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- Improve Understanding of Relationships between Proteins and Diseases
Proteins have a multitude of biological functions in the human body. Diseases may develop if there are disruptions in protein production, structure, or function. A statistician at the Institute for...
- How electricity can heal wounds three times as fast
Chronic wounds are a major health problem for diabetic patients and the elderly - in extreme cases they can even lead to amputation. Using electric stimulation, researchers in a project at Chalmers... - Promising active ingredient to combat multi-resistant bacteria
The hospital pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa requires the sugar-binding proteins LecA and LecB to form biofilms as well as to attach to and penetrate host cells. These so-called lectins are therefo...
- New Oxidation State of Rhodium
Mayara da Silva Santos, doctoral candidate at the University of Freiburg's Institute of Physics, has discovered a new oxidation state of rhodium. This chemical element is one of the most catalytica... - Rotating blue laser light reveals unimagined dynamics in living cells
When cities transform into a colorful world of lights as darkness falls, it's often only possible to estimate their contours, which depending on the perspective can draw the attention to key detail...
- Manganese as active material in hybrid redox-flow battery with a long cycle life
Redox-flow batteries store electrical energy in chemical compounds that are dissolved in an electrolyte. They are a particularly promising alternative to lithium-ion batteries as stationary energy ...
- Corrosion-resistant electrodes for electrolytic splitting of water
As part of an international collaboration, a team at the HZB has examined the corrosion processes of high-quality BiVO4 photoelectrodes using different state-of-the-art characterisation methods. ... - Microscopic studies of the interaction between particles and lung cells
Tiny floating particles from polluted ambient air, known as particulate matter, represent a growing problem and a health risk for millions of people. An increased particulate matter pollution incre...
- Biological warfare with insects?
Owing to present-day armed conflicts, the general public is well aware of the terrifying effects of chemical weapons. Meanwhile, the effects of biological weapons have largely disappeared from publ... - A new mechanism for the regulation of protein synthesis
Mitochondria, best known for their role as cellular power plants, perform numerous vital tasks in the cell. During cell respiration, reactive oxygen species can be formed in mitochondria. If these ...
- New receptor found on scavenger cells
Adenoviral infections have a mild disease progression in healthy people, but it can be dangerous for immunocompromised people. If a patient is infected with the virus and gets a bacterial infection... - Structure of an enzyme that supplies carotenoid
The lack of vitamin A in food is a major cause of health problems worldwide and can lead to blindness and even death. This is especially a problem in threshold or third-world countries, where child... - How enzymes communicate
The enzymes nitric oxide (NO) synthase (NOS1) and protein kinase C (PKC) play an important role in a variety of signal transfer processes in neurons of the brain, as well as in many cell types of o...
- Structure and function of highly active bacterial enzyme elucidated
A team of microbiologists from the TU Darmstadt and biochemists from the University of Freiburg, Germany, have jointly succeeded in determining the high-resolution crystal structure of a sulfite-re...
- Cost-efficient method for magnetic resonance imaging developed
An international research team led by Dr. Jan-Bernd Hövener from the Medical Physics Section of the Department of Radiology at the Medical Center - University of Freiburg has developed a new, cost-...
- Nanopores on a Chip: Applications for Analytical Tasks in Chemistry and Biology
Biological nanopores are proteins of only a few nanometers in diameter that form tiny water-filled canals. They have proven to be promising tools in the field of nanobiotechnology. In a joint proje...