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The Rhythms of Life: Tiny Vibrations Reveal How Proteins Move
6+ hour, 32+ min ago (466+ words) Researchers developed a computer simulation that rapidly and accurately predicts how proteins shift their shapes, potentially advancing drug design and protein engineering. Predicting protein structure was, until recently, a difficult and frustratingly slow process. The advent of the prediction algorithm…...
Postdoc Portrait: Shambhu Yadav’s Redox Research
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1377+ words) This postdoctoral researcher uses chemogenetic tools to investigate how cellular oxidants act as molecular messengers in the brain and cardiovascular system. Shambhu Yadav is a postdoctoral researcher at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School. His research focuses on…...
Spider Silk Threads May Inspire New Polymers
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (455+ words) The remarkable silk used by net-casting spiders to snare prey is both highly elastic and exceptionally strong, offering clues for designing synthetic materials. Spiders are incredible web creators, and researchers are learning more about their impressively strong and elastic silk…...
Fluorescence Reimagined: Improving Imaging with Chemistry
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (577+ words) Lori Roberts from Biotium details how the company's collaborative culture and chemical expertise have transformed fluorescence tools for the life sciences. Founded in 2001 by Fei Mao and Vivien Chen, Biotium has become a mainstay of high-performance fluorescent reagents for the…...
Biotium Expands Tyramide Signal Amplification Portfolio with Brighter and More Stable Dyes for Enhanced Spatial Imaging
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (277+ words) Advances in spatial analysis are expanding our understanding of complex biology, yet many methods still depend on underperforming traditional probes. Our next-generation TyraMax" dyes complement these innovations with improved performance and panel flexibility for researchers." -Lori Roberts PhD, Director of…...
Some Gut Microbes Sequester PFAS Internally
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (592+ words) Gut bacteria bioaccumulated so-called forever chemicals, leading to new insights on how PFAS affects biology and paths to bioremediation. Environmental pollutants pose issues for ecosystems and human health alike. One class of problematic chemicals are per- and polyfluoroalkyl substrates (PFAS),…...
Short-Chain PFAS Eclipse Their Longer Counterparts in Blood Serum
5+ mon, 1+ day ago (374+ words) Long-chain PFAS are thought to be more likely to accumulate in the body and pose greater health risks than short ones. But it seems that the majority of PFAS blood serum content of people exposed to contaminated drinking water was…...
Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the Development of Metal-Organic Frameworks
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (322+ words) Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar Yaghi won this year's Chemistry award for stitching together molecules to form new structures through which chemicals can flow. Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar Yaghi won this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The…...
RNA and Sulfur Compounds Possibly Created the First Peptides on Earth
7+ mon, 3+ day ago (603+ words) Scientists discovered chemical reactions that place amino acids on tRNAs and extend peptide chains without enzymes, a key step in the origin of life. Pools of water on early planet Earth may have been where the first peptides formed. Now,…...
The Potential of Cell Simulation for Drug Development
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (711+ words) Daniel Veres from Turbine takes a deep dive into the promise of AI-powered cell simulation for advancing drug discovery and development. Innovative technology helps researchers connect drugs to the right patients. AI is transforming drug discovery, but accurately predicting patient…...