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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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JUL 19, 2017Neuroscience
A government agency spending millions of dollars on an implantable brain chip for use in humans? It might sound like a s ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 17, 2017Cancer
Scientists are putting a target on cancer’s back, and immune cells are being trained to track down and kill that t ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 17, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Bisphenol A (BPA) is used frequently in food packaging, and it has gotten into our bodies. New research could help repla ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 12, 2017Immunology
The good news? Scientists discovered a regulatory immune process that wards off “accidental” responses that ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 11, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Mitochondria carry a small amount of their own DNA. If there are mutations in that DNA, they can cause serious disease.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 03, 2017Plants & Animals
You might want to think twice about flushing certain unwanted chemicals down the toilet or drainage system in your house ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 30, 2017Microbiology
Just call them archaea (ar-kee-uh) - archaebacteria are no more. Archaea used to be classified as bacteria, but these pr ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUN 26, 2017Neuroscience
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, or OCD, is a neurobiological condition where a person is driven to do things in a very sp ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 19, 2017Health & Medicine
Immune cells, like all cells of the human body, come from less-specific ancestor cells, sometimes called progenitor cell ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 17, 2017Microbiology
Soil has previously been the source of effective antibiotics, researchers are excited about the latest drug discovery ha ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 13, 2017Drug Discovery & Development
A monoclonal antibody-based drug called SYN0012 is currently being investigated in human clinical trials for the ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 13, 2017Microbiology
Did you know that bacteria make us humans and other animals smell the way we do? On top of that, animals use that smell ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUN 02, 2017Microbiology
Bacteria have huge potential as specialized factories that can synthesize precious molecules.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 31, 2017Health & Medicine
Developing a new, specialized treatment for autoimmune disease that doesn’t shut down the entire immune sys ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 25, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Water has many unique characteristics; scientists have now found another one.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 24, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have made a breakthrough in the imaging of living cells that has settled a debate about the cell membrane.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 24, 2017Videos
Baking soda solution (sodium bicarbonate) is used as an essential ingredient in a number of hospital-based remedies, inc ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 24, 2017Chemistry & Physics
A slingshot is often associated with the children’s toy and mischievous behaviors. But now it might just become a ...Written By: Daniel DuanMAY 23, 2017Chemistry & Physics
When speaking about methods in pest management, the idea of insecticides would probably be the first ...Written By: Daniel DuanMAY 19, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have found that a folk remedy to decrease fertility have the ability to block an important part of the ferti ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 17, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have reported the discovery of a novel signaling pathway in the brain, and the findings may have implication ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 15, 2017Microbiology
Researchers discover that a common marine sponge plays host to bacteria that generate toxic compounds that are very simi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 13, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
It has been known for some time that folic acid is vital to a healthy pregnancy, although researchers have been unsure e ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 08, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists have developed a new method to make bones transparent. The technique, they say, will enable researchers to be ...
JUL 19, 2017
Neuroscience
A government agency spending millions of dollars on an implantable brain chip for use in humans? It might sound like a s
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 17, 2017
Cancer
Scientists are putting a target on cancer’s back, and immune cells are being trained to track down and kill that t
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 17, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Bisphenol A (BPA) is used frequently in food packaging, and it has gotten into our bodies. New research could help repla
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 12, 2017
Immunology
The good news? Scientists discovered a regulatory immune process that wards off “accidental” responses that
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 11, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Mitochondria carry a small amount of their own DNA. If there are mutations in that DNA, they can cause serious disease.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 03, 2017
Plants & Animals
You might want to think twice about flushing certain unwanted chemicals down the toilet or drainage system in your house
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 30, 2017
Microbiology
Just call them archaea (ar-kee-uh) - archaebacteria are no more. Archaea used to be classified as bacteria, but these pr
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUN 26, 2017
Neuroscience
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, or OCD, is a neurobiological condition where a person is driven to do things in a very sp
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 19, 2017
Health & Medicine
Immune cells, like all cells of the human body, come from less-specific ancestor cells, sometimes called progenitor cell
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 17, 2017
Microbiology
Soil has previously been the source of effective antibiotics, researchers are excited about the latest drug discovery ha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 13, 2017
Drug Discovery & Development
A monoclonal antibody-based drug called SYN0012 is currently being investigated in human clinical trials for the
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 13, 2017
Microbiology
Did you know that bacteria make us humans and other animals smell the way we do? On top of that, animals use that smell
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUN 02, 2017
Microbiology
Bacteria have huge potential as specialized factories that can synthesize precious molecules.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 31, 2017
Health & Medicine
Developing a new, specialized treatment for autoimmune disease that doesn’t shut down the entire immune sys
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 25, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Water has many unique characteristics; scientists have now found another one.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 24, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have made a breakthrough in the imaging of living cells that has settled a debate about the cell membrane.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 24, 2017
Videos
Baking soda solution (sodium bicarbonate) is used as an essential ingredient in a number of hospital-based remedies, inc
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 24, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
A slingshot is often associated with the children’s toy and mischievous behaviors. But now it might just become a
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
MAY 23, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
When speaking about methods in pest management, the idea of insecticides would probably be the first
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
MAY 19, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have found that a folk remedy to decrease fertility have the ability to block an important part of the ferti
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 17, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have reported the discovery of a novel signaling pathway in the brain, and the findings may have implication
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 15, 2017
Microbiology
Researchers discover that a common marine sponge plays host to bacteria that generate toxic compounds that are very simi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 13, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
It has been known for some time that folic acid is vital to a healthy pregnancy, although researchers have been unsure e
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 08, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists have developed a new method to make bones transparent. The technique, they say, will enable researchers to be
...