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    [an error occurred while processing this directive] When food causes allergies 24 Nov 2005
    ...food crops. Genetically modified (GM) crops may contain new proteins from other plants or from bacteria, fungi and animals. While ...
    - Checkbiotech.org (press release),

    A vaccine in tobacco plants 24 Nov 2005
    Nevertheless, the vaccine developed by Andrea Molina was made with proteins produced in transgenic crops, specifically in the tobacco plant, which is one that ...
    - Basque Research.com,

    Innovative Research Set To Push Boundaries Of Cancer Care 24 Nov 2005
    ...in the Department of Experimental Therapeutics, developed the dual-purpose agent, which targets topoisomerase II and avoids transport proteins found in both ...
    - Science Daily (press release)

    Cell signalling technique enhances drug production 24 Nov 2005
    This enabled the researchers to preserve the membranes in their naturally fluid state, allowing lipids and T cell receptor proteins to diffuse and interact ...
    - In-PharmaTechnologist.com,

    Drug Compound Restores Youth To Aging Arterial Cells In Elderly ... 24 Nov 2005
    ...responsible for destroying the rigid chemical bonds known as advanced glycation endproducts, or AGE for short, that form between body proteins and sugars over ...
    - Science Daily (press release)

    Cell Biology: Slug beats puma 24 Nov 2005
    A biochemist speculates on the battle between proteins and RNA to control the cell. ... Proteins, however, can yield new catalysts with only a few mutations. ...
    - Nature.com (subscription),

    ISRAEL: Solbar Industries announces restructuring, new divisions 24 Nov 2005
    The Specialty division will be responsible for R&D, production, marketing and sales of isolated and concentrated soy proteins, textured soy proteins and soy ...
    - just-food.com,

    NORMAL CHROMOSOME ENDS ELICIT A LIMITED DNA DAMAGE RESPONSE 24 Nov 2005
    ...confusing telomeres with broken strands of DNA that need to be repaired, the tips of chromosomes are tucked in and shielded by a phalanx of proteins, forming a ...
    - Newswise (press release)

    If Popeye Were a Biochemist 24 Nov 2005
    ...from MIT, the University of Tennessee, and the US Naval Research Laboratory, who used ground-up spinach to isolate the photosynthetic proteins that do the ...
    - Fast Company

    Magnetic Probe Successfully Tracks Implanted Cells In Cancer ... 24 Nov 2005
    ...in the current study, so-called dendritic cells, are the immune system's own "most wanted posters" because they take up and display foreign proteins that tell ...
    - Science Daily (press release)

    Science fact and the SENS agenda 24 Nov 2005
    To reverse mitochondrial mutations, one need only use "allotopic [mitochondrial]-coded proteins" of the type favoured by algae. ...
    - Nature.com (subscription),

    Tate & Lyle to profile innovative ingredients 24 Nov 2005
    24/11/05 Tate & Lyle is profiling a range of innovative starches, proteins and polyols at Food Ingredients Europe (FiE) that can be used in food applications ...
    - Food Ingredients First (press release),

    Chemical Chaperones Help Increase Deficient Enzyme Activity in ... 24 Nov 2005
    ...can be improved through the use of select site-directed small molecules or chemical chaperones, which bind and stabilize proteins and prevent their degradation ...
    - Newswise (press release)

    Study To Look At New MS Treatment 24 Nov 2005
    Tryptophan is found in all proteins, and “some foods are richer than others,� according to Steinman, who added that chicken actually has more tryptophan in ...
    - Suffolk Life Newspapers,

    Editorial: No genetically modified peas please 24 Nov 2005
    Stranger still, the amino acids within the proteins were identical in both legumes. Yet when the researchers looked closer, the ...
    - New Scientist (subscription),

    Online MSU database helps world research 24 Nov 2005
    In biology, the component parts are proteins, the building blocks for molecular machines inside the cells that make up an organism. ...
    - Mississippi State University,

    Lack of Association Between Cardiac Troponin T and D-Dimer in the ... 24 Nov 2005
    Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) disrupts cardiac cell membranes, releasing intracellular cardiac proteins into the vascular system. ...
    - HeartZine,

    DSM extends clean label flavour range 24 Nov 2005
    ...the market for yeast extract-based flavour enhancers has been expanding in parallel to the waning popularity of hydrolysed vegetable proteins (HVPs), the ...
    - FoodNavigator.com,

    PERIPHERAL ARTERY DISEASE OFTEN COEXISTS WITH CORONARY ARTERY ... 24 Nov 2005
    It's the same process that goes on in heart arteries -- a buildup of cholesterol, fat, platelets and blood proteins that clings to the artery wall and ...
    - Charlotte Sun-Herald,

    Scientists rewrite evolutionary history of reptiles 24 Nov 2005
    ...of the venom system in squamate reptiles and open new avenues for biomedical research and drug design using hitherto unexplored venom proteins," it added.
    - Webindia123,

    Living camera uses bacteria to capture image 24 Nov 2005
    ...pigment, says Voigt. A different introduced gene could produce polymer-like proteins, or even precipitate a metal. “This way, the ...
    - New Scientist (subscription),

    Bacterial films turn to photography 24 Nov 2005
    Instead of making black pigment, the bacteria could be redesigned to deposit proteins like spider silk, says Chris Voigt, leader of the UCSF lab that created ...
    - Nature.com (subscription),

    Trim, or trimmings? 24 Nov 2005
    More beans, and other vegetable-based proteins, than meat, in some cases, according to a real-food eating plan found successful by Johns Hopkins and Harvard ...
    - Baltimore Sun,

    Tennis and concert event will benefit EVMS cancer research 24 Nov 2005
    ...cancer research. At EVMS, they investigate proteins to try to determine whether a person's cancer is invasive or slow-growing. Dr ...
    - WVEC.com (subscription),

    New biotech lab opens at MiraCosta College 24 Nov 2005
    There is also a simulated "clean" room, where students will create pharmaceuticals and medicine using cell cultures and proteins. ...
    - North County Times,

    Bacteria's inner workings exposed 24 Nov 2005
    Ribosomes are in every cell - including those of humans and bacteria - and translate genetic instructions into proteins, which are the base of any cell's ...
    - Scripps Howard News Service,

    OSU research center undergoes change 24 Nov 2005
    ..."In addition to research focusing on single genes and proteins, we're now studying entire genomes and populations of genomes, enabled by powerful advances in ...
    - Portland Business Journal,

    Bacterial Corneal Ulcers 24 Nov 2005
    ...treatment of corneal ulcers. Serum from the blood of the horse contains proteins with anti-melting activity. Blood is drawn from ...
    - TheHorse.com,

    Team To Decipher Function of Plant Genes 24 Nov 2005
    By advancing the understanding of biological processes, the team hopes to define new ways to improve oils, starches, and proteins from corn and soybeans. ...
    - Sci-Tech Today

    CWD doesn't scare off hunters 24 Nov 2005
    Since two deer with CWD, which is caused by a distorted form of proteins called prions, were found in the Town of Verona in April, the New York State ...
    - Oneida Dispatch,

    Cancer treatment improved by tweaking genes 24 Nov 2005
    ...up chromosomes. The chromosomes must be unwound in order for the cell to use genetic information to synthesize proteins. Chen noted ...
    - The California Aggie Online

    Using Nature To Beat Food Poisoning 24 Nov 2005
    Scientists with the Agricultural Science Service (ARS) in the United States are reporting that proteins called bacteriocins, produced by bacteria, can reduce ...
    - Farming Life,

    Treasures in the Trash 24 Nov 2005
    For decades scientists have zoomed in on the active genes that carry instructions for making hundreds of thousands of proteins; this protein production is ...
    - Forbes

    LFA 34 season opens Monday 24 Nov 2005
    Meteghan lobsterman Wayne Spinney said summer testing showed high proteins and lobsters that had molted or weren’t going to molt. ...
    - Digby Courier,

    Bricks & Mortar 24 Nov 2005
    ...a range of instruments under one roof, it will let researchers elucidate different properties of difficult molecules such as membrane proteins, says Gronenborn ...
    - Nature.com (subscription),

    Richard Somiari, president and chief scientific officer, ITSI ... 24 Nov 2005
    ...by food manufacturing. His master's work in enzyme and food technology was his introduction to the study of proteins. Then a fellowship ...
    - Nature.com (subscription),

    Pandemic could hurt NZ meat exporters - bank 24 Nov 2005
    ...chickens and ducks in Asia, and spreading in wild birds to Europe, became more widespread, "we suspect that the prices of these alternative proteins would tend ...
    - Stuff.co.nz,

    Say cheese 24 Nov 2005
    ...the cheese. The milk mixture will rest for a few days until the enzyme has coagulated the proteins and fats into curds. Tripp strains ...
    - Santa Cruz Sentinel,

    Human helicase proteins are studied Nov 22, 2005
    The UI researchers found when the proteins, called helicases, hit a barrier in their path -- an indication of a problem with the DNA -- they repeatedly return ...
    - Science Daily (press release)

    Protein test for lung cancer Nov 22, 2005
    Centre in Lexington, Kentucky, analysed 212 candidate markers and eventually narrowed that down to the five most predictive cancer-associated antibody proteins ...
    - Health24.com,

    New drug target identified for fighting Parkinson’s disease Nov 21, 2005
    Now, after studying the protein in the lab, Johns Hopkins researchers report that the huge LRRK2 protein is part of a class of proteins called kinases and ...
    - Innovations-Report,

    The Emerging Drug Targets Outlook: An Analysis of Novel Molecular ... Nov 21, 2005
    Drug targets are generally proteins. ... Proteins involved in signal transduction pathways therefore represent important drug targets. ...
    - Business Wire (press release),

    Neose Receives Milestone Payment From Novo Nordisk on Second ... Nov 21, 2005
    ...entered into in November 2003 to use Neose's GlycoPEGylation(TM) technology to develop next-generation versions of three currently-marketed therapeutic proteins ...
    - Yahoo! News (press release)

    Devices purify and concentrate proteins Nov 17, 2005
    ...solutions. Applications typically include concentrating and desalting proteins from cell culture supernatants and fermentation broths. ...
    - Laboratory Talk,

    Trade Carbs for Proteins: Heart Healthy? Nov 15, 2005
    Nov. 14, 2005 -- Trading in a slice of bread for a handful of nuts or drizzle of olive oil may help in the fight against high blood pressure and heart disease. ...
    - WebMD

    Scientists search milk for new functional proteins Nov 15, 2005
    15/11/2005 - Australia’s dairy industry will spend $850,000 on research to find novel milk proteins that could be used in functional foods to improve ...
    - Dairy Reporter,

    Profit in turning animal waste into proteins Nov 8, 2005
    08/11/2005 - More food makers could make an extra euro or two by converting their waste animal products into proteins under a new consulting programme launched ...
    - Food Production,

    Bird flu virus can trigger levels of inflammatory proteins over 10 ... Nov 13, 2005
    ...published today in the open access journal Respiratory Research reveals that, in human cells, the virus can trigger levels of inflammatory proteins more than ...
    - Medical News Today (press release),

    Study Adds to Limited Knowledge on Benefits of Soy Proteins, Shows ... Nov 15, 2005
    ..."Previous trials have demonstrated a variety of aspects regarding the benefits of soy proteins," says principal investigator Jerilyn K. Allen, RN, ScD ...
    - AScribe

    Structural biology: Proteins flex to function Nov 9, 2005
    Enzymes are proteins that catalyse chemical processes by lowering the energy barriers between substrate and product, thus increasing the rate of reaction. ...
    - Nature.com (subscription),

    CBS domains: structure, function, and pathology in human proteins Nov 8, 2005
    CBS domains usually come in tandem repeats and are found in cytosolic and membrane proteins performing different functions (metabolic enzymes, kinases, and ...
    - AJP - Cell Physiology (subscription)

    Microscope tracks proteins with atomic precision Nov 14, 2005
    A microscope has been developed that's sensitive enough to track the real-time motion of single proteins down to the level of its individual atoms. ...
    - Betterhumans,

    Dynamic Personalities Of Proteins Reveal Key Traits: New Window ... Nov 2, 2005
    A Brandeis University study published in Nature this week advances fundamental understanding of the dynamic personalities of proteins and proposes that these ...
    - Science Daily (press release)

    Proteins take on new roles in malaria parasite Nov 6, 2005
    Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) medical student fellow reached a fundamental insight about evolution: different species make use of similar sets of proteins in ...
    - LaSalute.net,

    Antifreeze Proteins for Transplant Technology Oct 24, 2005
    The Queen's University researchers, writing in Science, note this protein has some special characteristics: "Unlike the antifreeze proteins in beetles and moths ...
    - Medgadget.com,

    Monsanto, Solae team up to create new soy proteins Oct 27, 2005
    Monsanto Co. and Solae Co. will team up to develop and market a new line of better tasting, more soluable soy proteins, the companies said Thursday. ...
    - St. Louis Business Journal,

    Body proteins maintain nerve cells in the brain Oct 31, 2005
    Researchers at Otago University say they have discovered that one of the hundreds of proteins in the body also plays a key role in maintaining nerve cells in ...
    - Radio New Zealand,

    Monsanto, Solae Collaborate to Develop New Soy Proteins Oct 27, 2005
    27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Monsanto and The Solae Company today announced an agreement to develop and market a new line of soy proteins with improved flavor ...
    - PR Newswire (press release),

    Of mice and GE peas Nov 22, 2005
    Plant cells contain a number of different O- and N-glycosyltransferase enzymes that attach sugars to various compounds, including proteins. ...
    - Checkbiotech.org (press release),

    Researchers find multiple proteins that stick to medical device ... Oct 27, 2005
    Using a technique called proteomics, the researchers identified many of the blood proteins that stick (adsorb) to the surfaces of medical devices. ...
    - Washington University Record,

    Targeting toxic proteins for turnover Nov 3, 2005
    The accumulation and presumed sequestration of these misfolded proteins results in a microscopically visible, densely staining structure. ...
    - Nature.com (subscription),

    The key to fresh water: imitation spleen proteins Oct 24, 2005
    Magmolecules are synthetic versions of ferritins, proteins produced in the spleen and liver. Naturally produced ferritins attract and hold iron. ...
    - ZDNet

    St. Clair: Spit please Nov 22, 2005
    The National Center for Dental and Craniofacial Research is currently putting together a complete catalogue of all of the proteins in saliva. ...
    - Georgetown Record,

    Hemilayer Membrane Mimics Used For High Resolution, Real Time ... Nov 22, 2005
    Dual Polarisation Interferometry (DPI) is an important enabling tool for cell biology, particularly the study of membrane proteins, their behaviour and ...
    - AZoNano.com,

    How Heidelberger and Avery sweetened immunology Nov 22, 2005
    ...initial characterization of this pneumococcal substance showed that it was resistant to both heat and trypsin—features unbefitting most proteins—but that ...
    - Journal of Experimental Medicine

    Effective risk assessment of GM field peas Nov 22, 2005
    ...reacted to the GM pea alpha-amylase inhibitor, the CSIRO team analysed and compared the molecular structure of the bean and pea alpha-amylase inhibitor proteins ...
    - Checkbiotech.org (press release),

    UIC chemists characterize Alzheimer's plaque precursor Nov 22, 2005
    Microscopic bundled fibrils made of proteins called amyloid-beta are presumed to be the toxic culprits in the senile plaques found in the brain with Alzheimer's ...
    - EurekAlert (press release),

    Callisto Anti-Cancer Drug Atiprimod Selected for Oral Presentation ... Nov 22, 2005
    In an encouraging sign of a drug effect, two patients with rapidly rising serum M proteins -- a measure of tumor burden -- showed a transient but clear M ...
    - Genetic Engineering News,

    A plague of deubiquitination Nov 22, 2005
    Previous work by others had shown that YopJ can catalyze the removal of the ubiquitin-like protein SUMO-1 from cellular proteins. ...
    - Journal of Experimental Medicine

    Global Signaling Study Suggests Cancer Link To Protein Promiscuity Nov 17, 2005
    When found at abnormally high concentrations, two proteins implicated in many human cancers have the potential to spur indiscriminate biochemical signaling ...
    - Science Daily (press release)

    Global signaling study suggests cancer link to protein promiscuity Nov 16, 2005
    16, 2005 -- When found at abnormally high concentrations, two proteins implicated in many human cancers have the potential to spur indiscriminate biochemical ...
    - EurekAlert (press release),

    Pancreatic cancer vaccine shows early promise Nov 22, 2005
    The major challenge is to get the body's immune system to recognize and attack the special proteins that distinguish cancer from normal cells. ...
    - Asbury Park Press,

    Diamyd Acquires American Biotechnology Company Nurel Therapeutics ... Nov 22, 2005
    These products are designed to deliver therapeutic proteins for months following a single local injection into the peripheral nervous system. ...
    - PrimeZone (press release),

    Young cancer researchers honored Nov 21, 2005
    ..."There are many applications for these mouse models," Dr. Jacks said. "We can use them to identify biomarkers [such as proteins or peptides] that indicate the ...
    - Medical News Today (press release),

    How eating less affects the aging process Nov 21, 2005
    The UW researchers conducted a genome-wide screen of yeast cells to find which genes, and their corresponding proteins, affect lifespan. ...
    - Dominican Today,

    Scientists search milk for new functional proteins Nov 15, 2005
    11/15/2005 - Australia’s dairy industry will spend $850,000 on research to find novel milk proteins that could be used in functional foods to improve ...
    - NutraIngredients-usa.com,

    Profit in turning animal waste into proteins, company says Nov 9, 2005
    11/8/2005 - More food makers could make an extra euro or two by converting their waste animal products into proteins under a new consulting programme launched ...
    - Food Navigator -USA,

    To Walk Again Nov 23, 2005
    They have pinpointed, one by one, a brew of proteins in the spinal cord that block this incipient nerve growth. By devising compounds ...
    - Forbes

    IN THIS ISSUE Nov 22, 2005
    Proteins secreted by parasite eggs might hold the key to the next antiinflammatory therapy. On page 1319, Smith and colleagues describe ...
    - Journal of Experimental Medicine

    To avoid sauce curdling, start with heavy cream Nov 22, 2005
    Any tomato-cream sauce flirts with one of the fundamental laws of kitchen chemistry: acids, in sufficient quantity, denature proteins. ...
    - commercialappeal.com (subscription),

    Study links exercise, proteins to weight loss, building muscle 03 Oct 2005
    By Jim Paul. URBANA, Ill. – A high-protein diet can make regular exercise more effective for women trying to lose weight – helping ...
    - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette

    Helix BioMedix Invited to Present at SRI's Peptides and ... 03 Oct 2005
    Company's proprietary HB50 and HB107 peptides, at the Strategic Research Institute's conference titled "Peptides and Therapeutics Proteins: New Opportunities ...
    - Yahoo! News (press release)

    NEWSWEEK: Potential Inventors Are Un-Made: 'In Some Sense, Every ... 03 Oct 2005
    Hillis is now working with David Agus, a cancer specialist at Cedars- Sinai Medical Center, on a way to analyze the millions of proteins in a individual's body ...
    - PR Newswire (press release)

    Scientists Uncover Rules That Govern The Rate Of Protein Evolution 03 Oct 2005
    The tiny proteins these living things are built from are also evolving, accumulating mutations mostly one at a time over billions of years. ...
    - Science Daily (press release)

    People living with amyloidosis struggle with pain and physical ... 03 Oct 2005
    But she is one of the lucky ones. In 2002, she received a liver transplant that effectively stopped the continued buildup of abnormal proteins. ...
    - Hagerstown Morning Herald

    Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, farnesyl transferase ... 03 Oct 2005
    ..." We've been hopeful that our two decades of research on how proteins are processed and modified in cells might ultimately help people with certain forms of ...
    - Xagena.it

    Celliance Corporation Acquires Gene Expression Technology from ... 03 Oct 2005
    ...improve the yield, consistency and stability of protein production in cultured mammalian cells, allowing simpler and quicker generation of proteins at small ...
    - Genetic Engineering News

    Celliance buys gene expression technology from Innovata 03 Oct 2005
    ...to improve the yield, consistency and stability of protein production in cultured mammalian cells, allowing simpler and quicker generation of proteins at small ...
    - in-PharmaTechnologist

    Recent winners of Nobel Prize in medicine 03 Oct 2005
    ..._ 1994: Alfred G. Gilman and Martin Rodbell, United States, for the discovery of G-proteins and how cells confuse messages and foster diseases. ...
    - San Jose Mercury News

    Sourav's eatery bags US order 03 Oct 2005
    ...workshop with the chefs. The instructions are clear -- cater food rich in proteins and fibre, said a source at Sourav's. Food would be ...
    - Rediff

    BIOSCIENCES COMPLETES SAFC 03 Oct 2005
    Already the clear market leader in cell culture reagents and services for therapeutic proteins, SAFC Biosciences recorded 2004 sales in excess of US$150m and ...
    - ITNews

    Junk Food Babes 03 Oct 2005
    The National Curriculum states only that, children should be taught “the need for a balanced diet� and the “sources of carbohydrates, proteins, fats�. ...
    - Bakery & Snacks

    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and State Health Labs ... 03 Oct 2005
    Customers use these tools to analyze nucleic acids (DNA and RNA), small molecules, and proteins to make scientific discoveries, develop new pharmaceuticals ...
    - Genetic Engineering News

    Enzon Acquires Global Rights from NatImmune for Oncology Product 03 Oct 2005
    ...at www.enzon.com. NatImmune A/S is a biotech company focused on the development of therapeutic proteins. Based in Symbion Science ...
    - Genetic Engineering News

    Ohio farmers, researchers boost agricultural ties with Israel 03 Oct 2005
    He said Solbar Industries Inc., which produces soy proteins, is negotiating to open a factory in the northeast Ohio town of Orrville. ...
    - Ha'aretz (subscription)

    Affymetrix Launches GeneChip(R) Human Exon Array; -- New ... 03 Oct 2005
    ...can potentially be translated into a different protein carrying out different functions, which greatly increases the diversity of proteins generated from the ...
    - Business Wire (press release)

    Chromium Picolinate Linked With Reduced Carbohydrate Cravings in ... 03 Oct 2005
    Chromium is an essential trace mineral whose main function is to work with insulin to metabolize carbohydrates, fats and proteins. ...
    - NPIcenter (press release)

    Casein in Processed Foods & Products 03 Oct 2005
    ...caseinates. The terms to watch for include the ones mentioned above, as well as cheese, curds, milk proteins, and milk solids. Imitation ...
    - allergies.about.com

    Amorfix Life Sciences Ltd. to begin trading 03 Oct 2005
    ...is an emerging theranostics company focused on the diagnosis and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, where aggregated misfolded proteins (AMPs) are ...
    - Canada NewsWire (press release)

    Transplant procedure falls out of favor 03 Oct 2005
    Adherex is developing compounds that target specific proteins on certain tumor cells, and blood vessels that feed solid tumors. ...
    - Crain's Detroit Business (subscription)

    Need For Awareness Of Allergenic Foods 03 Oct 2005
    ...awareness of allergy issues for food allergic consumers, as well as those involved in the manufacture and utilization of industrial proteins, particularly in ...
    - MedIndia

    PharmaFrontiers Presents Positive Tovaxin(TM) Research at ... 03 Oct 2005
    Blood was obtained from each patient from which T cells reactive to two peptides each of three proteins (MBP, PLP, and MOG) were expanded ex vivo and prepared ...
    - Business Wire (press release)

    R&D in WS: New director takes reins as research park growth ... 03 Oct 2005
    ...know it would be extraordinarily useful to be able to attract a pilot manufacturing facility as a start, which could not only manufacture proteins for general ...
    - MSNBC

    Rousselot launches a new bovine RDH 03 Oct 2005
    Fully digestible, Rousselot Hydrolyzed Collagens PCH (porcine), RDH (bovine), FGH (fish) are pure proteins widely used as a protein source in functional foods ...
    - Food Ingredients First

    Veggie Happy: Vegetarians say they feel healthy not eating meat 03 Oct 2005
    ...safe. But, she said, it's important that teens find other sources for the vitamins and proteins they would usually get from meat. ...
    - Winston-Salem Journal

    Processed foods? Read this, France says 03 Oct 2005
    ...officials counter that over the same three decades, carbohydrate consumption has also dropped, even though carbohydrates provide vital proteins, starch, fibers ...
    - International Herald Tribune

    Enzon Acquires Global Rights from NatImmune for Oncology Product 03 Oct 2005
    ...at www.enzon.com. NatImmune A/S is a biotech company focused on the development oftherapeutic proteins. Based in Symbion Science ...
    - Finanzen.net

    XenoPort is poised for growth after IPO 03 Oct 2005
    They eventually came up with the idea of a Trojan Horse of sorts for drug delivery, using transporter proteins along the gastrointestinal wall to parachute ...
    - San Jose Business Journal

    McEwan's `Saturday' wise, superb 03 Oct 2005
    It's spelled out in fragile proteins, but it could be carved in stone, or tempered steel.". There's an awful lot to think about here. ...
    - Birmingham News

    Celiac Disease Awareness 03 Oct 2005
    Why this happens is not yet known. The small intestine then can't properly absorb basic nutrients such as proteins, fats, vitamins, and minerals. ...
    - rarediseases.about.com

    Scientists hope proteins study yields key to cancer Oct 1, 2005
    One of several hundred thousand different proteins in the human body, Her2 normally sits quietly in the membrane of a cell until another molecule latches onto ...
    - Palm Beach Post

    Good Proteins Vs. Bad Proteins Sep 29, 2005
    While many proteins are good, there are some that can be bad for your health. ... The trick is learning the good proteins from the bad, and how much you need. ...
    - Forbes

    PEPTIDES & PROTEINS International Symposium to Showcase R&D and ... Sep 29, 2005
    The entire macromolecule community will convene in Philadelphia at the upcoming Peptides and Therapeutic Proteins: New Opportunities for Macromolecule ...
    - PR Newswire (press release)

    Scientist uses form to explain function of key building blocks of ... Sep 30, 2005
    Professor of biochemistry John Markley, along with a team that included graduate student I-Jin Lin, studied iron-sulfur proteins called rubredoxins that ...
    - PhysOrg.com

    Image of myosin-actin interaction revealed in cover story of ... Sep 30, 2005
    ...of Vermont have captured the first 3-dimensional (3D) atomic-resolution images of the motor protein myosin V as it "walks" along other proteins, revealing new ...
    - EurekAlert

    Grant will aid research center Oct 1, 2005
    ..."Our general theme focuses on the proteins in the nervous system.". Those proteins, or transporters, he said, move natural drugs ...
    - Helena Independent Record

    Computer program helps explain how the same proteins can play ... Sep 27, 2005
    University of California, San Diego biochemists have developed a computer program that helps explain a long-standing mystery: how the same proteins can play ...
    - News-Medical.net

    Researchers create functioning artificial proteins using nature's ... Sep 21, 2005
    ...journal Nature, Dr. Rama Ranganathan, associate professor of pharmacology, and his colleagues detail a new method for creating artificial proteins based only ...
    - PhysOrg.com

    Organism can produce 10 trillion proteins Sep 20, 2005
    Bacteriophages, which latch on to proteins in bacteria, should have the same problem. But Stephen McMahon and colleagues at the ...
    - Guardian Unlimited

    Rama Ranganathan Uses Nature's Rules to Create Proteins Sep 22, 2005
    22 September 2005 -- Rama Ranganathan and colleagues at the University of Texas believe they have unlocked the secrets that nature uses to design proteins. ...
    - INDOlink

    Creating functioning artificial proteins using nature's rules, UT ... Sep 21, 2005
    By examining how proteins have evolved, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have discovered a set of simple "rules" that nature appears to use to design ...
    - Medical News Today (press release)

    Scientists Uncover "Tags" That Force Proteins to Cell Surface Sep 22, 2005
    Johns Hopkins scientists have discovered internal "shipping labels" that allow -- and perhaps force -- hundreds if not thousands of proteins to get to the ...
    - Newswise (press release)

    Artificial proteins built with nature's rules Sep 22, 2005
    Researchers have discovered a set of simple design rules that let them create artificial proteins with the look and function of their natural counterparts. ...
    - Betterhumans

    Can proteins perform logic? Sep 23, 2005
    Theoretical physicists in the UK have shown that it should be possible to use clusters of proteins to perform complex logic operations. ...
    - PhysicsWeb.org

    Novel antibodies against fluorescent proteins Sep 23, 2005
    Affinity purified polyclonal antibodies against Evrogen fluorescent proteins are effective tool for western blots and detection of target proteins in cells or ...
    - Laboratory Talk

    Detecting Anthrax Proteins At Ultralow Concentrations Sep 1, 2005
    A new laboratory method for quickly detecting active anthrax proteins within an infected blood sample at extremely low levels has been developed by researchers ...
    - Science Daily (press release)

    Ancient proteins new germ defense Sep 10, 2005
    ...and destroy infectious bacteria. Proteins are complex chemical compounds that make up all living tissues. Since then, scientists ...
    - Houston Chronicle

    Two Proteins For The Diagnosis Of Lung Diseases Sep 2, 2005
    The study was then based on two, non-collagenous proteins from the extra-cellular matrix of the pulmonary interstices, fibronectin and tenascin in different ...
    - Science Daily (press release)

    Computers predict detailed structure of small proteins almost as ... Sep 16, 2005
    Computers can predict the detailed structure of small proteins nearly as well as experimental methods, at least some of the time, according to new studies by ...
    - Medical News Today (press release)

    NEW: Scientists using proteins as a way to treat cancer Sep 12, 2005
    A San Antonio research team in the Texas Research Park is focusing on proteins as a way to pinpoint and treat cancer. ... "Proteins can be good guys or bad guys. ...
    - San Antonio Express (subscription)

    Prostate cancer uses Wnt signaling proteins to promote growth of ... Sep 1, 2005
    ...at the University of Michigan's Comprehensive Cancer Center suggests that prostate cancer manipulates an important group of signaling proteins called Wnts ...
    - Medical News Today (press release)

    Competing proteins influence strength of tooth enamel Sep 1, 2005
    A gene critical to tooth formation expresses a protein that is then cleaved into two proteins with seemingly opposite functions, according to a USC-led team of ...
    - I-Newswire.com (press release)

    Researchers extend work on proteins Sep 15, 2005
    Increased federal funding for an Arkansas biomedical research partnership will help the state’s scientists better understand the roles that proteins play in ...
    - Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription)

    Chaperoning Misfolded Proteins 9/14/05 Sep 14, 2005
    ...actually caused by enzymes," says Huertas. "Other proteins do not lend themselves to that kind of approach.". In the case of a-GAL ...
    - Bioscience Technology

    Making Proteins without DNA Sep 13, 2005
    The only practical methods of producing synthetic polypeptides had reached about the 50–amino acid mark, the size of the smallest proteins. ...
    - Scientific American

    Brainwork to burn up the proteins Sep 11, 2005
    Peter McTigue sets two questions, with answers, to help chemistry students revise for the final exams. HERE are some questions relevant ...
    - The Age (subscription)

    New Columbia University center aims to advance next generation of ... Oct 1, 2005
    ..."Biomedical research is moving away from small experiments on individual genes or proteins, to the simultaneous analysis of tens of thousands of genes and ...
    - Medical News Today (press release)

    Ciphergen's New Equalizer(TM) Technology Enables the Detection of ... Sep 29, 2005
    ...report in Electrophoresis, 2005, volume 26, (2005), a novel technology and applications for reducing the concentration differences of proteins in biological ...
    - Yahoo! News (press release)

    Melrose Dairy Proteins has unique product mix Sep 6, 2005
    MELROSE, Minn. -- There's more to milk processing than cheese, says Melrose Dairy Proteins plant manager Hank Braegelmann. The company ...
    - Agri News

    Proteomics software quickly identifies proteins Sep 2, 2005
    Syngene has introduced Dymension 3 software for rapid, yet reproducible analysis of proteins run on two-dimensional (2D) multi-stain gels, such as Cyanine dyes ...
    - Laboratory Talk

    Peptides and Therapeutic Proteins Emerging as Attractive Drug ... Sep 12, 2005
    The entire macromolecule community will convene in Philadelphia at the upcoming Peptides and Therapeutic Proteins: New Opportunities for Macromolecule ...
    - PharmaLive.com (press release)

    Mad cow proteins successfully detected in blood Sep 3, 2005
    I-Newswire) - Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston ( UTMB ) have found a way to detect in blood the malformed proteins that cause ...
    - I-Newswire.com (press release)

    Structural biology: An action-packed history of muscle proteins Sep 5, 2005
    Inside the cells of many organisms reside special motor proteins known as myosin that use chemical energy to move structural filaments within the cell. ...
    - Medical News Today (press release)

    How SNARE proteins drive fertilization Sep 7, 2005
    ...toxin-sensitive. The chaperone NSF/alpha-SNAP is essential for this step of the process that renders monomeric proteins. "Now, SNAREs ...
    - Scientist

    Best Dynamic Light Scattering System for Proteins Sep 6, 2005
    ...and measuring molecules as small as 0.3 nm hydrodynamic radius, the Zetasizer offers the high sensitivity required for the measurement of solutions of proteins ...
    - AZoNano.com

    Incidence of anti-brain antibodies in children with obsessive ... Sep 30, 2005
    We have recently described serum anti-brain antibodies that bind to basal ganglia proteins in patients with post-streptococcal brain syndromes (Church et al ...
    - British Journal of Psychiatry (subscription)

    SENS 2 Report: Moving Mitochondria Oct 1, 2005
    Then, if and when the mitochondrial DNA gets mutated so that one or more of the 13 proteins are no longer being synthesised inside the mitochondria, it won't ...
    - Methuselah Foundation

    O-GlcNAc sugar helps control cell division Sep 28, 2005
    The sugar, known as O-GlcNAc (pronounced oh-GLUCK-nack), is used inside cells to modify proteins, turning the proteins off or on, helping or preventing their ...
    - RxPG NEWS

    A problem with evolution’s ‘assumption’ Oct 2, 2005
    ...the single-stranded RNA. But there is a catch: you need DNA to make proteins and you need proteins to make DNA. The chances of one ...
    - Santa Cruz Sentinel

    Baxter Announces Collaborations to Develop Longer Acting Forms of ... Sep 29, 2005
    Nasdaq: NKTR), San Carlos, Calif., and Lipoxen Technologies, London, England, aimed at developing longer acting therapeutic forms of blood clotting proteins. ...
    - PR Newswire (press release)

    A Global View of DNA-Packing Proteins Cracks the Histone Code Aug 30, 2005
    By PLoS Biology, In one of biology's most impressive engineering feats, specialized proteins package some six-and-a-half feet of human DNA into a nucleus that ...
    - RxPG NEWS

    'Mad cow' proteins detected in blood Aug 29, 2005
    Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB) have found a way to detect in blood the malformed proteins that cause "mad cow disease ...
    - myDNA.com

    On RNA and RNAi (RNA Interference or Silencing) Oct 1, 2005
    ...surrounding cell. Everything in our bodies is made from proteins manufactured according to the genetic recipes found in DNA. Once ...
    - CSI Files

    Protein "yoga" reveals secrets of complex enzyme folding Sep 26, 2005
    BERKELEY – University of California, Berkeley, researchers are putting proteins through stretching exercises - what they call "protein yoga" - to uncover the ...
    - UC Berkeley (press release)

    Odyssey Thera Establishes the World's Largest Collection of High ... Sep 30, 2005
    The signaling nodes are probed with assays that measure the dynamic interactions of proteins that regulate cellular homeostasis and disease, as well as the ...
    - PR Newswire UK (press release)

    Protein microarray market shows strong growth Sep 30, 2005
    ...to use protein arrays with a greater density than current users - 68% of respondents now using protein microarrays focus on subsets of proteins, usually fewer ...
    - Laboratory Talk

    Sirna teams up with Allergan Sep 30, 2005
    Viral RNA forces an infected cell to make copies of viral proteins, worsening the illness. In the normal human cell, the DNA in ...
    - San Francisco Chronicle

    Tests show two women died of brain-wasting disease Oct 2, 2005
    The results bring to three the number of confirmed deaths this year in Idaho due to diseases related to "prions," or malformed proteins. ...
    - Wyoming News

    Altered molecule improves body's defense Oct 1, 2005
    Stat1 is involved in immune responses that are initiated by proteins called interferons. These proteins are produced by the cells ...
    - myDNA.com

    Researchers create functioning artificial proteins using nature's ... Sep 21, 2005
    21, 2005 – By examining how proteins have evolved, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have discovered a set of simple "rules" that nature appears to ...
    - EurekAlert

    Discovery May Provide Novel Method to Generate Medically Useful ... Sep 19, 2005
    ...rare, recreating the process in a test tube could give researchers a new way to generate therapeutic enzymes, vaccines and other medically important proteins. ...
    - Newswise (press release)

    Positive Genetic Test for Negative Symptoms Oct 2, 2005
    ...of five dopamine receptors, binding to the D 1 , D 2 , and D 3 receptors, a marker of presynaptic nerve supply, and three intracellular proteins with roles in ...
    - Am J Psychiatry (subscription)

    Production tops 13.6 million lbs. Sep 30, 2005
    Most animal proteins are already banned, he said, but the FDA will tighten that ban on a couple of other areas, two of which would significantly affect ...
    - Capital Press (subscription)

    Cancer Drug Might Help Kids with Fatal "Aging" Syndrome Sep 26, 2005
    ..."We've been hopeful that our two decades of research on how proteins are processed and modified in cells might ultimately help people with certain forms of ...
    - Newswise (press release)

    Nuclear receptor proteins could change anti-inflammatory ... Sep 12, 2005
    Several nuclear receptor proteins appear to overlap in their ability to exert anti-inflammatory effects, according to new research by scientists at the ...
    - News-Medical.net

    研究�现糖在细胞的生命周期充当��角色 Sep 21, 2005
    The sugar, known as O-GlcNAc (pronounced oh-GLUCK-nack), is used inside cells to modify proteins, turning the proteins off or on, helping or preventing their ...
    - 中国生物技术信�网

    Nektar and Baxter Collaborate to Develop Novel Longer-Acting Forms ... Sep 29, 2005
    ...(NYSE:BAX) to develop PEGylated therapeutic forms of blood clotting proteins for patients with hemophilia, in order to reduce the frequency of injections ...
    - Genetic Engineering News

    Nektar and Baxter Collaborate to Develop Novel Longer-Acting Forms ... Sep 29, 2005
    ...(NYSE:BAX) todevelop PEGylated therapeutic forms of blood clotting proteins forpatients with hemophilia, in order to reduce the frequency ofinjections required ...
    - Finanzen.net




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