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When the famed Scripps Research Institute landed in Jupiter nearly 20 years ago, the hopes were that it would spawn a biotechnology hub in the surrounding area.
The state pitched in $310 million, and Palm Beach County kicked in another $270 million. But the dream of big biotech and pharma companies, like Merck and Pfizer, and high-paying jobs never materialized.
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IMAGE: Mingji Dai, professor of chemistry and a scientist at the Purdue University Center for Cancer Research, studied the compound found naturally in the roots of a shrub and discovered a. view more
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A chemist from Purdue University has found a way to synthesize a compound to fight a previously undruggable cancer protein with benefits across a myriad of cancer types.
Inspired by a rare compound found in a shrub native to North America, Mingji Dai, professor of chemistry and a scientist at the Purdue University Center for Cancer Research, studied the compound and discovered a cost-effective and efficient way to synthesize it in the lab. The compound curcusone D has the potential to help combat a protein found in many cancers, including some forms of breast, brain, colorectal, prostate, lung and liver cancers, among others. The protein, dubbed BRAT1, had previously been deemed undruggable for its chemical p
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New study sheds light on complex brain process that helps learn and form new memories
Making memories involves more than seeing friends or taking photos. The brain constantly adapts to new information and stores memories by building connections among neurons, called synapses. How neurons do this reaching out arm-like dendrites to communicate with other neurons requires a ballet of genes, signaling molecules, cellular scaffolding and protein-building machinery.
A new study from scientists at Scripps Research and the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience finds a central role for one signaling molecule, a long, noncoding RNA that the scientists named ADEPTR.
Using a variety of technologies, including confocal and two-photon microscopy, they track ADEPTR s moves, watching as it forms, travels, amasses at the synapse and activates other proteins upon a neuron s stimulation.
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