«I could imagine that the water samples currently taken by cantonal or federal authorities on a daily or even hourly basis for chemical screening could also be used to record biodiversity,» speculates Altermatt. (sciencedaily.com)
Nagoya, Japan (Scicasts)-- A group of animal biologists and chemists at the Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (ITbM), Nagoya University, has used high throughput chemical screening of existing drugs and bioactive compounds to explore their effect on circadian rhythms, according to a study reported in the journal EMBO Molecular Medicine. (scicasts.com)
Through a brute - force chemical screen in the midst of the 2014 Ebola epidemic, NCATS researchers also identified 53 compounds that block that virus from entering cells. (sciencemag.org)