Researchers find target to fight antibiotic resistance
Gram-negative bacteria are the bane of health care workers' existence.
Molecular & Computational biology
May 11, 2021
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News tagged with toxic molecules
Stressed-out bacteria provide insights to antibiotic resistance
For a bacterium, the world can be a tough place to survive, a constant competition for food and space. Some bacteria, like Pseudomonas aeruginosa, secrete toxic molecules that act as a defense mechanism against nearby competitor ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 15, 2021
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Two-birds-one-stone strategy shows promise in RNA-repeat expansion diseases
A new strategy for treating a variety of diseases known as RNA-repeat expansion disorders, which affect millions of people, has shown promise in proof-of-principle tests conducted by scientists at Scripps Research.
Biochemistry
Nov 6, 2020
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Plant protein helps control powerhouse of plant cell
A new Michigan State University study shows how a protein, called peroxiredoxin Q, or PRXQ, connects two biochemical pathways that are vital for plant chloroplast health.
Plants & Animals
Feb 20, 2020
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Smelly, poisonous molecule may be a sure-fire sign of extraterrestrial life
Phosphine is among the stinkiest, most toxic gases on Earth, found in some of the foulest of places, including penguin dung heaps, the depths of swamps and bogs, and even in the bowels of some badgers and fish. This putrid ...
Astrobiology
Dec 19, 2019
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Molecular vibrations lead to high performance laser
Lasers. They are used for everything from entertaining our cats to encrypting our communications. Unfortunately, lasers can be energy intensive and many are made using toxic materials like arsenic and gallium. To make lasers ...
Optics & Photonics
Dec 2, 2019
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Electrochemistry amps up in pharma
Sparked by several high-profile reports, electrochemistry—using electricity to perform chemical reactions like oxidation and reduction—is gaining popularity in the pharmaceutical field. Some researchers have embraced ...
Other
Nov 6, 2019
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Dangerous pathogens use this sophisticated machinery to infect hosts
Gastric cancer, Q fever, Legionnaires' disease, whooping cough—though the infectious bacteria that cause these dangerous diseases are each different, they all utilize the same molecular machinery to infect human cells. ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 17, 2019
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Study identifies molecule that allows bacteria to breach cellular barriers
A new study identifies a single molecule as a key entry point used by two types of dangerous bacteria to break through cellular barriers and cause disease. The findings, published March 19 in the journal mBio, suggest that ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 19, 2019
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Scientists program proteins to pair exactly
Proteins have now been designed in the lab to zip together in much the same way that DNA molecules zip up to form a double helix. The technique, whose development was led by University of Washington School of Medicine scientists, ...
Biochemistry
Dec 19, 2018
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