News articles tagged with 'amino'
Small code change, big effect
— 28 Mar 2011 18:02 | ChemistryScientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, have developed a new method which enables researchers to label any protein of their choice with…
UCSB scientists get glimpse of how the 'code' of life may have emerged
— 28 Mar 2011 15:12 | BiologyA portion of the 'code' of life has been unravelled by a UC Santa Barbara graduate student from the town of Jojutla, Mexico…
Metabolite levels may be able to improve diabetes risk prediction
— 21 Mar 2011 16:02 | HealthMeasuring the levels of small molecules in the blood may be able to identify individuals at elevated risk of developing type 2 diabetes as much as a decade before symptoms of the disorder…
Production of mustard oils: On the origin of an enzyme
— 17 Mar 2011 19:14 | BiologyPlants are continually exposed to herbivore attack. To defend themselves, they have developed sophisticated chemical defence mechanisms. Plants of the mustard family, such as thale…
MIT scientists identify new H1N1 mutation that could allow virus to spread more easily
— 10 Mar 2011 18:14 | HealthIn the fall of 1917, a new strain of influenza swirled around the globe. At first, it resembled a typical flu epidemic: Most deaths occurred among the elderly, while younger people…
Synthetic biology: TUM researchers develop novel kind of fluorescent protein
— 9 Mar 2011 18:23 | BiologyProteins are the most important functional biomolecules in nature with numerous applications in life science research, biotechnology and medicine. So how can they be modified in the…
Subtle shifts, not major sweeps, drove human evolution
— 18 Feb 2011 17:23 | BiologyThe most popular model used by geneticists for the last 35 years to detect the footprints of human evolution may overlook more common subtle changes, a new international study finds…
Math may help calculate way to find new drugs for HIV and other diseases
— 8 Feb 2011 18:27 | HealthUsing mathematical concepts, Princeton researchers have developed a method of discovering new drugs for a range of diseases by calculating which physical properties of biological molecules…
Liver, dietary proteins key in fertility
— 2 Feb 2011 16:28 | HealthWhen you think about organs with an important role in reproduction, the liver most likely doesn't spring to mind. But a new report in the February issue of Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press…
More asteroids could have made life's ingredients
— 19 Jan 2011 17:59 | AstronomyA wider range of asteroids were capable of creating the kind of amino acids used by life on Earth, according to new NASA research…