POSTS TAGGED AS biochemistry

Photoinduced Cycloisomerization

 
Synthesizing carbocyclic 5-8-5 fused-ring-systems
Florida State University biochemists have used UV light to synthesize the carbocyclic ring that should be useful in [MORE]

Novel Material for “Self-Assembling Arteries”

Self-Assembling Tissue
You’ll have to go to the September 28th issue of Nature Chemistry to find out which peptides and proteins [MORE]

Toxin Biosensor for Smart Phones

iColour Analyser
Bundling bacteriophage into a patterned “material,” bioengineers at the University of California at Berkeley fabricated a biosensor that shows [MORE]

Stanford’s “Living Computer”

Stanford Living Computer
This piece makes the race for a real “Tricorder” seem positively old fashioned.  Synthetic biologists at Stanford [MORE]

Stanford’s “Living Computer”

Stanford Living Computer
This piece makes the race for a real “Tricorder” seem positively old fashioned.  Synthetic biologists at Stanford [MORE]

Organs-on-a-Chip Move Toward Commercialization

With support from DARPA and pharmaceutical companies, the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering (Harvard University SEE VIDEO ON [MORE]

Nanocages for Drug Delivery

Molecular Cage
Hydrogel nanotraps have existed for a few years, but this piece describes nanocages derived from self-assembling bacterial proteins.  [MORE]

Multiplexed Microneedle Biosensor Assay

NC State Microneedle
Research collaborators in North Carolina, New Mexico and California have developed a microneedle biosensor that loads electrochemicals [MORE]

Nanoscale Lipid Vesicle Platform for Millions of Tests on One Chip

Nanolipid Vescile Platform
The ability to make incredibly small containers from phospholipids (liposomes) has been known since the early 1960’s, [MORE]

Lipid Biosensor for Protein-Protein Interactions

W. Cho, PhD
It’s no small trick to quantify lipid-membrane concentrations in living cells, but University of Illinois chemist Wonhwa [MORE]

A New Twist on the Biochemistry of Alzheimer’s Disease

For many years, neuroscientists have focused on the role amyloid beta plays in the plaques and tangles of neurons [MORE]

Dr. John Simpson-Angioplasty Pioneer

John Simpson, MD, PhD
German physician Andreas Gruentzig invented balloon angioplasty in 1977, but University of Texas physician and bioengineer John [MORE]

Robotic Cells to Fight Cancer

In the not too distant future, robotic cells may be able to target tumors, and perhaps, even kill them. At [MORE]

Methacetin Breath-Test for Predicting Hep-C Survivability

13C-methacetin, an isotope labeled analygesic, has been used to diagnose liver disease because it quantitatively evaluates cytochrome P450-dependent liver function.  [MORE]