Bacterial 'bubbles' hitchhike to reach the cell surface, researchers discover

Researchers at Umeå University have discovered that the microscopic "bubbles" released by bacteria in our body do not just ...

Novel intracellular trafficking pathway discovered in plant cells

Just like in yeast and animal cells, vacuoles in plants are responsible for breaking down unwanted cellular components. At ...
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Active Biotech Reports Positive Phase I Results for Laquinimod Eye Drops

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Nature

Indirubin, the active constituent of a Chinese antileukaemia medicine, inhibits cyclin-dependent kinases

Indirubin is the active ingredient of Danggui Longhui Wan, a mixture of plants that is used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat chronic diseases. Here we identify indirubin and its analogues as ...
Nature

Crystal structure and active site location of N-(1-D-carboxylethyl)-L-norvaline dehydrogenase

Opines are the products of the NAD(P)H-dependent reductive condensation between an α-keto acid and the α- or ω-NH 2 group of an amino acid in a reaction catalyzed by a family of enzymes generically ...
BBC

Factors affecting the rate of diffusion

Alveoli in the lungs, fish gills and the villi in the small intestine are adapted so that they have short diffusion distance, big concentration difference and large surface area. This means that they ...