Discovery of key protein may help prevent hearing loss

Approximately 15% of American adults complain of some degree of hearing loss and increases with age. However, scientists have identified a protein they claim as being key to hearing.

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Radioactive scorpion venom for fighting cancer

Health physicists are establishing safe procedures for a promising experimental brain-cancer therapy which uses a radioactive version of a protein found in scorpion venom.

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New Brain Protein May Help In Treating Schizophrenia, Insomnia And Anxiety

A small protein in the brain that has only recently been discovered and, paradoxically, induces both profound wakefulness and a less anxious state, may represent a novel target for the treatment of psychotic behavior and schizophrenia, according to new research presented at the 6 …

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Latest News - Activate On Command

Laboratory control of protein function in mammalian cells for research may have gotten easier by research done self-splicing protein domains called inteins. The intein is a protein sequence that sits in the middle of a split protein.

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Cells Use Mix-and-match Approach To Tailor Regulation Of Genes

In studying transcription factors, which bind to upstream genetic sequences in order to regulate the expression of those genes, scientists report that these factors not only act in isolation, but in pairs, trios, and higher orders of multiplicity.

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New Nanomaterial Fuses Spider Silk and Silica

Researchers have created a novel nanomaterial that combines the strength of spider silk with the rigidity of silica. The product could help pave the way for the fabrication of replacement bones.

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Genetic tweak boosts stiffness of spider silk

Medical researchers have come up with a novel way to stiffen the spider silk – using glass. The discovery could make it easier to grow replacement parts for human bodies by improving the silk scaffolds on which human cells are grown.

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Safety trial launched to test potential way to prevent, reverse Alzheimer's

A compound that prevents and reverses Alzheimer's disease in lab mice is starting early drug safety trials in humans. Researchers at the University of Toronto tested the naturally occurring protein in mice genetically engineered to have Alzheimer's disease ...

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Aha! Moments - Peter C. Agre

Ever wondered about those "Aha!" moments that defined, let's say a Nobel Prize in Chemistry? Check out this story (even though it's old).

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Images of AIDS virus that may shape vaccine

Never before generated in such intricate detail, the super-sized images of the virus and its viral spikes have given researchers their first good look at the pathogen's complex molecular surface architecture that facilitates the infection process.

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Pat Robertson's magical protein shake

"Did you know that Pat Robertson can leg press 2,000 pounds? How does he do it? Where does Pat find the time and energy to host a daily, national TV show, head a world-wide ministry, develop visionary scholars, while traveling the globe as a statesman?

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Shedding 10 - BMI Got You Bummed?

I really need to lose 10 pounds. I once wrote a piece in the Toronto Star about shedding ten and I think it is time I got back on the ole program. :

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ScienceDaily: Donate Your Unused Computing Power To Aid Medical Research

Do you really need those unused computer cycles?

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UCSD Biochemists Discover Bacteria's Achilles

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have determined what factors turn on protein production in bacteria, a finding that provides new targets for the development of antibiotics.

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Studies link cancer, inflammatory disease

The biological processes underlying diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and cancer are fundamentally linked, and should be linked in how they are treated with drugs, a series of MIT studies indicates

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Evolutionary scrap-heap challenge: Antifreeze fish make sense out of junk DNA

Scientists at the University of Illinois have discovered an antifreeze-protein gene in cod that has evolved from non-coding or 'junk' DNA.

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Biosingularity » Blog Archive » Researchers have developed a revolutionary new method to detect rare proteins

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ScienceDaily: First 'Movie' Of Gene Expression In Live Cells Shows Proteins Being Made In Small Bursts

One word...cool!

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ScienceDaily: 'Shuttling' Protein Possibly Key To Resilience Of Cancer Cells

An possible piece of the puzzle for those undergoing cancer treatment.

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16-year Old Girl Discovers New Protein That May Fight E. Coli

In three years of scientific research and countless hours at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, where her father is a director of the Mucosal Biology Research Center, she has discovered a component of yogurt that seems to eradicate E.coli 042, the leading cause of diar

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Soy: Healthy or Dangerous?

When I read about the health benefits of consuming soy and soy products, I began to drink soy milk in my tea and lattes regularly. Then, when I recently read that there may be a danger in consuming soy products, I was alarmed.

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Bouncy Proteins: Synthetic version of insect super-rubber springs forth

Sounds promising once all the quirks are thinned out

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Prions may hold key to stem cell function

"The curative properties of stem cells may rely on prions, a new study suggests, the type of protein made infamous by mad cow disease."

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Treatment Of Down Syndrome In Mice Restores Nerve Growth

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins were able to restore the normal growth of nerve cells in mouse with mice equivalent of the Down Syndrome. This could provide future targets for Down Syndrom treatment in human babies.

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Sun protection for plants

Researchers have uncovered one of the processes used by the plants to protect themselves from potentially lethal environmental conditions. Their discoveries are now being applied to improve the productivity of bean farmers in South America and rice producers in Asia.

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