Progress toward a new remedy for chronic urinary tract infections?
...d urinary tract inflammations. Combating certain bonds Bouckaert and De Greve have investigated the way in which the E. coli bacteria attach themselves. This attachment takes place by means of a reaction between the protein 'Adhesine FimH' on the tips of the pili and special receptors on the wall of the...Four Max Planck Partner Groups starting in India
...er Group with the topic "Clarification of chemical bonds and physical properties of new materials," which will be headed by Dr. Tansuri Saha-Dasgupta at the renowned S.N. Bose National Center for Basic Research in Kolkata. From 1997 to 1999, Dr. Saha-Dasgupta was a fellowship holder under the aegis of Dr. ...Femtosecond laser technique opens new opportunities for research on neural regeneration
...delivered by the laser pulses breaks down chemical bonds at the targeted site, vaporizing the tissue within a tiny volume without causing side effects such as heating of surrounding tissue, Yanik said. The duration of the laser pulses used in the study was 200 femtoseconds (a femtosecond is a millionth of...Research to explore revolutionary gene sequencing: Threading the molecular needle
...lecule at the other by chemical bonds. The AFM tip bonds to the "bead" and by its movement rapidly pulls first the "wire" and then the DNA molecule through the ring. If Lindsay's proposed sequencing method can be made towork, it would be remarkably faster and more accurate than current seque......stance, are proteins that make or disrupt chemical bonds in other molecules -- individual atoms of a protein must be aligned just so if they are to function properly. Consequently, there is a direct relationship between a protein's shape and its function. The study of amyloids is complicated by the fact th...