Novel Technologies News for May 2016

Novel Technologies News Archive

Parasites use a ‘winner-takes-all’ mechanism to evade our immune defenses Parasites use a ‘winner-takes-all’ mechanism to evade our immune defenses

A genetic game of `winner takes all’ that sustains the parasitic infections which cause sleeping sickness in humans and nagana in cattle – devastating diseases particularly in rural areas of Africa - has been identified in a research breakthrough led by the University of Dundee.

An enzyme enigma discovered in the abyss An enzyme enigma discovered in the abyss

Scientists at the Universities of Bristol and Newcastle have uncovered the secret of the ‘Mona Lisa of chemical reactions’ – in a bacterium that lives at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.

TSRI Team Streamlines Biomedical Research by Making Genetic Data Easier to Search TSRI Team Streamlines Biomedical Research by Making Genetic Data Easier to Search

Call them professional “data wranglers.”

Scripps Florida Scientists Design Potent Therapeutic ‘Warheads’ That Target Cancer Cells Scripps Florida Scientists Design Potent Therapeutic ‘Warheads’ That Target Cancer Cells

In a pair of related studies, chemists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have identified and designed dozens of molecular “warheads” that not only can detect a key biomarker of cancer, but also could be developed into a potent new class of drug candidates for a range of diseases.