Virus-like particles may fast-track vaccines

Virus-like particles, mere shells of actual viruses, can be used to create vaccines in weeks instead of months, according to Novavax Inc. of Rockville, Md.

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Proteins Found That AIDS Virus Preys On

The AIDS virus has to hijack human proteins to do its damage, but scientists until now have known only a few dozen of its targets. On Thursday, Harvard researchers unveiled a surprisingly longer list, an important first step in the hunt for new drugs.

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Scientists look to sperm to power nanobots

A tiny assembly line that powers the whip-like tail of sperm could be harnessed to send future nanobots or other tiny medical devices zooming around the human body, according to a preliminary research report.

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Tough bug reveals key to radiation resistance

Nicknamed Conan the Bacterium, Deinococcus radiodurans can survive doses of ionising radiation thousands of times stronger than would kill a human. So how does it do it?

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Protein blocking reverses 'mad cow disease' in mice

A novel treatment can rescue the brain function of mice afflicted with a form of mad cow disease, a new study suggests.

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Genetic search closes in on 'Alzheimer's mutation'

The long-suspected link between Alzheimer’s disease and abnormalities in the way amyloid protein is processed in the brain has been confirmed at last – a significant step on the path to an effective drug treatment for the condition.

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Vaccine protects mice against MRSA superbug

A newly developed vaccine might serve as a useful weapon against the drug-resistant superbug MRSA, researchers say. Tests in mice have shown that the vaccine can protect against multiple types of MRSA, which can cause fatal infections in humans.

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Alzheimer’s may 'seed' itself like mad cow disease

Proteins taken from the brains of Alzheimer’s patients and injected into the brains of genetically engineered mice trigger Alzheimer’s-like lesions in the mouse brains, researchers report.

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Novel drug joins fight against drug-resistant malaria

A potential new drug against malaria has been identified, which has cured mice with a drug-resistant form of the disease.

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Professor Thornton is playing games.

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New research by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute and other institutions provides a close-up look at the cone-shaped shell that is the hallmark of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), revealing how it is held together—and possible ways to break it apart.

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It's easy to imagine the cells in our bodies like bricks in a house, all cemented into place. But we are actually seething with cells that creep, crawl, and squirm.

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A number of foods, especially liver, shellfish, nuts, avocados and mushrooms, contain abundant amounts of copper. When you eat copper-containing foods, the copper is absorbed by your small intestine, bound to circulating proteins in your blood and delivered to your liver.

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In April 1986, a reactor at the Chernobyl plant exploded, sending clouds of radioactive material across the countryside. [...] Despite the devastation, local flora flourishes.

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For the first time, specialised cells have been reprogrammed into the equivalent of embryonic stem cells without using genes that might trigger cancer. The new method, which places the proteins encoded by the reprogramming genes directly into the target cells, should be safer.

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Gushing from a glacier, rust-stained Blood Falls contains evidence that microbes have survived in prehistoric seawater deep under ice for perhaps millions of years, a new study says. More Articles

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Researchers from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and the University of California at San Diego (UCSD) have brought together UCSD theoretical modeling and Caltech experimental data to show just how amino-acid chains might fold up into unique, three-dimensional fun …

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ScienceDaily (Feb. 19, 2009) — Current arthritis medications can ease the pain, but stopping the progression of the disease requires more aggressive treatments: use of very limited available drugs or surgical intervention.

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Excerpt: In a recent study, eating two eggs for breakfast, as part of a reduced-calorie diet, helped overweight or obese adults lose 65 percent more weight and reduce their body mass index (BMIs) by 61 percent...

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Evolutionary changes are supposed to take place gradually and randomly, under pressure from natural selection. But a team of Princeton scientists investigating a group of proteins that help cells burn energy stumbled across evidence that this is not how evolution works.

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A team of Princeton University scientists has discovered that chains of proteins found in most living organisms act like adaptive machines, possessing the ability to control their own evolution.

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Scientists have identified the single chance encounter about 1.9 billion years ago to which almost all life on Earth owes its existence.

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Faster and more open collaboration among scientists could yield a wealth of discoveries

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ScienceDaily (Sep. 2, 2008) — Scientists at Penn State have developed a new computational method that they say will help them to understand how life began on Earth.

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Iowa State University researcher Robert Jernigan believes that his research shows proteins have controlled motions. Most biochemists traditionally believe proteins have many random, uncontrolled movements.

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A team of researchers from Europe and the US has shown that a type of protein molecule found in many different human tissues can respond to light. The finding raises the intriguing possibility that humans might be able to detect light through skin as well as the eye.

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Three amazing scientists....read what they are doing.

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In the first analysis of proteins extracted from dinosaur bones, scientists say they have established more firmly than ever that the closest living relatives of the mighty predator Tyrannosaurus rex are modern birds.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People with Down's syndrome suffer cancer less than most other people and a study in mice published on Wednesday gives one possible explanation -- they produce higher levels of a certain protein. The protein may keep tumors from growing, and this finding m …

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US scientists have discovered how fat is stored in the body's cells - promising new treatments for obesity. They have uncovered the two genes which control the packaging of fat inside a layer of phospholipids and proteins to form liquid droplets.

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..And in Him All Things Hold Together!! The Story of Laminin!!

Yesterday I purchased a couple Christian music CD's at my local LifeWay Christian bookstore. One was HIllsong's United CD and another was Chris Tomlin. Both came with bonus DVD's.

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A newly developed blood test can identify those at risk of Alzheimer's disease up to six years before symptoms would become apparent, researchers say. The test identifies changes in a handful of proteins that cells use to convey messages to one another.

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Science Daily — A new study in the September issue of Cell Metabolism, a publication of Cell Press, points to a new method for burning off all those irresistible extra calories--by turning on an energy-draining, but otherwise futile, cycle of protein synthesis and breakdown.

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Mice born without a key brain protein developed obsessive compulsive symptoms that went away when treated with anti-anxiety drugs, giving new clues about the brain mechanism behind the disorder, researchers said on Wednesday.

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