New research about how smoking damages DNA could open new possibilities for targeted cancer prevention. Israeli and US researchers found that the way DNA is organized and chemically modified ...

The study from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, led by Prof. Sheera Adar and her graduate student Elisheva Heilbrun-Katz ...

Given that alcohol is the most frequent functional group found in bioactive natural products and marketed drugs, and is a ...

The study, published in Nucleic Acids Research, focused on benzo (a)pyrene, a toxic chemical in cigarette smoke, which binds to DNA when processed by the body, and disrupts its normal function and ...

Cigarette smoke causes cancer primarily by damaging the DNA. A new study that mapped these damages has revealed that the way ...

Cigarette smoke causes cancer primarily by damaging the DNA. A new study that mapped the DNA damages caused by smoking, reveals that the way our DNA is organized and chemically modified can influence ...

Middle molecules with a molecular weight of more than 1,000 are difficult to synthesize due to multiple steps and time-consuming nature, demanding the development of a new approach that can overcome ...

However, the site-specific chemical modification of biomolecules ... Even subtle perturbations to the structure of a protein, glycan or lipid may affect its biological activity, localization ...

In the last years, only few studies in literature have focused on the use and abuse of benzodiazepines (BZDs) in sport. Benzodiazepine-related problems include misuse, addiction, driving impairments, ...

Even though several plants of this genus had already been investigated, the use of a simple bioassay was able to guide the chemical fractionation to a new bioactive naphthoquinone. Thus, besides ...

Chemical engineers are problem solvers - they bring new medicines to market, develop alternative fuels, keep food manufacturing safe, and create new manufacturing materials. They move small-scale ...

Summary: Entrepreneurs often grapple with the decision of whether to structure their business as a Company or a Limited Liability Partnership (LLP). Both offer the advantage of limited liability and ...