Straws and disposable tableware: Also made of paper often with harmful chemicals for the environment and health

The supposedly better alternative is often not better at all, scientists emphasize

29-Aug-2023 - (dpa) Instead of the banned plastic straws, many restaurants now offer paper straws. However, these can also be harmful to the environment and health, warns a research team in the journal "Food Additives & Contaminants: Part A". Many supposedly environmentally friendly drinking straws made of ...

Coronavirus: Researchers develop new rapid and reliable detection method

22-Aug-2023 - Commercially available mass spectrometers can reliably detect the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. In the journal "Clinical proteomics" researchers from the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) present a new method which employs equipment that is already being used in hospitals and laboratories ...

Secretomics uncovers blood-brain barrier mystery

15-Aug-2023 - Researchers identify novel gelatinase substrates involved in astroglial barrier function: In neuroinflammation, immune cells such as leukocytes cross the blood-brain barrier. One key to this is the gelatinases matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 and -9. Until now, the substrates of these enzymes ...

Waters Corporation and Princeton University Announce Multi-Year Research Collaboration

Agreement to take on real-world challenges in biologics and materials research

28-Jun-2023 - Waters Corporation announced a multi-year research collaboration with Princeton University that will enable scientists, faculty, and students to work together to bring theirdiverse skills and backgrounds to solve complex challenges in biochemistry and materials science. "Solving the biggest ...

Traditional medicine plant could combat drug-resistant malaria

15-May-2023 - Much of what is now considered modern medicine originated as folk remedies or traditional, Indigenous practices. These customs are still alive today, and they could help address a variety of conditions. Now reporting inACS Omega, a team of researchers have identified compounds in the leaves of a ...

Systematic depiction of previously unknown gene functions

Largest cellular proteomic study of yeast cells unlocks fundamental insights

03-May-2023 - A proteome is the entirety of all active protein molecules present within an organism, a certain type of tissue, or a cell under specific conditions and at a certain time. Now, an international team of researchers led by members from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, the Francis Crick ...

Genetically harmful compounds detected in vegetable oils

Genotoxins discovered for the first time using a novel method

06-Mar-2023 - Vegetable oils rich in unsaturated fatty acids are highly recommended for a healthy diet. But these oils are not as healthy as thought: Prof. Dr. Gertrud Morlock, holder of the Chair of Life Sciences at Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU), together with PhD student Daniel Meyer, has for the ...

Fingerprint breakthrough in breast cancer detection

Scientists has successfully developed a pioneering non-invasive method for detecting breast cancer from fingerprints, with 98% accuracy

24-Feb-2023 - The researchers found that technology called Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionisation Mass Spectrometry (MALDI MS) can be applied to enhanced fingerprints for the detection of breast cancer. The technology is normally used to map drugs, pharmaceuticals and biological molecules within tissue ...

Uncovering Astonishing Benefits of Beef, Chicken, and Pork: New Antioxidants Found!

20-Feb-2023 - Imidazole dipeptides (IDPs), which are abundant in meat and fish, are substances produced in the bodies of various animals, including humans, and have been reported to be effective in relieving fatigue and preventing dementia. However, the physiological mechanism by which IDPs exhibit these ...

Hydrogen peroxide as a target in the fight against cancer?

Pancreatic cancer cells contain high levels of hydrogen peroxide

10-Feb-2023 - Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are reputed for their involvement in carcinogenesis. Results from a study published in the journal Angewandte Chemie have now shown that the level of one such ROS, hydrogen peroxide, is significantly higher in pancreatic cancer cells, unlike the level of other ...