With cyanobacteria, carbon dioxide and sunlight, a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers aims to create a sustainable alternative source of commodity chemicals currently derived from an ever-decreasing supply of fossil fuels.
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When aggressive, malignant tumors appear in more than one location in the brain, patient survival tends to be significantly shorter than when the disease starts as a single tumor, even though patients in both groups undergo virtually identical treatments, according to new research.
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Researchers have discovered how some proteins may cause the development of some forms of colon cancers.
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A technique used by animators helps scientists model how cancer cells enter the bloodstream.
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Molecular biologists have gained new insights into the function of so-called molecular chaperones in protein synthesis. Scientists were able to demonstrate how a molecular chaperone in bacterial cells can influence the formation of the three-dimensional structure of new proteins.
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Scientists have discovered that an extract from a common plant in Pakistan may help treat breast cancer.
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Women with Alzheimer’s show worse mental deterioration than men with the disease, even when at the same stage of the condition, according to new research.
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Researchers have identified PHF20, a novel transcriptional factor, and clarified its role in maintaining the stability and transcription of p53, a gene that allows for both normal cell growth and tumor suppression. PHF20, the researchers found, plays a previously unknown and unique role in regulating p53.
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Researchers describe new molecular interactions behind the inhibition of TGF beta-signaling.
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The hawkmoth, a natural petunia pollinator, spends less time on Petunia lines that offer less nectar as a reward.
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Researchers from the Laboratory of astrocyte biology and CNS regeneration headed by Prof. Milos Pekny just published a research article in a prestigious journal Stem Cells on the molecular mechanism that controls generation of new neurons in the brain.
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Squishy models are anything but child’s play as they help researchers understand the building-block nature of proteins.
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