News articles tagged with 'biochemical'
Stanford researchers discover molecular determinant of cell identity
— 21 Mar 2011 16:12 | HealthIf a big bunch of your brain cells suddenly went rogue and decided to become fat cells, it could cloud your decision-making capacity a bit. Fortunately, early in an organism's development,…
Gatekeeper for tomato pollination identified
— 4 Jan 2011 20:38 | BiologyTomato plants use similar biochemical mechanisms to reject pollen from their own flowers as well as pollen from foreign but related plant species, thus guarding against both inbreeding…
Most common adult brain cancer linked to gene deletion, Stanford doctors say
— 3 Jan 2011 18:44 | HealthA study fast-tracked for online publication Dec. 22 in the New England Journal of Medicine has identified an important gene deletion in up to one of every four cases of glioblastoma,…
Transition metal catalysts could be key to origin of life, scientists report
— 4 Sep 2010 10:51 | BiologyOne of the big, unsolved problems in explaining how life arose on Earth is a chicken-and-egg paradox: How could the basic biochemicals - such as amino acids and nucleotides - have arisen…
Help from the dark side
— 9 Aug 2010 07:01 | ChemistrySpectroscopic techniques are among the most important methods by which scientists can look inside materials. They exploit the interaction of light waves with a given sample…
Microbial world's use of metals mostly unmapped
— 20 Jul 2010 11:17 | BiologyA new way of surveying microbes for the metals they contain reveals that biologists have been relying on the equivalent of a 15th century map of the world…
Pinpoint precision: Delivering a biochemical payload to 1 cell
— 8 Jul 2010 08:24 | TechnologyImagine being able to drop a toothpick on the head of one particular person standing among 100,000 people in a stadium. It sounds impossible, yet this degree of precision at the cellular…
Statins associated with lower cancer recurrence following prostatectomy
— 28 Jun 2010 14:00 | HealthMen who use statins to lower their cholesterol are 30 percent less likely to see their prostate cancer come back after surgery compared to men who do not use the drugs, according to…
Link found between passive smoking and poorer mental health
— 8 Jun 2010 13:00 | HealthSecond hand smoke exposure is associated with psychological distress and risk of future psychiatric illness, according to new UCL research that suggests the harmful affects of passive…
PET scanning probes reveal different cell function within the immune system
— 18 May 2010 19:51 | HealthA commonly used probe for Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scanning and a new probe developed by researchers at UCLA reveal different functions in diverse cells of the immune system,…