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Large Molecule
Large Molecule or macromolecule is a very large molecule, such as protein, commonly created by the polymerization of smaller subunits. They are typically composed of thousands of atoms or more. The most common macromolecules in biochemistry are biopolymers and large non-polymeric molecule.
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JAN 05, 2017Cancer
A large portion of melanoma cases prove fatal because the disease has already progressed beyond treatment options. Howev ...JAN 04, 2017Cancer
It seems that sometimes one health discovery could contradict another previous discovery. In the case with cancer biolog ...DEC 30, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Potassium channels are critical structures in biology; they selectively allow potassium ions to pass through the membran ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 21, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
The movement of tumor cells is dangerous to human health; metastatic cancer can migrate to adjacent tissue and even othe ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 20, 2016Cancer
JUPITER, FL – December 20, 2016 – Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)DEC 09, 2016Genetics & Genomics
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Antibiotic resistance has become one of public health’s largest issues in recent years. A recent study from the UK ...Written By: Jennifer EllisNOV 10, 2016Space & Astronomy
NASA has been observing water loss in the Martian atmosphere for one full Martian year (687 Earth days) with the MAVEN m ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 08, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Engineers and scientists have long been trying to use cells to manufacture molecules that humans need, like biofuel or m ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 02, 2016Immunology
When humans go to sleep, their immune cells come out to play. A new study from the WPI Immunology Frontier Research Cent ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 29, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
"If you have a damaged cell, you don't want it to replicate," explained computational biophysicist Rommie ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 26, 2016Immunology
The newest effort in cancer treatment research involves the combination of not one, not two, not three, but four differe ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 22, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Old experiments have led to the notion that frogs boiled gradually will not try to escape, while a sudden dunk in hot wa ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 21, 2016Health & Medicine
JUPITER, FL — October 20, 2016 – In a discovery that advances the understanding of how marijuana works in th ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)OCT 10, 2016Neuroscience
The increase in heroin addiction and overdoses is an issue that is detailed every day in news reports, magazines and med ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 07, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have discovered that some proteins that have an influence on the progression and metastasis of cancer are st ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 28, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Every cell in our body contains DNA, and that genomic material is critical to our health. One threat to the double stran ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 23, 2016Cancer
Earlier this week, I reported that scientists discovered how some cancers apparently switched off their sweet tooth to b ...SEP 21, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Powerful New Research Tool Reveals How Tecfidera® Blocks T-Cell Activation LA JOLLA, CA—September 21, 2016&mda ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)SEP 12, 2016Microbiology
The first month of a newborn’s life is so critical to a lifetime of health that this period has a name: neonate. I ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 29, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
It’s long been accepted that when proteins are made in the cell, a messenger RNA molecule made using DNA as a temp ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 26, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Noroviruses are common; they are the primary cause of viral gastroenteritis in people and are infamous for ruining the v ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 21, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Image Credit: J E Theriot/Flickr There’s a new way to make tiny knotted and interlocked chemical structures that h ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 05, 2017
Cancer
A large portion of melanoma cases prove fatal because the disease has already progressed beyond treatment options. Howev
...
JAN 04, 2017
Cancer
It seems that sometimes one health discovery could contradict another previous discovery. In the case with cancer biolog
...
DEC 30, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Potassium channels are critical structures in biology; they selectively allow potassium ions to pass through the membran
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 21, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
The movement of tumor cells is dangerous to human health; metastatic cancer can migrate to adjacent tissue and even othe
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 20, 2016
Cancer
JUPITER, FL – December 20, 2016 – Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
DEC 09, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Combat Obesity by Turning White Fat into Brown Fat
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
NOV 29, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scurvy, a disease that historically afflicted sailors, appears to be making a comeback in Australia. While modern
...
NOV 18, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
Antibiotic resistance has become one of public health’s largest issues in recent years. A recent study from the UK
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
NOV 10, 2016
Space & Astronomy
NASA has been observing water loss in the Martian atmosphere for one full Martian year (687 Earth days) with the MAVEN m
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 08, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Engineers and scientists have long been trying to use cells to manufacture molecules that humans need, like biofuel or m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 02, 2016
Immunology
When humans go to sleep, their immune cells come out to play. A new study from the WPI Immunology Frontier Research Cent
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 29, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
"If you have a damaged cell, you don't want it to replicate," explained computational biophysicist Rommie
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 26, 2016
Immunology
The newest effort in cancer treatment research involves the combination of not one, not two, not three, but four differe
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 22, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Old experiments have led to the notion that frogs boiled gradually will not try to escape, while a sudden dunk in hot wa
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 21, 2016
Health & Medicine
JUPITER, FL — October 20, 2016 – In a discovery that advances the understanding of how marijuana works in th
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
OCT 10, 2016
Neuroscience
The increase in heroin addiction and overdoses is an issue that is detailed every day in news reports, magazines and med
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 07, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have discovered that some proteins that have an influence on the progression and metastasis of cancer are st
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 28, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Every cell in our body contains DNA, and that genomic material is critical to our health. One threat to the double stran
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 23, 2016
Cancer
Earlier this week, I reported that scientists discovered how some cancers apparently switched off their sweet tooth to b
...
SEP 21, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Powerful New Research Tool Reveals How Tecfidera® Blocks T-Cell Activation LA JOLLA, CA—September 21, 2016&mda
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
SEP 12, 2016
Microbiology
The first month of a newborn’s life is so critical to a lifetime of health that this period has a name: neonate. I
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 29, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
It’s long been accepted that when proteins are made in the cell, a messenger RNA molecule made using DNA as a temp
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 26, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Noroviruses are common; they are the primary cause of viral gastroenteritis in people and are infamous for ruining the v
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 21, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Image Credit: J E Theriot/Flickr There’s a new way to make tiny knotted and interlocked chemical structures that h
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)