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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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SEP 27, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
An alternative oxidase enzyme from a sea squirt that acts on the mitochondria can work as a fail safe. As such, it can p ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 27, 2016Neuroscience
The developing brain is both a mystery and a miracle. While there is new information every day about how our brains deve ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 24, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Cells use proteins as placeholders or bookmarks that help the cells to pick up where they left off when gene expression ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 21, 2016Cancer
Cancer biologists have a surprising but wholly vested ally in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NA ...SEP 19, 2016Microbiology
Drought is not an unusual phenomenon. California experienced years of drought conditions and many places in the American ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 19, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
In the past year, biomedical engineers have created lab-grown heart cells, retinal nerve cells, and even vocal cords tha ...SEP 16, 2016Chemistry & Physics
Science of Bubbles, stopping the Color MovementWritten By: Jennifer EllisSEP 16, 2016Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA—September 16, 2016—Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered a potent ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)SEP 16, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
New work performed at Stanford University has revealed a neuronal circuit in the brain that is critical to the cycle of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 11, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Junk DNA refers to regions of the genome that did not at first appear to have any function or relevance. Research over t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 11, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
The exact mechanisms that underlie the aging process are not yet fully understood. SIRT6 is one of only a few genes that ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 08, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Stuff in our world is made up of matter, composed of atoms, which means that everything is basically a chemical. But som ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 07, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Aging has long been a bane of human existence and people seem to have tried everything to delay or stop it. Resear ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 07, 2016Immunology
A compound found in newborns is thought to have the ability to treat excessive inflammation, which could be lifesaving i ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 05, 2016Immunology
A new study from Umea University in Sweden provides yet another reason for people to refrain from smoking. They found th ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 02, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Chronic fatigue syndrome is a mysterious disease that’s challenging to treat but even more complicated to diagnose ...AUG 31, 2016Microbiology
New research published in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters demonstrates the ability of small molecules to bl ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 29, 2016Immunology
An enzyme thought to only be active in human metabolism found to play a dual role in the immune response. Thanks to this ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 28, 2016Microbiology
The bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis is among the world’s deadliest infectious pathogens. Those bacteria are a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 25, 2016Cancer
The unpredictable progression of melanoma makes it one of the most deadly form of skin cancers. Now researchers say they ...AUG 24, 2016Immunology
The symptoms of poison ivy rashes and other skin conditions are commonly known. For poison ivy, it’s a painful and ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 24, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Bisphenol A (BPA) is a common chemical that is extensively used in consumer products such as metal food can liners, wate ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 24, 2016Cardiology
Of all the different cell types circulating through the bloodstream, platelets are the cells we have to thank for instig ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 19, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
The most intricate man-made origami structure may pale in comparison to the body’s natural origamis: 3-dimenstiona ...
SEP 27, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
An alternative oxidase enzyme from a sea squirt that acts on the mitochondria can work as a fail safe. As such, it can p
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 27, 2016
Neuroscience
The developing brain is both a mystery and a miracle. While there is new information every day about how our brains deve
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 24, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Cells use proteins as placeholders or bookmarks that help the cells to pick up where they left off when gene expression
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 21, 2016
Cancer
Cancer biologists have a surprising but wholly vested ally in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NA
...
SEP 19, 2016
Microbiology
Drought is not an unusual phenomenon. California experienced years of drought conditions and many places in the American
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 19, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
In the past year, biomedical engineers have created lab-grown heart cells, retinal nerve cells, and even vocal cords tha
...
SEP 16, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
Science of Bubbles, stopping the Color Movement
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
SEP 16, 2016
Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA—September 16, 2016—Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered a potent
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
SEP 16, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
New work performed at Stanford University has revealed a neuronal circuit in the brain that is critical to the cycle of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 11, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Junk DNA refers to regions of the genome that did not at first appear to have any function or relevance. Research over t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 11, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
The exact mechanisms that underlie the aging process are not yet fully understood. SIRT6 is one of only a few genes that
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 08, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Stuff in our world is made up of matter, composed of atoms, which means that everything is basically a chemical. But som
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 07, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Aging has long been a bane of human existence and people seem to have tried everything to delay or stop it. Resear
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 07, 2016
Immunology
A compound found in newborns is thought to have the ability to treat excessive inflammation, which could be lifesaving i
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 05, 2016
Immunology
A new study from Umea University in Sweden provides yet another reason for people to refrain from smoking. They found th
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 02, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Chronic fatigue syndrome is a mysterious disease that’s challenging to treat but even more complicated to diagnose
...
AUG 31, 2016
Microbiology
New research published in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters demonstrates the ability of small molecules to bl
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 29, 2016
Immunology
An enzyme thought to only be active in human metabolism found to play a dual role in the immune response. Thanks to this
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 28, 2016
Microbiology
The bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis is among the world’s deadliest infectious pathogens. Those bacteria are a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 25, 2016
Cancer
The unpredictable progression of melanoma makes it one of the most deadly form of skin cancers. Now researchers say they
...
AUG 24, 2016
Immunology
The symptoms of poison ivy rashes and other skin conditions are commonly known. For poison ivy, it’s a painful and
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 24, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Bisphenol A (BPA) is a common chemical that is extensively used in consumer products such as metal food can liners, wate
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 24, 2016
Cardiology
Of all the different cell types circulating through the bloodstream, platelets are the cells we have to thank for instig
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 19, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
The most intricate man-made origami structure may pale in comparison to the body’s natural origamis: 3-dimenstiona
...