News articles tagged with 'molecular'
CSHL team solves structure of NMDA receptor unit that could be drug target for neurological diseases
— 13 Nov 2009 14:34 | HealthA team of scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) reports on Thursday their success in solving the molecular structure of a key portion of a cellular receptor implicated... — full story
Capturing those in-between moments: NIST solves timing problem in molecular modelling
— 5 Nov 2009 12:14 | TechnologyA theoretical physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a method for calculating the motions and forces of thousands of atoms simultaneously... — full story
Similar molecular tweaks led both a shrew and a lizard to produce venom
— 30 Oct 2009 11:25 | BiologyBiologists have shown that independent but similar molecular changes turned a harmless digestive enzyme into a toxin in two unrelated species - a shrew and a lizard - giving each a... — full story
Penn team uses self-assembly to make molecule-sized particles with patches of charge
— 21 Oct 2009 10:38 | TechnologyPhysicists, chemists and engineers at the University of Pennsylvania have demonstrated a novel method for the controlled formation of patchy particles, using charged, self-assembling... — full story
A master mechanism for regeneration?
— 20 Oct 2009 11:51 | BiologyBiologists long have marvelled at the ability of some animals to re-grow lost body parts. Newts, for example, can lose a leg and grow a new one identical to the original. Zebrafish... — full story
Major advance in organic solar cells
— 20 Oct 2009 11:01 | TechnologyProfessor Guillermo Bazan and a team of postgraduate researchers at UC Santa Barbara's Centre for Polymers and Organic Solids (CPOS) today announced a major advance in the synthesis... — full story
ID3 provides career counselling for blood progenitors, driving the creation of gamma-delta T cells
— 16 Oct 2009 10:30 | HealthLike an unusually forceful career counsellor, the Id3 protein decides the fate of a given white blood cell precursor, according to researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Centre. Their findings,... — full story
Loss of tumour supressor gene essential to transforming benign nerve tumours into cancers
— 14 Oct 2009 12:50 | HealthResearchers at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Centre showed for the first time that the loss or decreased expression of the tumour suppressor gene PTEN plays a central role in... — full story
Researchers identify workings of L-form bacteria
— 14 Oct 2009 11:43 | HealthResearchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have for the first time identified the genetic mechanisms involved in the formation and survival of L-form bacteria.... — full story
Prion study reveals first direct information about the protein's molecular structure
— 7 Oct 2009 07:32 | BiologyA collaboration between scientists at Vanderbilt University and the University of California, San Francisco has led to the first direct information about the molecular structure of... — full story