Peer-Reviewed Publication UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL “OUR IDEA WAS TO LABEL SUGAR MOLECULES WITH A CHROMOPHORE, A CHEMICAL THAT GIVES A MOLECULE ITS COLOUR,” EXPLAINED CECIONI. “THE CHROMOPHORE IS ACTUALLY FLUOROGENIC, WHICH MEANS THAT IT CAN BECOME FLUORESCENT IF THE BINDING OF SUGAR WITH THE LECTIN IS EFFICIENTLY CAPTURED.” CREDIT: CECIONI LAB Scientists at Université de...
Previously “unculturable” bacteria could represent a source of novel antibiotics.Published: August 22, 2023 Sarah Whelan, PhD Credit: Markus Weingarth A study has isolated a powerful new antibiotic – clovibactin – from soil bacteria previously considered “unculturable”, demonstrating that it kills bacteria in a way that is less likely to lead to antibiotic resistance. The research...
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – SANTA CRUZ IMAGE: GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT SHOWS THE EFFECTS OF MUTANT KRAS ON A LUNG CELL’S RNA LANDSCAPE. CREDIT: DANIEL H. KIM A key genetic mutation that occurs early on in cancer alters RNA “dark matter” and causes the release of previously unknown RNA biomarkers for cancer early detection, a new study...
by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain For many years, the human genome was viewed as a book of life in which sections of great eloquence and economy of expression were interspersed with vast stretches of gibberish. The legible sections contained the code for making cell proteins; the other regions, representing about 90% of...
