Unlocking proteins from their cellular shell
... findings for both simple red blood cells and more versatile stem cells show that hidden and folded parts of proteins can be exposed by physical strain, not just by chemical reaction. From there, proteins can be labeled and mapped, increasing the understanding of cellular behavior and unlocking novel targetab......ch components might be inexpensive, biodegradable, versatile and easy to manipulate. The main problem with molecular electronics, however, is that the organic materials must first be made sufficiently pure and then, ways must be found to successfully dope these somewhat delicate systems. This is what Prof. D...Nature's secrets yield new adhesive material
... study. The mussel-inspired adhesive is extremely versatile in that it can bond reversibly to inorganic surfaces under wet and dry conditions. As Lee noted, the next research hurdle was whether their hybrid geckel nanoadhesive would continue to stick to surfaces after multiple contacts. This has been a ma...Microscopic jets, diamonds unlikely on Uranus, and amazing mosquito legs
...ur arm, take a moment to ponder its impressive and versatile leg adaptations -- then squish it before it sucks your blood. - JR...American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- June 27/July 3, 2007
... of their vegetable-based PUR sheets. PURs are a versatile group of plastics, widely used in liquid coatings and paints, adhesives, flexible foam in upholstered furniture, building insulation, shoes, and automotive interiors.The PUR sheets were produced with an improved version of a process in which canola o...Herpes virus hijacks DNA repair process
...eplicate also dramatically decreased. Kinases are versatile proteins that sometimes play multiple roles. To ensure that enhanced viral replication wasn't linked to orf36's interactions with other molecules, researchers turned to mice lacking the genes for ATM and H2AX, the damage response proteins activated b...Existence of muscle-building stem cells points to regenerative therapies for muscular disease
...eir muscular fate and others that behave like more versatile stem cells. The cells had widely been considered by scientists as a homogeneous population of dedicated muscle progenitors. Moreover, Rudnickis team showed that injection of the "satellite stem cells" into the muscles of mice successfully replenished...Jaap Sinninghe Damst awarded the Vernadsky Medal for innovative use of biomarkers
...n (ESF) EUROCORES Programmes, it is clear how very versatile these biomarkers are as they can be applied to a whole range of scientific projects. "Being involved with EUROCORES has been a nice opportunity for my research. Usually the EC programmes only cover limited areas and the programmes have to be more ...Vitamin extends life in yeast, Dartmouth Medical School researchers find
...ike the B3 vitamin, niacin, NR is a precursor to a versatile cellular factor that is vital for all life. The factor, called NAD, short for nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, is elevated by calorie restriction. So the researchers set out to develop an intervention to elevate NAD, using yeast cells, whose ge...New methods and tools needed to measure exposure to airborne nanomaterials
...nd 12 other experts included development of such a versatile measurement tool among five grand challenges that they viewed as essential to achieving the safe handling of nanotechnology in an article that appeared in the November 16, 2006 issue of the journal Nature. The proposed wearable sampling device woul...Researcher examines polymers created with poultry feathers
...t, explains Barone. "The industry is looking for a versatile product that can be used for multiple markets." Plastics made from biomass are made just like petroleum-based plastics. They are cheaper to manufacture and meet or exceed most properties except for water resistance and longevity. Meeting these perf...MIT particles pave way for new bedside diagnostics
...targets in a test sample. Using a new, extremely versatile technique, the researchers can produce a "virtually unlimited" array of particles to test for DNA, RNA, proteins and other biomolecules, said Daniel Pregibon, a graduate student in chemical engineering at MIT. Pregibon is the lead author of a paper...First direct electric link between neurons and light-sensitive nanoparticle films created
...less complex applications made possible by a tiny, versatile light-activated interface with nerve cells such things as new ways to connect with artificial limbs and other prostheses, and revolutionary new tools for imaging, diagnosis and therapy. "The beauty of this achievement is that these materials can ...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- February 14, 2007
...subtilis) a common soil bacterium, "thus acquiring versatile data storage and the robustness of data inheritance." The researchers demonstrated the method by using a strain of B. subtilis to store the message: "E=MC2 1905!" Albert Einstein's famous 1905 energy-mass equivalence equation. "We suggest that th...NIH funds innovative alzheimer's research initiated at UCSB
...ving buckyballs. Buckyball is the nickname for the versatile carbon molecule known as C60, which scientists named buckminsterfullerene after American architect R. Buckminster Fuller, who designed geodesic domes in a soccer-ball shape. Our ion mobility and mass spectrometry methods provide a new way to attack t...New medications, cancer diagnosis goals of UH engineers with $1M in grants
... for NanoHealth. Together, they are developing versatile technology that will enable such breakthroughs as rapid evaluation of the effectiveness of potential antiviral drugs by their ability to block a virus bond with a cell receptor, as well as high-precision detection of cancer biomarkers using molecular...Disabling key protein may give physicians time to treat pneumonic plague
...tion. Depending on how Yersinia is introduced, the versatile pathogen can modify itself to infect the lungs (pneumonic plague), the lymph glands (bubonic plague), or the bloodstream and organs (septicemic plague). Bubonic plague was spread by bites from infected fleas; pneumonic plague can spread through dropl...Pittsburgh-based team engineers muscle, bone cell differentiation with aid of ink-jet printer
...dies, the Pittsburgh researchers are combining the versatile ink-jet system with advanced real-time live cell image analysis developed at the Robotics Institute and Molecular Biosensor and Imaging Center to further understand how stem cells differentiate into bone, muscle and other cell types....Muscle and bone from an ink-jet printer
...rchers are following up this work by combining the versatile ink-jet system with advanced live cell imaging developed at Carnegie Mellons Robotics Institute and Molecular Biosensor and Imaging Center to further understand how stem cells differentiate into bone, muscle, or other cell types.......ral to conidial morphology further illustrates the versatile and essential role of these secondary metabolites in fungal biology. For years long ignored, the function of natural products is rapidly becoming one of the hot topics in fungal biology; the findings reported in this study by Dr. Lawrence's research ...