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Chemistry professors' patent detects amino acid linked to M.S., rheumatoid arthritis, cancer (opens in a new tab)
medicalxpress.com · 2026-10-01
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Chemistry professors' patent detects amino acid linked to M.S., rheumatoid arthritis, cancer
medicalxpress.com · 2026-10-01
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Claim 1 of 4Not checkedTwo University of Wisconsin-Stout Polytechnic faculty members received a patent for an improved chemical probe for detecting citrulline.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 2 of 4Not checkedThe article says citrulline is an amino acid linked to multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, cancer, neurological disorders, and immunity in general.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 3 of 4Not checkedThe patent describes a two-step process in which a small chemical probe binds citrulline and then a chemical tag is added to make detection easier, with the tag customizable for different research needs.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 4 of 4Not checkedThe story says the professors' research was supported by UW-Stout student researchers and that a 2017 paper in Computational Biology and Chemistry identified motifs, or specific sites on a protein residue, that are converted to citrulline.View evidenceHide evidence
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Salvianolic acid A inhibits tumor cell proliferation and induces chromosomal abnormalities by blocking the citrullinating enzyme PADs.
Life Sciences · 2026 · PubMed
Two-Step Sensing, Colorimetric and Ratiometric Fluorescent Probe for Rapid Detection of Bisulfite in Aqueous Solutions and in Living Cells
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High-throughput chemical proteomics workflow for profiling protein citrullination dynamics.
2026 · Europe PMC
Seeing citrulline: development of a phenylglyoxal-based probe to visualize protein citrullination.
Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2012 · PubMed, Crossref
A two-step recognition fluorescent probe for ultra-wide range detection of SO2 in food and water samples
Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical · 2025 · Crossref
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