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Reactive Reports Issue 64 David Bradley |
Dino Remains We have not quite entered Jurassic Park, but researchers have successfully extracted protein from a 68 million year old Tyrannosaurus rex bone. |
Chemistry World April 12, 2007 Lewis Brindley |
Preserved T. Rex Proteins Assist Evolution Studies Palaeontologists and biochemists have joined forces to identify proteins from a 68-million-year-old T. Rex, showing that organic matter containing biological information can be preserved for enormous lengths of time under the right conditions. |
Geotimes March 2005 Naomi Lubick |
Broken bones yield T. rex tissue When researchers reluctantly sliced a Tyrannosaurus rex femur in half to get it out of the field, they found something completely unexpected -- the original structure of blood vessels and other soft tissues. Might DNA testing reveal detailed information on the genetic code of T. rex, and more? |
Chemistry World December 23, 2015 |
Bones of contention Can protein in dinosaur bones survive for millions of years? Rachel Brazil explores the evidence. |
Wired June 22, 2009 Evan Ratliff |
Origin of Species: How a T. Rex Femur Sparked a Scientific Smackdown As the modern discipline of bioinformatics comes crashing into analog fields like paleontology, researchers are just beginning to grapple with questions that the dinosaur controversy inadvertently unearthed |
Smithsonian May 2006 Helen Fields |
Dinosaur Shocker New observations could shed light on how dinosaurs evolved and how their muscles and blood vessels worked. And the new findings might help settle a long-running debate about whether dinosaurs were warmblooded, coldblooded -- or both. |
Geotimes March 2005 Laura Stafford |
New Neanderthal Knowledge Recent studies are making links -- both genetic and morphologic -- between Neanderthals and modern people, thus helping to put together the pieces of the human evolution puzzle. |
Geotimes April 2006 Megan Sever |
Tiny T. Rex Cousin A new fossil find from China gives paleontologists a better idea of when and how the branch of meat-eating dinosaurs that would eventually lead to T. rex evolved. |
Popular Mechanics November 16, 2009 Cassie Rodenberg |
The Top 8 Dinosaur Discoveries of 2009 For paleontologists who routinely discover new dinosaurs, a good set of eyes, geological know-how and a little luck remain the best tools. |
Chemistry World August 28, 2011 Simon Hadlington |
Synthetic self-assembling collagen for tissue engineering US researchers have succeeded in making the most realistic synthetic collagen to date. |
Chemistry World December 21, 2006 Henry Nicholls |
Silent SNPs Serve up a Structural Surprise The sequence of amino acids no longer dictates the structure and function of a protein according to a surprising new paper. |
Geotimes December 2005 |
Highlights 2005 -- Paleontology The "Great Dying" debate... Tracking human migration... More "hobbits" in Indonesia... T. rex bones break ground... An evolving debate... |
Geotimes May 2007 Kathryn Hansen |
Birds Evolve Small Genomes Pre-Flight The holes in fossil dinosaur bones are pointing out the holes in the theories of bird evolution. |
HHMI Bulletin February 2011 Michele Solis |
Right Before Your Eyes Coupling protein sequence to function, thousands of variants at a time. |
Chemistry World May 19, 2014 James Urquhart |
'Heavy' mouse helps out tissue engineers UK researchers have developed a tissue molecular mapping method that could help make lab-grown tissue much more like the real thing. |
Pharmaceutical Executive November 1, 2006 |
Thoughtleader: Making Things Stick Ambrx has created the "glue" that allows researchers to attach activity-enhancing molecules to amino acids where they couldn't before. |
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. |
Geotimes October 2004 Laura Stafford |
T. Rex Hits Puberty New research based on growth ring counts from the bones of Tyrannosaurus rex shows that the dinosaur put on the bulk of its mass during its teenage years and then died shortly after its growth spurt. |
Chemistry World November 27, 2013 Jennifer Newton |
A cytochrome from scratch Artificial proteins could be closer to participating in natural biochemical pathways after researchers show that bacteria will process amino acid sequences entirely unrelated to any natural protein to produce a fully functioning cytochrome. |
Chemistry World June 1, 2012 Simon Hadlington |
Protein architecture with atomic precision Researchers have made a key breakthrough in designing and building geometrically defined nanostructures from proteins with unprecedented accuracy. |
Chemistry World October 27, 2014 Tim Wogan |
Folding rules used to build unnatural proteins Scientists in the UK and US have designed and synthesized unnatural protein structures, using theoretical calculations to explore the factors affecting protein folding and stability. |
Chemistry World November 2007 Simon Hadlington |
Solving an Ancient Puzzle Analytical chemistry is revolutionizing archaeological study - as well as igniting some controversy |
Science News October 28, 2006 |
Timeline: From the October 24, 1936, Issue Almost a jungle sprouts from one single root... Check growth of cancer in animals by dietary means... Insect-killing fungi are raised successfully... |
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. |
Geotimes January 2006 Spencer G. Lucas |
The Three Faces of Dinosaurs Three images of dinosaurs tell a remarkable story of how paleontological discoveries have driven research that has shaped and reshaped paleontologists' understanding of of the most famous of all extinct creatures. |
Chemistry World May 5, 2010 Mike Brown |
Natural artificial muscles Scientists in Canada and the US have developed artificial proteins that mimic the elastic and mechanical properties of the muscle protein, titin. |
D-Lib November 2001 |
Sue at The Field Museum 'Sue' is the largest, most complete and best-preserved Tyrannosaurus rex (T. rex) to have been discovered to date. The award winning online exhibition makes learning about Sue possible for those who cannot visit The Field Museum... |
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 |
Bio-IT World June 12, 2002 Mark D. Uehling |
Putting Proteins in Their Place Will a 'periodic table' of proteins help classify the ungainly beasts? |
Bio-IT World September 11, 2003 Mark D. Uehling |
Fishing Chips The next generation of protein microarrays from the likes of Protometrix and Molecular Staging may threaten the early leads of Biacore and Ciphergen -- and work so well that drug companies won't want them. |
Bio-IT World October 10, 2003 Jeffrey Skolnick |
Protein Structure Prediction in Drug Discovery Indications are that structure prediction can assist in the automated assignment of proteins to known pathways. |
Reactive Reports Apr/May 2005 David Bradley |
At Last, the Structure of DNA Researchers have made a significant advance in our understanding of life's main molecule, using X-ray crystallography to determine the three-dimensional structures of nearly all the possible sequences of a macromolecule. |
Bio-IT World February 18, 2004 |
Proteomics Goes Cellular Tissue microarrays save big on sample material and reagents. But more importantly, this new high-throughput technology is helping save the lives of cancer patients |
Bio-IT World November 19, 2004 Spruill & Coulter |
Intellectual Property: Following Festo Considered one of the most important patent decisions in history, the Supreme Court's Festo ruling has great significance for biotech inventions. |
Geotimes September 2006 Kathryn Hansen |
Large Dinosaurs Ran Hot Size does matter -- at least when it comes to dinosaurs' body temperatures, according to new research. Using growth rate and age information gleaned from fossils, researchers have estimated likely body temperatures for dinosaurs of various sizes, as well as tyrannosaur survival rates. |
Food Processing October 2011 Mark Anthony |
Whey's Numerous Health Benefits Long recognized as a good and cost-effective source of protein, science is uncovering new benefits of this byproduct of cheese-making. |
Wired Damon Tabor |
Q and A: Jack Horner Wants to Re-Create T. Rex From Chickens Flip the right genetic switches in a chicken embryo and you just might hatch a baby dino. Paleontologist Jack Horner intends to do it. |
Bio-IT World August 15, 2005 Robert M. Frederickson |
What's 'Post' About Postgenomic? Bioinformatics tools can help organize and study genomic sequences that were discovered in the '90s. The tools help with tasks like analyzing gene expression, predicting protein structure and function, and establishing networks of interacting protein in cells. |
Chemistry World September 3, 2009 Phillip Broadwith |
New kind of bond hidden in all animals After 25 years of research, US chemists have identified a unique chemical bond that holds together type IV collagen dimer molecules. |
Chemistry World October 8, 2008 Sarah Houlton |
Artificial protein chemistry licensed to industry UK researchers are licensing to industry their method of making artificial proteins by chemically modifying individual amino acid structures. |
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 2007 Jon Evans |
Better, Stronger, Faster In the 1970s, the idea of building a bionic man was merely fantastical. Now we have bionic eyes and limbs, and chemists are creating artificial bodily tissues to rival nature's own. |
Chemistry World November 16, 2015 Fiona Gillespie |
Uncoiling collagen using advanced computers British and French researchers have used modern computing power to enhance mass spectrometry and analyze an extremely complex collagen molecule in a short time scale. |
Bio-IT World July 2005 Robert M. Frederickson |
Amassing Mass Spectrometry Tools Mass spectrometry is a key tool in the effort to identify protein biomarkers of human disease. Manufacturers have met major challenges in adapting this technology to protein discovery, both qualitatively and quantitatively. |
Bio-IT World April 15, 2003 Malorye Branca |
Beyond the Blueprint How will the wealth of data emanating from the human genome and allied technologies impact research on health and disease? |
Food Processing February 2007 Mark Anthony |
2007: The Year of Protein Awareness While Americans are not protein-deficient, the nutrient's roles in food and health are becoming more appreciated, and its connection to satiety is skyrocketing. |
Bio-IT World June 12, 2002 Karen Hopkin |
Computational Biologists Join the Fold CASP5 competitors compare the best algorithms for modeling the 3-D structure of proteins -- an exercise that could lead to new insights into the pathogenesis and treatment of disease. |
Scientific American August 2007 Alison Snyder |
Protein Pretense Cheating the standard protein tests is easy, but industry hesitates on alternatives. |
Chemistry World June 25, 2013 Michael Gross |
A foaming protein from the horse's mouth Researchers in the UK have solved the structure of this protein, yielding tantalizing hints to a novel kind of surface activity and to evolutionary connections to other examples. |
AskMen.com Jeff Bayer |
Amino Acids The importance of amino acids can be overlooked at times, and severe problems can occur if you suffer from amino acid deficiency. |