News articles tagged with 'biochemistry'
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…
New method for studying molecule reactions a breakthrough in organic chemistry
— 11 Mar 2011 15:40 | ChemistryGood chemists are passive-aggressive - they manipulate molecules without actually touching them…
'Shotgun' method allows scientists to dissect cells' sugar coatings
— 6 Dec 2010 17:36 | HealthSugar molecules coat every cell in our bodies and play critical roles in development and disease, yet the components of these 'glycans' have been difficult for scientists to study,…
UCLA biochemists develop new method for preventing oxidative damage to cells
— 2 Dec 2010 18:28 | HealthThe discovery by UCLA biochemists of a new method for preventing oxidation in the essential fatty acids of cell membranes could lead to a new class of more effective nutritional supplements…
Biochemistry of how plants resist insect attack determined
— 16 Nov 2010 12:24 | BiologyMany plants, including crops, release volatiles in response to insect attack. The chemical compounds can be a defence or can be an aromatic call for help to attract enemies of the attacking…
New 3-D model of RNA 'core domain' of enzyme telomerase may offer clues to cancer, ageing
— 5 Nov 2010 12:57 | HealthTelomerase is an enzyme that maintains the DNA at the ends of our chromosomes, known as telomeres. In the absence of telomerase activity, every time our cells divide, our telomeres…
Of 50,000 small molecules tested to fight cancer, 2 show promise
— 2 Nov 2010 15:10 | HealthA class of compounds that interferes with cell signalling pathways may provide a new approach to cancer treatment, according to a study published online this week in the Proceedings…
Size of protein aggregates, not abundance, drives spread of prion-based disease
— 29 Oct 2010 12:42 | HealthMad Cow disease and its human variant Creutzfeldt - Jakob disease, which are incurable and fatal, have been on a welcome hiatus from the news for years, but because mammals remain as…
'Gold' fish thrive, cancers die
— 28 Sep 2010 13:42 | HealthRice University physicist Dmitri Lapotko has demonstrated that plasmonic nanobubbles, generated around gold nanoparticles with a laser pulse, can detect and destroy cancer cells in…
Developments in nanobiotechnology at UCSB point to medical applications
— 1 Sep 2010 10:11 | HealthTwo new groundbreaking scientific papers by researchers at UC Santa Barbara demonstrate the synthesis of nanosize biological particles with the potential to fight cancer and other illnesses.…