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MANHATTAN -- Research at Kansas State University is investigating the molecular composition of 1xbet online sports betting in hopes of developing a nonsurgical method to prevent or reverse the eye disease.
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Larry Takemoto, a university distinguished professor of biology at K-State, has received nearly 0,000 from the National Institutes of Health to study the changes of protein 1xbet online sports betting in the lens of the eye, which are believed to trigger cataracts.
&1xbet online sports betting ;Presently, there is no known drug that can reverse or stop cataracts,&1xbet online sports betting ; Takemoto said. &1xbet online sports betting ;By understanding the nature of the protein interactions on a biochemical level, we hope it will be possible in future studies to screen various drugs for their ability to inhibit or reverse the abnormal processes that cause cataracts.&1xbet online sports betting ;
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&1xbet online sports betting ;We think that the proteins have very specific interactions amongst themselves, and that cataracts result from changes in these interactions, leading to lens opacity,&1xbet online sports betting ; Takemoto said. &1xbet online sports betting ;My laboratory has developed a methodology to study these interactions and their possible changes during the cataractous formation.&1xbet online sports betting ;
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In microequilibrium dialysis, a mixture of two different types of 1xbet online sports betting is put into one chamber, separated from another chamber by a filter that will only allow the passage of one type of protein. Over time, the protein concentrations in the chambers equalize, and if an interaction occurred, then the 1xbet online sports betting should bind to one another.
&1xbet online sports betting ;This technique allows us to both detect and quantitate possible changes in these interactions for the first time, under true equilibrium conditions,&1xbet online sports betting ; Takemoto said. &1xbet online sports betting ;This study will establish the presence of interactions and will determine whether these interactions are altered during cataractogenesis.&1xbet online sports betting ;
Takemoto joined 1xbet online sports betting as an associate professor in 1979, was promoted to full professor in 1988, and was awarded 1xbet online sports betting 's highest rank of university distinguished professor in 2001. He also has received the Higuchi Award for Outstanding Biomedical Research, the Commerce Bank Distinguished Graduate Faculty Award, the Alcon Laboratories Award for outstanding contributions in the field of vision research and the Rohto Award for lens research.
