Latest Biochemistry Stories
PKM2 slips into nucleus to promote cancer; potential biomarker and drug approach discovered Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have tracked down a cancer-promoting protein's pathway into the cell nucleus and discovered how, once there, it fires up a glucose metabolism pathway on which brain tumors thrive. They also found a vital spot along the protein's journey that can be attacked with a type of drug not yet deployed against glioblastoma multiforme, the...
Alzheimer's disease is one of the most common causes of dementia. In Germany and Switzerland alone, around 1.5 million people are affected, and forecasts predict a doubling of the number of patients worldwide within the next 20 years. The accumulation of particular abnormal proteins, including amyloid-ß (Aβ) among others, in patients' brains plays a central role in this disease. Prof. Frank Heppner from the Department of Neuropathology at Charité and his colleague Prof. Burkhard Becher...
University of Alberta A student group from the University of Alberta won first place at an international competition after discovering a way to turn waste paper into valuable chemicals. Nine students from the Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Science won the entrepreneurship category of the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The students developed plans for a startup biotech company called Upcycled...
SEATTLE, Nov. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Omeros Corporation (NASDAQ: OMER), a biopharmaceutical company committed to discovering, developing and commercializing products focused on inflammation, coagulopathies and disorders of the central nervous system, today announced that Gregory A. Demopulos, M.D., chairman and chief executive officer, is scheduled to present at the 24(th) Annual Piper Jaffray Health Care Conference next week. The presentation is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Eastern...
CARLSBAD, California, November 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Flagship qPCR instrument offers reliability, accuracy, ease of use and flexibility for IVD and lab-developed diagnostic tests Life Technologies Corporation [http://www.lifetech.com ] (NASDAQ:LIFE [http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=life ]) today announced the launch of its Applied Biosystems QuantStudio(TM) Dx Real-Time PCR Instrument designed to meet the specific needs of clinical diagnostic...
IPSWICH, Mass., Nov. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- New England Biolabs, Inc. (NEB) launched their new NEBNext(®) "Ultra" kits at the recent American Society for Human Genetics (ASHG) annual meeting. These kits provide streamlined, low-input methods to prepare DNA and RNA libraries for Illumina(®) next generation sequencing. The supplied protocols and reagents are designed to maximize useful data from a broad range of samples, including those available in limited amounts. (Logo:...
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Perhaps the Mayans were right. After all, in just 2 days we’ve heard that Twinkies (once thought to be able to outlast the apocalypse) will soon cease to exist and Cracker Jacks will soon be available in a caffeinated coffee version. Frito-Lay, maker of the iconic and American favorite announced yesterday that they’d be rolling out a new line of Cracker Jacks called “Cracker Jack’d.” New flavors include Cheddar BBQ,...
CARLSBAD, Calif., Nov. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- MO BIO Laboratories, Inc., the leader in soil, stool and microbial nucleic acid purification, announces the launch of the PowerFecal(TM) DNA Isolation Kit. The kit is optimized for isolation of high quality DNA from stool, gut material and biosolids, and provides high quality DNA for use in characterizing the human microbiome. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121115/LA13824) The PowerFecal(TM) DNA Isolation Kit is the...
SEATTLE, Nov. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Omeros Corporation (NASDAQ: OMER) has noted the fall in its share price over the last week of trading. Omeros is not aware of any reason that justifies this decrease. As disclosed in Omeros' recent press releases and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on November 9, 2012 with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Omeros' business, including its clinical programs and its preclinical pipeline, remains on track and the Company is pleased...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Nov. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cannabis Science Inc., (OTC: CBIS) is pleased to announce an opportunity to directly respond to our investors regarding our corporate developments and preclinical initiatives via a 1(st) Q of 2013 webinar investor call. As we continue to build our team of world-renowned experts to bring CS-S/BCC-1 and CS-TATI-1 through our preclinical investigation and into subsequent human clinical studies to satisfy the FDA regulatory process...
Latest Biochemistry Reference Libraries
The activity of any living cell, and by extension life itself, depends on protein synthesis and the transcription of DNA. If proteins are the machinery of cellular function, then DNA are the machine assembly lines – responsible for accurately and efficiently ‘transcribing’ protein messengers, structures and enzymes. DNA transcription begins in the nucleus of a cell when an enzyme called RNA polymerase binds to the DNA strand. Sequences within the DNA direct the polymerase to...
Environmental Chemistry is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published online bi-monthly by CSIRO Publishing. The journal publishes original research and review articles on all aspects of environmental chemistry, including those addressing the chemistry of air, water, soil, sediments, space and biota. Topics include atmospheric chemistry, geochemistry, climate change, marine chemistry, water chemistry, polar chemistry, fire chemistry, astrochemistry, earth and geochemistry, soil and sediment...
The Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry is a peer-reviewed scientific journal established in 1950 and published by the American Chemical Society. The current editor-in-chief, James N. Seiber, has served as editor of the journal since 1999. His career has included positions in industry, government, and academia. He is an emeritus faculty member in the Department of Environmental Toxicology at the University of California, Davis. This journal publishes cutting edge original research...
The Biochemical Journal is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Portland Press and was established in 1906 by Benjamin Moore, holder of the first UK chair of biochemistry at the University of Liverpool, with financial support from Edward Whitley, an heir of the Greenall Whitley brewers. The two served as the first editors and the journal was initially published by the Liverpool University Press. The journal was acquired by the Biochemical Club(later named the Biochemical...
Antiviral Chemistry & Chemotherapy is a peer-reviewed academic journal published bi-monthly by International Medical Press in London since 1997. When founded in January 1990, it was published by Blackwell Science. The current editor-in-chief is Hugh J. Field of University of Cambridge, UK. The journal publishes primary papers and reviews on all aspects of the preclinical development of antiviral agents, including their chemical synthesis, biochemistry, pharmacology, mode of action and...
