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Do proteins bind to carbon? If so how?
Can someone explain me whether a protein (like an antibody) would bind to carbon? The carbon arises due to electron beam induced deposition of Polyethylglycol (PEG). The carbon molecules that arise ...
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Effect of substituting oxygen with sulfur in durg molecules
What sort of changes in the properties of organic or drug molecule can be anticipated if you substitute some or all of the oxygen atoms with sulphur atoms, and vice versa.
My interest in this ...
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Why do we need to incubate this system for 18 hours at 60 degrees Celsius?
I am conducting a bio-chemistry related experiment and I have been unable to understand a step which is commonly performed. The procedure that is confusing me is outlined in the supporting ...
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Recreational drugs by half life
I am interested in the Biological Half Life of substances. In the previous wikipedia link, I've already found the half lives of common pharmaceutical products. I can't seem to find similar data for ...
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How can I control the oxygen in an erlenmeyer flask in a bioprocess?
I need to control oxygen in a erlenmeyer flask in a bioprocess. I need to remove overall oxygen in a erlenmeyer flask, and after I need to add oxygen in controlled amounts to a culture in a shaken ...
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Dissolving Organic Tissues
Watching some movie/TV this question came to mind, purely theoretical of course, if one wanted to dissolve a human corpse, like getting rid of a body after killing someone, is it better to use an acid ...
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Determine max of 2 parameter functions
I have 12 experimental tables with OD(substrate concentration, time), where OD is optical density and one table with $\mu$ (substrate), where $\mu$ is growth speed. OD and $\mu$ are functions.
The ...
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What does ingredients being “biologically active” mean?
From Wikipedia
Cosmeceuticals refers to the combination of cosmetics and
pharmaceuticals. Cosmeceuticals are cosmetic products with
biologically active ingredients purporting to have medical ...
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Breakdown of valine
What are the chemical reactions responsible for the breakdown of valine in the body?
I know oxidative deamination is part of the process but how is valine further broken down from an keto acid to ...
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Chemicals and killing bacteria question
Are there ways to compute what chemicals kill a give bacteria but not another given bacteria ?
Does that help much to make medication ?
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Solution based measurement of Solvent-Accessible Surface Area of macromolecules
The Solvent-Accessible Surface Area (SASA) is a valuable metric for looking at protein folding and protein-protein interactions. However, this measurement is typically done by calculating the SASA ...
