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Innovative probe visualises tumours
A new probe has the potential to help surgeons visualise primary non-fluorescing, low-grade gliomas during surgery to remove the tumour.
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Scientists visualise structure of key DNA repair component
The ATR protein has been imaged at ‘near-atomic resolution’, providing greater insight into its activation in DNA repair.
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Cryo-electron microscopy used to identify CPF protein structure
Researchers have used cryo-electron microscopy to solve the structure of a protein complex critical for gene expression...
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Structure of amyloid fibrils determined with previously unachieved resolution
Researchers have displayed structural details of amyloid structures which may answer many questions on the growth of harmful deposits...
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New method developed for 3-D imaging
Scientists have developed a microscopy method that generates fast and reliable 3D images of curvilinear structures...
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New synthetic polio vaccine candidate
A collaborative team of scientists have developed a novel synthetic vaccine with a method grown in plants that uses virus-like particles...
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GSK: A Lifetime in Fluorescence
GSK's top investigators explain why the data quality offered by Fluorescence lifetime detection technology for drug discovery applications is superior…
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Muscle cryomicroscopy images could provide model for nanomachines
Myosin provides model for nanomachines
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Nanoinjection increases survival rate of cells to 90%
How do tumours grow? And how do bacteria transform harmless substances into medical agents? When biophysicists want to understand what is happening in living cells, they have to introduce fluorescent probes or other foreign molecules. There are several ways to overcome the cell wall without causing the cell permanent harm.
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Diabetic research suggests purslane herb extract mimics insulin
A new study has confirmed the anti-diabetic properties of the purslane herb extract Portulaca oleracea L.
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How the anthrax toxin forms a deadly “conveyer belt”
28 September 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer
During anthrax infections, the bacterium Bacillus anthracis secretes a toxin consisting of two related enzymes named lethal factor and edema factor...
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Super-resolution microscopy reveals the surface of T cells
16 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Salk Institute researchers have imaged how vital receptors on the surface of T cells bundle together when activated using super-resolution microscopy...
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Snapshots of the NMDA receptor could aid drug development
3 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Researchers have obtained images of the NMDA receptor in different states. Understanding how NMDA receptors activate is critical in designing new drugs...
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Nanoparticles hold promise in the fight against genital herpes
28 April 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Researchers have shown that zinc-oxide nanoparticles can prevent genital herpes virus from entering cells, and help natural immunity to develop...
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Trends in contemporary microscopy
In the biomedical arena the imaging of biological samples has long been a mainstay technology, not only furthering our understanding of fundamental biology, but also playing a key role in designing strategies and therapies to combat infection and disease...
