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Chemistry World August 2, 2012 Philip Ball |
Polymer replacement for the hydration shell The sheath of water molecules, called a hydration shell, that gives protein molecules the flexibility to do their catalytic job can be replaced by polymers, according to Adam Perriman of the University of Bristol and his coworkers. |
Chemistry World July 20, 2009 Philip Ball |
Researchers form first liquid protein Chemists at the University of Bristol, UK and their colleagues, in collaboration with the Max Planck Institute for Colloid and Interface Research in Golm, Germany, have figured out how to convert pure proteins into a liquid state, without any solvent. |
Chemistry World December 12, 2011 Simon Hadlington |
Zwitterion approach to stabilizing drug proteins Researchers in the US have discovered a new way to stabilize and protect protein molecules without affecting the protein's biological activity. |
Chemistry World August 17, 2011 Jon Cartwright |
Plasma Treatment to Use Patient's Proteins to Improve Medical Device Biocompatibility Researchers have developed a plasma treatment that can make any medical device biocompatible by sticking a patient's own proteins to it. |
Chemistry World April 27, 2006 |
`Sticky Trees' Glue Molecules to Proteins Researchers have developed a chemical glue that binds molecules to proteins without compromising protein function. The method could be used to modify a wide range of proteins for a variety of purposes, such as in the development of new protein-based therapies. |
Chemistry World August 26, 2008 Fred Campbell |
High-throughput protein microarrays on the way A new method to rapidly generate protein microarrays has been developed by UK researchers at the University of Manchester. |
Chemistry World April 28, 2011 Laura Howes |
Polymer collapses in a flash Researchers in the Netherlands have created a polymer that folds up like a protein on exposure to light. |
Technology Research News September 24, 2003 Kimberly Patch |
Heated plastic holds proteins One important task for biochips is sorting proteins, but it's tricky business getting protein molecules to be where you want them and stay away from where you don't. A tiny, plastic-coated hot plate allows scientists to trap and release proteins on command. |
Technology Research News March 24, 2004 |
DNA has nano building in hand Researchers from Ludwig Maximilians University in Germany have built a simple molecular machine from DNA that can bind to and release single molecules of a specific type of protein. |
Chemistry World October 27, 2006 Richard Van Noorden |
Synthetic Origami Folds Like Natural Enzymes Researchers have synthesised a large organic molecule that folds up like a small protein, though its backbone is entirely non-biological. The achievement is a step along the path to producing truly synthetic enzymes in the laboratory. |
Chemistry World November 25, 2009 Simon Hadlington |
Virus shells traps multiple proteins Scientists in The Netherlands have devised a way to pack large numbers of proteins into the empty shell of a virus. |
Chemistry World September 24, 2007 Simon Hadlington |
Viral Nanoreactor Captures Single Molecules Researchers in the Netherlands have created a biochemical nanoreactor by cracking open a virus, removing its contents then reassembling the virus's protein coat around a single molecule of enzyme. |
Chemistry World February 13, 2014 Philip Ball |
Ice core to antifreeze protein's inner workings The antifreeze protein that protects the winter flounder from sub-zero temperatures has been found to have an odd structure. |
Chemistry World October 16, 2006 Michael Gross |
Brief Encounter Observing fleeting interactions between molecules in solution requires extremely sophisticated methods. NMR spectroscopists have now developed tools that let them watch the transient encounter between two proteins before a well-defined complex is formed. |
Chemistry World June 14, 2011 |
A New Spin on Protein NMR A new technique will allow researchers to study protein structure in greater detail using NMR. |
Chemistry World February 3, 2010 Simon Hadlington |
New 'hook' for reversibly binding molecules to proteins UK chemists have found a simple new 'hook' that allows molecules to be attached to proteins and later removed, something that is currently difficult to achieve. |
Chemistry World November 23, 2006 Simon Hadlington |
Unfolding Peptide Watched in Real Time Researchers have observed a peptide molecule changing shape in real time. The ultrafast process was monitored using a technique called transient two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy. |
Technology Research News August 25, 2004 Kimberly Patch |
Liquid Crystal IDs Pathogens Liquid crystal is not only the stuff of computer screens and watch displays, it is also how your cell membranes are structured. Combining the similarly structured artificial and biological materials makes a device that detects viruses and toxins. |
Chemistry World January 19, 2011 Jon Cartwright |
Modified protein binders give shortcut to drugs The method, which involves attaching polypeptides to the binders, could help reduce the work required to develop protein binders into safer drugs. |
Technology Research News April 9, 2003 |
Liquid crystals go 3D Researchers from Sheffield University in England and the University of Pennsylvania have unlocked some of the secrets of liquid crystals, materials that self-assemble into lattices of geometric shapes that are neither solid nor liquid, but somewhere between. |
Chemistry World July 23, 2012 Jennifer Newton |
Delivering insulin in a skin cream Scientists in Japan have developed a way to administer insulin to patients through the skin. |
Chemistry World April 26, 2007 Philip Ball |
Water's Surface is Acidic Pure, neutral water has an acid skin. This striking notion has now been confirmed by calculations and tests by an international team of scientists. The finding could be significant for a number of disciplines. |
Chemistry World March 23, 2012 Michael Gross |
Molecular chaperones caught on film Researchers have combined thousands of snapshots of the barrel-shaped protein GroEL to create a series of films that follow its movement and binding events. |
Chemistry World May 2, 2007 Michael Gross |
Protein Printboard Chemists in the Netherlands have created nanoscale structures that can immobilize proteins with exquisite control over specificity, strength and orientation. |
Prepared Foods February 2008 Sharon Book |
Article: Protein Ingredients for Health and Texture A variety of soy, dairy and egg proteins are available for the food formulator to obtain the desired texture in a food or beverage. |
Chemistry World March 6, 2007 Michael Gross |
Nature's Supramolecular Chemistry Researchers studying a bacterial molybdenum-storage protein have teamed up with inorganic chemists to resolve the structure of the storage protein's central cavity. |
Chemistry World June 2009 Michael Gross |
Bubble-wrapped frogs Tropical frogs create remarkable protein foams to protect their spawn. Exploration of the underlying chemistry has only just begun |
Technology Research News June 18, 2003 |
Protein traps nanoparticles Researchers from the University of Tokyo in Japan have adapted a tubular bacterial protein for technological applications by coaxing it to combine with individual luminescent semiconductor nanoparticles. |
Technology Research News January 14, 2004 |
Wet biochip preserves proteins Researchers from Kyushu University in Japan have produced a hydrogel material that makes it possible for proteins to survive aboard labs-on-a-chip. |
Reactive Reports Issue 51 David Bradley |
Protein Crystals Trapped Researchers have developed a new technique for crystallizing proteins, which could open up a whole range of materials to this powerful analytical technique. |
Industrial Physicist |
Biomimetic Nanotechnology Although biomimetic nanotechnology is in its infancy, with no applications yet reaching commercialization, the barriers in some cases lie mainly in scaling up production processes to industrial levels. |
Chemistry World January 26, 2012 Simon Hadlington |
The world's first magnetic soap Researchers have created a liquid surfactant that can be moved by a magnet. |
Technology Research News June 29, 2005 |
Self-assembly: the natural way to make things In biology, there are a few different ways DNA molecules can be replicated and combined. |
Chemistry World July 24, 2009 Nina Notman |
Chiral isotropic liquids from achiral molecules Boomerang-shaped liquid crystal phase molecules that don't exhibit 'handedness' (chirality) have been found to form unusual chiral structures that spontaneously separate into left- and right-handed domains. |
HHMI Bulletin February 2011 Michele Solis |
Right Before Your Eyes Coupling protein sequence to function, thousands of variants at a time. |
Reactive Reports December 2006 David Bradley |
Blood, Light, and Water Two molecules that occur naturally in blood have been engineered by scientists to use sunlight to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. |
BusinessWeek July 21, 2003 Kate Murphy |
What Popeye Should Be Pushing: Protein Popeye was wrong: You won't be strong to the finish if you eat your spinach. You've got to eat protein to build and maintain muscle mass. It also makes a difference what kind of protein and what time you eat it. |
Chemistry World October 17, 2011 Andy Extance |
Water erodes 'lock and key' drug model US researchers have dealt a severe blow to the idea of a single 'hydrophobic effect' that can help explain how all drugs dock with proteins. |
Chemistry World February 3, 2013 Andy Extance |
Enzyme draws nanopore protein sequencing nearer US scientists at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have made a key step towards nanopore protein sequencing, thanks to an 'unfoldase' enzyme. Mark Akeson's team exploited this enzyme to unravel proteins and pull them through nanopores. |
Reactive Reports Issue 33 David Bradley |
Two-faced Liquid Crystals A new class of programmable liquid crystals could be used to make variable optical filters for laboratory instrumentation and digital cameras; they might even be used to treat dyslexia. |
Technology Research News June 4, 2003 |
Study shows DNA will fill tubes Researchers from the Max Planck Institute in Germany have shown by computer simulation that it is possible to insert DNA into a carbon nanotube. |
Chemistry World April 2009 Philip Ball |
Column: The crucible Unwinding protein fibrils could give a glimpse of how peptides survived on early Earth |
Chemistry World July 31, 2012 David Bradley |
Hydrogels can release drugs one at a time A hydrogel that can be programmed to release different protein drugs one after the other rather than all at once could simplify the delivery of complex therapeutic regimens for various diseases. |
Chemistry World October 15, 2009 Simon Hadlington |
Optical conveyor belt gathers up molecules Researchers in Germany have developed a novel way to 'round up' biological molecules that are freely suspended in solution and trap them in a confined space using nothing more than light. |
Chemistry World June 21, 2007 Michael Gross |
A Mirror for the Moon Cosmologists have said that a Moon-based telescope with a parabolic mirror made of a rotating liquid would be ideally suited to studying very distant structures of the universe. Researchers using a chemical approach have now succeeded in creating a liquid based system. |
Chemistry World January 9, 2013 Laura Howes |
Antifreeze protein's watery dance Most animals left in -30 C temperatures wouldn't last very long. Not only would they get hypothermia, but the water in their bodies would start to freeze. Some animals and plants, however, use antifreeze proteins to keep ice at bay. |
Chemistry World September 23, 2008 Simon Hadlington |
Nanoparticles Hide Behind Protein Cloak Polymer nanoparticles suspended in human blood become cloaked in plasma proteins, new research has shown. |
Chemistry World May 19, 2011 Jon Cartwright |
Liquid crystals spot bacteria to order Liquid crystals could one day be used as bio-sensors, detecting the presence of minute amounts of pathogens. That is the claim of a US group of researchers, who have demonstrated how a liquid crystal changes orientation in the presence of bacteria. |
Chemistry World November 2006 Philip Ball |
Opinion: The Crucible Here are some of the latest instalments in the ongoing story of how protein misfolding causes neurodegenerative diseases -- a story that is not solely about developing clinical treatments or preventative medicines, but which goes to the heart of proteins' role as the stuff of life. |
Chemistry World April 29, 2013 Caryl Richards |
Protein origami sets scene for designer structures A world first in the art of protein origami has been attained with a novel method of folding a polypeptide chain into a three-dimensional tetrahedron. |