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Supercomputers to focus brains on AIDS dilemma

...research, are giving real hope that the remarkable story of molecular dynamics simulations in helping discover HIV-1 protease inhibitors may be repeated with HIV-1 integrase inhibitors," said McCammon. "This could potentially save many lives in the fight against HIV/AIDS." The molecular dynamics simulatio...

One gene links newborn neurons with those that die in diseases such as Alzheimer's

...because we study birds that learn their songs, the story relates to a fascinating, learned behavior, so it offers the opportunity to show how integration at different levels of biology can be made to pay," Nottebohm says. "It allows us to think about the brain in ways that no single level of analysis would...

Marine sponge yields nanoscale secrets

...volving the use of gold nanoparticles is the cover story of the current issue of the scientific journal, Advanced Materials. The article is written by Daniel E. Morse, professor of molecular, cellular and developmental biology at UCSB, and director of the Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies, and hi...

NYU and MSKCC research provides model for understanding chemically induced cancer initiation

...induced cancers. The findings appear as the cover story in the latest issue of the Journal of Molecular Biology. This team was headed by Dinshaw Patel at MSKCC, Nicholas Geacintov, chair of NYU's chemistry department, and Suse Broyde, a professor in NYU's biology department. The studied gene, p53, is an ...

Biochemists report discovery of structure of major piece of telomerase; implications for cancer

...n, the scientists said. The discovery is the cover story in the March 4 issue of the journal Molecular Cell. "Knowledge of the structure should provide insights into how telomerase works," said Juli Feigon, professor of chemistry and biochemistry at UCLA, who led the research group. "Knowing the structure...

Bioelectronic ‘signatures?hold key to DNA mutations

...Wang’s results recently were featured as the cover story in the March issue of Analytical Chemistry and were published earlier this winter in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. The article can be found on the Web at (http://pubs3.acs.org/acs/journals/doilookup?in_doi=10.1021/ja043780a). ...

New Drugs For Bad Bugs: UF Approach Could Bolster Antibiotic Arsenal

...mal way go,?he said. “It doesn’t give you the full story ?it doesn’t tell you, for example, how quickly the bacteria are killed.?/p> So UF scientists developed a system of pumps they can use to expose bacteria to changing concentrations of an antibiotic, mimicking the concentration profile present in a...

Molecular models advance the fight against malaria

...drug, atovaquone. The study, featured as the cover story of the April 29 Journal of Biological Chemistry, paves the way for using these models to test new drugs that could suppress malaria's ability to mutate against current therapy. "This is the first quantitative explanation for malaria's drug resistance...

DuPont's first biologically derived polymer receives global recognition

...orld. Conference Chairman Tim Kettering said, "The story of Sorona® is unique because it demonstrates that the use of renewable materials and processes can create new performance technologies and products." At the January 2005 Innovative Design Night, sponsored by the China State Intellectual Property Off...

Falling ants glide back to trunk to avoid dangers of forest floor

..."To me, one of the most intriguing elements of the story is that so many ants jump voluntarily," Kaspari said. "The last view of a lizard chasing a Cephalotes ant may be that ant dropping toward the ground and spiraling back to the tree, safe from both the litter below and the predator above." All told, Y...

Inexpensive, mass-produced genes core of synthetic biology advances at UH

We ran a similar gene synthesis story earlier ;progress in this area is made in the UK, too. It'll open tons ofresearch avenue, speeding the slow (and tedious) process of genecloning, or gene modification (mutations, deletions, etc). Devices the size of a pager now have greater capabilit...

FDA Approves Human Hookworm Vaccine for Phase I Safety Trials

...ls, said Maquat, and just the beginning of the SMD story as well. ...

A new mechanism of regulating RNA degradation

...ls, said Maquat, and just the beginning of the SMD story as well. ...

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