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Biochemist Hans Kornberg passes away at the age of 91
Late last year (16 December), Hans Leo Kornberg, Boston University biochemist, was accused of the discovery of the process of glyoxylates in microbes. He was ninety-one.
Kornberg was one of the first researchers to use radioactive marking of metabolic traces of trace co...
Govt. Medical College Jammu's Biochemistry Department to build first Lab to identify inborn metabolism
The Government Medical College Jammu's Biochemistry Department intended to develop a screening center for newborn babies at the Jammu SMGS Hospital to identify inborn metabolism errors as soon as possible.
"There is currently no facility for detecting the metabolic errors in ne...
Sir Hans Kornberg eulogy
In the mid-20th century, Hans Kornberg graduated throughout Biochemistry only as methods for analyzing how organisms transferred food and oxygen to tissue and energy began to become available. Among the pioneers, he identified and assessed the impacts of the main participants in these metabolic r...
The accidental invention could lead to easier testing methods of drugs and toxins
In human bodies and other living organisms, almost every cell contains DNA, which encodes genetic instructions. Toxin damage to DNA can have severe health consequences, while other chemicals can make DNA stable and repair easier. Data on the interactions between DNA and other chemicals may help s...
Letter by Ruth van Heyningen
Upon attending the Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology at Oxford University in 1951, Ruth van Heyningen, who died at the age of 101, was a pioneering researcher of ophthalmic biochemistry. Tony and Ruth wrote together a key book, Biochemistry of the Eye, which Ruth said later included nearly eve...
Behind the shortage of treatment for influenza in Iran
Over a month has gone by since a big flu epidemic broke out in Iran. About 80 people have been killed in the past month because of a shortage of Tamiflu flu medication. In the last week, a batch of the critical drug came to the country, though after some people's death.
While the go...