News tagged with chemical structure

Solving the mystery of blood clotting

How and when our blood clots is one of those incredibly complex and important processes in our body that we rarely think about. If your blood doesn't clot and you cut yourself, you could bleed to death, if ...

Medical research Mar 19, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0 |

New study shows promise for developing new treatments for breast cancer

A new study by University of Kentucky researchers provides insight into developing new treatment strategies for basal-like breast cancer, commonly known as triple-negative breast cancer. This cancer is associated with early ...

Cancer Mar 14, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Solving mystery of how sulfa drugs kill bacteria yields 21st century drug development target

More than 70 years after the first sulfa drugs helped to revolutionize medical care and save millions of lives, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have determined at an atomic level the mechanism these medications ...

Medical research Mar 01, 2012 | 5 / 5 (3) | 0 |

Scientists reveal surprising picture of how powerful antibody neutralizes HIV

Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute have uncovered the surprising details of how a powerful anti-HIV antibody grabs hold of the virus. The findings, published in Science Express on October 13, 20 ...

HIV & AIDS Oct 13, 2011 | 5 / 5 (7) | 2 |

Scientists discover an organizing principle for our sense of smell

The fact that certain smells cause us pleasure or disgust would seem to be a matter of personal taste. But new research at the Weizmann Institute shows that odors can be rated on a scale of pleasantness, and this turns out ...

Neuroscience Sep 26, 2011 | 5 / 5 (1) | 3 |

Scientists find new drug candidates for set of protein-folding diseases

Collaborating researchers at Stanford University and The Scripps Research Institute have identified chemical compounds that show promise as potential therapeutics for a set of medical conditions caused by the abnormal clumping ...

Medical research Aug 29, 2011 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0 |

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