Proteomics News - March 2011 Archives
 | When vital proteins in our bodies are misfolded, debilitating diseases can result. If researchers could see the folding happen, they might be able to design treatments for some of these diseases. But many of our most critical proteins are folded, hidden from sight, inside tiny molecular chambers. Now researchers at Stanford have gotten the first-ever peek inside one of these protein-folding chambers as the folding happened, and the folding mechanism they saw surprised them. ...> Full Article |
Scientists from the Scripps Research Institute have determined a new structure from a medically important superfamily of proteins. The structure should help instruct the design of a new kind of therapeutics for conditions ranging from Parkinson's disease to inflammation.
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Scientists have shed light on why some people are apple-shaped and others are pear-shaped.
Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have pinpointed a protein that plays a part in how fat is stored in the body.
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Scientists in Israel and California have developed an instrument for rapidly analyzing molecular interactions that take place viruses and the cells they infect. By helping to identify interactions between proteins made by viruses like HIV and hepatitis and proteins made by the human cells these viruses infect, the device may help scientists develop new ways of disrupting these interactions and find new drugs for treating those infections.
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Reporting in Nature, scientists from Thomas Jefferson University have determined that a single protein called FADD controls multiple cell death pathways, a discovery that could lead to better, more targeted autoimmune disease and cancer drugs.
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In the March 6 issue of Nature Biotechnology, researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science demonstrate for the first time the feasibility of using proteins, one of the most abundant biomolecules on earth, as a significant raw material for biorefinery and biofuel production. The study titled, "Conversion of proteins into biofuels by engineering nitrogen flux," is available online.
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Scientists have unraveled the shape of the protein that gives human tissues their elastic properties in what could lead to the development of new synthetic elastic polymers.
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 | The Springer journal Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry has chosen Oluwatosin O. Dada as the recipient of its Best Paper Award 2010. Dada is the lead author of a paper in ABC on capillary isoelectric focusing. The award, accompanied by 1,000 euros, was created by Springer to help exceptional young scientists establish their research careers. The ABC Best Paper Award has been given since 2005. ...> Full Article |
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Growing market for human organs exploits poor
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Playful learning inside a square
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Enhancing cognition in older adults also changes personality
A new artificial intelligence technique to speed the planning of tasks when resources are limited
Film coatings made from whey
If a fat tax is coming, here's how to make it efficient, effective
Penn researchers create first custom designed protein crystal
In protein folding, internal friction may play a more significant role than previously thought
Researchers demonstrate versatility of solid-state protein sensor
The dance of the chaperones
More effective method of imaging proteins
Correct protein folding