Research
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New mechanism for regulating supply of DNA building blocks may lead to better antibiotics
The novel mechanism could help scientists design better antibiotics by targeting a pathogen’s ability to reproduce.
A repressor that monitors the supply of DNA building blocks
Ribonucleotide reductase (RNR) is an essential enzyme that catalyzes the synthesis of DNA building blocks.
Research for the benefit of ALS patients
By understanding why certain nerve cells and the muscles they control are resistant to fading in the deadly disease ALS, it is possible to create new possibilities for treatments.
A most dangerous poison can be of great benefit as a drug
Through molecular genealogy, Pål Stenmark (professor of biochemistry) has found a new family of botulinum toxins, where a variant can fight malaria mosquitoes.
A salt transporter linked to hypertension and diabetes
Researchers at Stockholm University shed new light on how transporter-protein exchangers the movement of sodium ions across cell membranes with the movement of protons.
