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Any hunter will tell you that when your quarry goes into hiding, you have to flush it out to get a good shot at it. Such is the case with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Though antiretroviral "cocktails" can target an active infection, they cannot get at the virus when it retreats inside the h...'Hen Factories' To Synthesize Cancer Drugs
'Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.' ??????????????????????……… Dale Carnegie A groundbreaking venture has been initiated// by a group of researchers, whereby therapeutic proteins, e...Neuronal survival and axonal regrowth obtained in vitro
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Highly fluorescent gold nanoclusters for sub-cellular imaging have been synthesized by researchers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN), one of the research institutes of Singapore's A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research). Measuring less than 1 nanometer in...ASU researchers synthesize molecule with self-control
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The first synthesis of QS-21A, a medicinally important molecule that helps the body battle disease, has been achieved by chemists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In clinical trials, QS-21A has been shown to significantly improve the body's immune response in vaccine therapies ...Navigating in the ocean of molecules
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BOSTON, Mass. (September 14, 2007)Harvard Medical School researchers have successfully synthesized a DNA-based memory loop in yeast cells, findings that mark a significant step forward in the emerging field of synthetic biology. After constructing genes from random bits of DNA, researchers in ...Scientists synthesize memory in yeast cells
BOSTON, Mass. (September 14, 2007)Harvard Medical School researchers have successfully synthesized a DNA-based memory loop in yeast cells, findings that mark a significant step forward in the emerging field of synthetic biology. After constructing genes from random bits of DNA, researchers in ...Rapidly Synthesize Large Amounts of Capped RNA
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