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(University of Chicago) Scientists from three Chicago-area universities have joined forces to develop new ways of building state-of-the-art chemical libraries that will help identify new compounds for future drug development and basic biomedical research.

While humans obtain iron primarily through the food they eat, bacteria have evolved complex and diverse mechanisms to allow them access to iron.

Scientists have discovered that some bacteria are equipped with a gene that enables them to harvest iron from their environment or human host in a unique and energy efficient manner.This discovery could provide researchers with new ways to target such diseases as tuberculosis.

(Durham University) Scientists at Durham University are working on new ways of storing CO2 emissions underground to help in the fight against global warming.

Researchers have overturned the current theory of how a pheromone works at the molecular level to trigger behavior in fruit flies.

The finding, if it proves true in other species, might lead to new ways to manipulate the actions of harmful insects.

A large 3-D model of the Blue Tongue virus has been created by WMG engineering researchers at the University of Warwick that will help biologists devise new ways to combat the virus, and protect millions of livestock from infection.

The model is 5,200,000 times the size of the real thing.

Biophysics researchers are trying to reduce post-heart attack damage by studying the way cells die in the heart -- a process controlled by transcription factors.

Using a lowly bloodless worm, researchers have discovered an important clue to how iron carried in human blood is absorbed and transported into the body.

The finding could lead to developing new ways to reduce iron deficiency, the world's number one nutritional disorder.

Researchers have discovered that male babies born prematurely are more vulnerable to cardiovascular complications than female babies.

This finding may explain why male babies born prematurely are twice as likely to die as female babies in the first 72 hours of life.

It could also lead to new ways of treating premature babies throughout the world.

Researchers have uncovered how the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus, including the notorious MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staph aureus) "superbug" strains, resists our body's natural defenses against infection.

The work, in Science, could lead to new ways to fight the bacteria.

Researchers at the University of Washington have uncovered how the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus, including the notorious MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staph aureus) "superbug" strains, resists our body's natural defenses against infection.

The work, which was featured on the cover of the March 21 issue of Science, could lead to new ways to fight the bacteria.