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Copycat flags help aliens avoid mouse immune system

February 22, 2013 – 9:16 am

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Synthetic peptide flags added to therapeutic and diagnostic agents can trick the immune system into ignoring them, according to US researchers. The peptides emulate the properties of the protein markers that classify cells as self rather than ‘alien so they are not consumed by white blood cells.

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NMR with a light touch | Chemistry World

January 30, 2013 – 10:00 pm
  • NMR with a light touch | Chemistry World - Scientists in the US are developing a novel NMR method that uses light to pick up the spin of nuclei.(10.1021/jz3018539)

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    How do these edges glow | Chemistry World

    January 4, 2013 – 1:03 am

    How do these edges glow | Chemistry World - Tungsten disulfide is a semiconductor and in bulk possesses distinct band gaps. Mauricio Terrones' group at Pennsylvania State University in the US, however, have been looking at this material not in bulk, but as a triangular two-dimensional crystal.(10.1021/nl3026357)

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