Global report - November 9, 2016
After Obama, what is the future of U.S. business and trade?
Edward Ashbee, Copenhagen Business School, speaks on postelection trade and economic policies. The 2016 U.S. presidential election was historic. The Democratic candidate, Hillary Clinton, was the first woman nominee of a major party. The controversial Republican Donald Trump drove some leading party figures to declare they would not vote for him. Both were unusually unpopular. […]
Uncategorized - November 9, 2016
Fetal blood stem cells need surprise helper: bile
A discovery by Lund University scientists could advance transplants. Why do fetuses have bile? This compound usually goes from the gall bladder to the intestines to help digest fats. “It seems strange,” says Assistant Professor Kenichi Miharada at Lund University Division of Molecular Medicine and Gene Therapy, “because fetuses don’t eat food, so they don’t […]
Science article - August 10, 2016
Making a malaria protein to kill cancer cells
While developing a malaria vaccine for pregnant women, scientists at the University of Copenhagen Department of Immunology and Microbiology found an unique molecule. Cancer researchers had been searching for something like it for decades. The molecule, explains Professor Ali Salanti, leader of the research group, is a certain chondroitin sulfate (CS), a modified carbohydrate. The […]
Science article - August 1, 2016
Older and wiser about cancer
The population of Northern Europe is aging and this means an increase in cancer diagnoses. Is this good news or bad? People over age 65 have a ten-fold higher risk of cancer than people under age 65. But cancer in older people is more complex than that number. For example, some leukemias are more aggressive […]
Science article - April 6, 2016
Finding global biodiversity in your town
Zoos are a research treasure, a Cell paper shows. Humans and chimpanzees have nearly identical genes. But we use those genes differently, in part because of changes in gene-regulating regions such as promoters, which are close to genes they control, and enhancers, which can be hundreds of bases away. A Cell paper from UK and […]
Science article - January 2, 2016
Catching an enzyme in the act of catalysis
Previously invisible enzyme structure revealed with protein engineering and NMR. Enzymes are dynamic proteins. They shift, bend and flex as they catalyze a reaction. X-ray crystallography shows their stable forms but not their fleeting, intermediate conformations. To design enzymes for applications such as retrieving high-value molecules from cellulose, we need to understand their transitional states. […]
