Princeton University researchers have identified two proteins used by E. coli bacteria to form protective outer membranes. This discovery could help scientists find ways to block the membrane-formation process and create new antibiotics to combat diseases like meningitis, gonorrhea and typhoid fever.
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Princeton U. scientists find new bacterial cell wall proteins
Published in March 31st, 2008
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M. Hoops: Top Reads
Published in March 31st, 2008
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M. Hoops: Kaun helps Kansas survive Curry
Published in March 31st, 2008
DETROIT — Sasha Kaun wanted a win so badly he worked himself into a frenzy in the locker room before the game, trying to get his teammates hyped. Russell Robinson couldn’t understand what Kaun was saying, but he got the message. “You normally don’t see that side of him,” Robinson said.
M. Hoops: Self, Jayhawks break through
Published in March 31st, 2008
DETROIT — No Kansas player or coach could hide his excitement after surviving Davidson, and why not? They’d earned a spot in the Final Four –- the first for all the players, who went through two first-round losses and an Elite Eight disaster last season, and a long-awaited first for coach Bill Self.
M. Hoops: Longhorns absorb crushing loss
Published in March 31st, 2008
HOUSTON — Texas players sat quietly in the locker room, speaking with reporters in funereal tones. The Longhorns’ season-ending loss to Memphis cut short a campaign that had already seen a record number of wins and a pair of 20-point NCAA tournament victories.
Student runs for New York congress
Published in March 31st, 2008
Ben Joyce, a 22-year-old Borough Manhattan Community College student, could become the youngest member of New York Congress and first elected as a member of the Socialist Workers Party.
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