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What is Protein Ubiquitylation?

Proteins are critical to functioning. Once produced by the cell, a protein’s role can be tailored through modifications with the protein ubiquitin.

23 Jul 2020

Food Science and Biotechnology

Food science has many different applications, from improving flavors to designing suitable products for use in space.

21 Jul 2020

Analytical Chemistry in Forensic Science

The field of forensic science is defined as the ‘application of science to a court of law.’

21 Jul 2020

Applications of Bone Proteomics

Bone proteomics, a study centered on proteins existing in bone materials, have been beneficial for its use in both medicine and forensic science.

21 Jul 2020

What are G-Protein-Coupled Receptors?

G-protein coupled receptors are eukaryotic cell membrane proteins. They are the largest family of transmembrane proteins in mammals.

21 Jul 2020

What are Peptide Therapeutics?

Peptides are of interest as therapeutic drugs because the body naturally produces peptides, this means they are relatively well-tolerated as therapeutics.

21 Jul 2020

What is DNA-Encoded Libraries Technology (DELT)?

DNA-encoded libraries technology (DELT), also referred to as DNA-encoded chemical libraries, are valuable pharmaceutical tools for drug discovery.

21 Jul 2020

Applications of Portable Near-Infrared Spectroscopy

Spectroscopy is the study of matter and the interaction with electromagnetic radiation.

21 Jul 2020

What is Chemometrics?

Chemometrics is the science of extracting information from chemical systems and applied to both descriptive and predictive problems in a variety of fields.

6 Jul 2020

A Guide on How to Achieve Low Detection Limits in ICP-MS

Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) is a type of mass spectrometry that uses a plasma source to ionize the sample.

6 Jul 2020

What is Lab Automation?

Automated equipment is becoming a staple part of the lab. But what exactly do we mean by lab automation? And how is it lending a hand in advancing research?

6 Jul 2020

What is Cancer Biotherapeutics?

While conventional anticancer therapies have offered improved quality of life for many patients, their drawbacks of drug-resistance are well-documented.

6 Jul 2020

AI's use in Genomics

The scale and complexity of data being thrust out of genomics has become so great that the struggle now lies with converting this data into useful information.

6 Jul 2020

What is Competing Endogenous RNA?

Competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA) is a group of different RNAs that compete with mRNA for the same pool of micro RNAs (miRNA).

23 Jun 2020

What is Immune Checkpoint Therapy?

Immune checkpoints are proteins or protein complexes that lie at strategic points in cellular pathways involved in the regulation of the immune system.

23 Jun 2020

How does Antibiotic Resistance Occur?

The emergence of antibiotic resistance is a major public health threat. With the rise of MDR bacteria, it is becoming more difficult to find an effective drug.

17 Jun 2020

Studying Cannabis Effects on Stem Cells

The reasons for consuming cannabis are caused by the ways the different molecules produced by the cannabis plant, the cannabinoids, interact with the body.

17 Jun 2020