance of some tiny insect helpers, says Michael Scharf, an assistant professor of entomology at the University of Florida, Gainesville.
Posted in Biology / Biochemistry, medical-news | No Comments »
Monday, October 20th, 2008
Systems biology scientists from diverse areas of research are developing a range of methods to model pathways, interpret data, and derive therapeutic targets from biological networks, reports Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News (GEN).
Posted in Biology / Biochemistry, medical-news | No Comments »
Saturday, October 18th, 2008
The building blocks of life may have emerged in volcanic eruptions on the early Earth, according to a new analysis of classic experiments performed more than fifty years ago. Using modern techniques to examine samples from the original experiments, researchers discovered previously undetectable organic compounds.
Posted in Biology / Biochemistry, medical-news | No Comments »
Saturday, October 18th, 2008
A map of where proteins are located in tissues and cells could help scientists understand the molecular basis of diseases such as cancer Researchers in Sweden are compiling a remarkable 'atlas' that pinpoints the location of thousands of individual proteins in the body's tissues and cells which wi
Posted in Biology / Biochemistry, medical-news | No Comments »
Friday, October 17th, 2008
The means by which proteins provide a 'border control' service, allowing cells to take up chemicals and substances from their surroundings, whilst keeping others out, is revealed in unprecedented molecular detail for the first time in Science Express.
Posted in Biology / Biochemistry, medical-news | No Comments »
Friday, October 17th, 2008
For the first time, a new edition of a major textbook will be simultaneously released in print and free online in a novel approach to publishing that permits the textbook to reach a wider audience.
Posted in Biology / Biochemistry, medical-news | No Comments »