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Researchers find new mechanism behind the formation and maintenance of long-term memories

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Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found that lactate, a type of energy fuel in the brain, plays a critical role in the formation of long-term memory. These findings have important implications for common illnesses like Alzheimer’s…

Categories Blog Entry, Brain & Behavior, Earth, Energy & Environment, Health, Life & Non-humans

UT researchers link algae to harmful estrogen-like compound in water

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University of Tennessee, Knoxville, researchers have found that blue-green algae may be responsible for producing an estrogen-like compound in the environment which could disrupt the normal activity of reproductive hormones and adversely affect fish…

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Scripps Research compound blocks brain cell destruction in Parkinson’s disease

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JUPITER, FL, February 11, 2011 — Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have produced the first known compound to show significant effectiveness in protecting brain cells directly affected by Parkinson’s disease, a pr…

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Scientists synthesize long-sought-after anticancer agent

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New Haven, Conn. — A team of Yale University scientists has synthesized for the first time a chemical compound called lomaiviticin aglycon, leading to the development of a new class of molecules that appear to target and destroy cancer stem cells. …

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Scripps Research team creates new synthetic compound with HIV-fighting promise

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LA JOLLA, CA — January 18, 2011 — Using chemical compounds found in a Japanese plant as a lead and the clever application of ultraviolet light, a Scripps Research Institute team has created a unique library of dozens of synthetic compounds to te…

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Tomatoes found to contain nutrient which prevents vascular diseases

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They are the most widely produced fruit in the world and now scientists in Japan have discovered that tomatoes contain a nutrient which could tackle the onset of vascular diseases. The research, published in the journal Molecular Nutrition & Food Re…

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Researchers discover compound with potent effects on biological clock

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Using an automated screening technique developed by pharmaceutical companies to find new drugs, a team of researchers from UC San Diego and three other research institutions has discovered a molecule with the most potent effects ever seen on the bio…

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Platinum and blue light combine to combat cancer

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When it comes to health care blue lights, are usually most useful on the top of ambulances but now new research led by the University of Warwick has found a way to use blue light to activate what could be a highly potent platinum-based cancer treatm…

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Drug-like compound stops thyroid overstimulation in early NIH studies

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Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have identified a compound that prevents overproduction of thyroid hormone, a finding that brings scientists one step closer to improving treatment for Graves’ disease.
In Graves’ disease, the thy…

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Ultrathin alternative to silicon for future electronics

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There’s good news in the search for the next generation of semiconductors. Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California (UC) Berkeley, have successfully …

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Scripps Research scientists identify first synthetic activator of 2 critical proteins

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JUPITER, FL, November 19, 2010 — Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have identified a novel synthetic activator of a pair of proteins that belong to a protein family playing key roles in human metabolism and immun…

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Key player in detoxification pathway isolated after decades of searching

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Chemical reactions are happening all over the place all the time–on the sun, on the Earth and in our bodies. In many cases, enzymes help make these reactions occur. One family of enzymes, called cytochrome P450s (P450), is important because they he…

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