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Bacteria-Eaters to Prevent Food Poisoning?
Bacteria-killing viruses could be employed not just in health care, but also in the food industry, a study indicates.
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Could Oil-Degrading Microbes Protect the Arctic?
Oil-eating microbes play a major role in degrading oil and reducing the impact of spilled oil during oil disasters. However, researchers have now examined the major limiting factors for microbial degradation in Arctic environments.
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GreenSpace Labs, 4-time NBA Champion Partner to Launch Mobile Pesticide Testing Device
Originally developed for the U.S. military to test for nerve agents and toxic metals, GreenLite technology has been repurposed to detect pesticides and toxic metals in cannabis.
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A Mystery Solved: "Protein Cluedo" Reveals Enzyme Secrets
Scientists have used biosensors to solve questions about protein production which might seem familiar to mystery board game enthusiasts.
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Are Fluoride Guidelines Appropriate?
The appropriate use of fluoride has transformed oral health over the past 70 years, in part due to the guidelines created for fluoride intake. Recently, researchers are questioning these longstanding guidelines which served as advisory recommendations for decades.
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New Structure Discovered in Human Sperm Tails
A highly effective tail is needed in order for a sperm to be able to swim, and for a baby to be conceived. By using cryo-electron tomography, researchers have identified a completely new nanostructure inside sperm tails.
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Cancer Pioneer Employs Physics to Approach Cancer
In the cover article of Oncotarget, February 20, James Frost, MD, PhD, Kenneth Pienta, MD, and the late Donald Coffey, Ph.D., use a theory of physical and biophysical symmetry to derive a new conceptualization of cancer.
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Can You Eat Cells? Computer Model Predicts Organisms that Use Phagocytosis
A computer model developed by Museum researchers may provide new insight into the origins of phagocytosis, the process by which single-celled organisms “eat” other cells as a means of absorbing nutrients or eliminating pathogens.
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Protein Analysis Gives Insight into Parkinson's
A study has characterized levels of pathological proteins from throughout the bodies of Parkinson's Disease patients, revealing some surprising findings.
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Novel Scaffolds to Grow Muscle Developed
RMIT biomedical engineers have successfully produced a 3D material that mimics nature to transform cells into muscle.
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