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Chemical Biology
Chemical Biology: a scientific discipline spanning the fields of chemistry, biology, and physics. It involves the application of chemical techniques, tools, and analyses, and often compounds produced through synthetic chemistry, to the study and manipulation of biological systems. Chemical biologists attempt to use chemical principles to modulate systems to either investigate the underlying biology or create new function. Chemicals - including natural small molecules, such as lipids, carbohydrates and metals, or non-natural probe or drug molecules - are used to gain insight into biological problems at a mechanistic level.
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AUG 31, 2020Microbiology
Candida auris is a fungal pathogen that was initially reported in 2009. Its origins are unclear, but it has been found i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 23, 2020Microbiology
Some places in the United States have become dangerously polluted with hazardous waste. The EPA oversees a program that ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 22, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
The Michaelis-Menten equation is classic, but it may not be sufficient to describe all enzymatic reactions, new wo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 20, 2020Health & Medicine
Microplastics make headlines frequently these days, and a discovery from Arizona State University (ASU) researchers is b ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAUG 18, 2020Health & Medicine
Even as countries are now gradually starting to reopen after lockdown, the COVID-19 pandemic is far from over. Researche ...AUG 14, 2020Chemistry & Physics
DNA, whose signature double helix structure scored Watson and Crick (and Frankland presumably according to many) a Nobel ...Written By: Daniel DuanAUG 11, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers at Rice University worked to program a bacterium, Escherichia coli, to produce a synthetic "noncanonica ...Written By: Nouran AminAUG 11, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists from Oxford University have shown that a single gene can make some strains of Staphylococcus aureus (the bact ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 10, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Researchers at the Center for Self-assembly and Complexity (CSC), within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS, South Kor ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 10, 2020Cancer
Researchers have developed a technique to measure mitochondria activity in cells using a molecule from fireflies. The me ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 10, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
We have known for decades that lead harms the body. This work can help explain how that happens.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 05, 2020Microbiology
Some salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum) have a strange relationship with a type of alga (Oophila amblystomatis): they are ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 03, 2020Plants & Animals
Scientists used cutting edge technologies to assess how pervasive toxic or household chemicals and pathogens like plasti ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 02, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
We're often exposed to irritants as mild as garlic or horseradish and as serious as smoke, which trigger a protective re ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 31, 2020Genetics & Genomics
The protein-coding genes in the genome produce protein when they're active, or expressed. Learning how gene activity is ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 30, 2020Immunology
In multiple sclerosis, or MS, the insulating sheaths around nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord called myelin becom ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUL 28, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
In order to generate immunity against invaders, some immune cells have to get to the lymph nodes. So how do they know ho ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 25, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
New research has suggested that humans and other terrestrial mammals might have trouble identifying and responding to mi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 21, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
The length of a person's life can be affected by many factors, but the natural lifespan is dependent on how the cells in ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 15, 2020Microbiology
Heparin is a very common drug that's been approved as an anticoagulant since 1992. Researchers have now found that the m ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 13, 2020Microbiology
There is intense competition for resources in the microbial world, and bacteria have an arsenal of weapons to help them ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 12, 2020Cardiology
Trillions of microbes call our bodies home, and the ones that live in the gut can have a powerful impact on human health ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 08, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Lizards are thought to be under threat due to habitat loss, predation, climate change, and other factors worldwide.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 07, 2020Immunology
An international team of researchers has analysed how SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, hijacks the proteins i ...Written By: Hilary Thompson
AUG 31, 2020
Microbiology
Candida auris is a fungal pathogen that was initially reported in 2009. Its origins are unclear, but it has been found i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 23, 2020
Microbiology
Some places in the United States have become dangerously polluted with hazardous waste. The EPA oversees a program that
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 22, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
The Michaelis-Menten equation is classic, but it may not be sufficient to describe all enzymatic reactions, new wo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 20, 2020
Health & Medicine
Microplastics make headlines frequently these days, and a discovery from Arizona State University (ASU) researchers is b
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
AUG 18, 2020
Health & Medicine
Even as countries are now gradually starting to reopen after lockdown, the COVID-19 pandemic is far from over. Researche
...
AUG 14, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
DNA, whose signature double helix structure scored Watson and Crick (and Frankland presumably according to many) a Nobel
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
AUG 11, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers at Rice University worked to program a bacterium, Escherichia coli, to produce a synthetic "noncanonica
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
AUG 11, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists from Oxford University have shown that a single gene can make some strains of Staphylococcus aureus (the bact
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 10, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Researchers at the Center for Self-assembly and Complexity (CSC), within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS, South Kor
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 10, 2020
Cancer
Researchers have developed a technique to measure mitochondria activity in cells using a molecule from fireflies. The me
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 10, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
We have known for decades that lead harms the body. This work can help explain how that happens.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 05, 2020
Microbiology
Some salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum) have a strange relationship with a type of alga (Oophila amblystomatis): they are
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 03, 2020
Plants & Animals
Scientists used cutting edge technologies to assess how pervasive toxic or household chemicals and pathogens like plasti
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 02, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
We're often exposed to irritants as mild as garlic or horseradish and as serious as smoke, which trigger a protective re
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 31, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
The protein-coding genes in the genome produce protein when they're active, or expressed. Learning how gene activity is
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 30, 2020
Immunology
In multiple sclerosis, or MS, the insulating sheaths around nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord called myelin becom
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUL 28, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
In order to generate immunity against invaders, some immune cells have to get to the lymph nodes. So how do they know ho
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 25, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
New research has suggested that humans and other terrestrial mammals might have trouble identifying and responding to mi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 21, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
The length of a person's life can be affected by many factors, but the natural lifespan is dependent on how the cells in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 15, 2020
Microbiology
Heparin is a very common drug that's been approved as an anticoagulant since 1992. Researchers have now found that the m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 13, 2020
Microbiology
There is intense competition for resources in the microbial world, and bacteria have an arsenal of weapons to help them
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 12, 2020
Cardiology
Trillions of microbes call our bodies home, and the ones that live in the gut can have a powerful impact on human health
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 08, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Lizards are thought to be under threat due to habitat loss, predation, climate change, and other factors worldwide.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 07, 2020
Immunology
An international team of researchers has analysed how SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, hijacks the proteins i
...
Written By:
Hilary Thompson