Biochemistry
Protein aggregates save cells during aging
Aging is a complex biological process which is accompanied by an increasing number of toxic protein aggregates in the cells....
Revolutionary method of making RNAs
A biochemist from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is a co-author on a paper in...
DNA ‘cage’ could improve nanopore technology
Despite having a diameter tens of thousands of times smaller than a human hair, nanopores could be the next big...
New ‘reset’ button discovered for circadian clock
The discovery of a new “reset” button for the brain’s master biological clock could eventually lead to new treatments for...
Live broadcast from inside the nerve cell
Neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s, Huntington’s or Parkinson’s are caused by defect and aggregated proteins accumulating in brain nerve cells that...
Cells build ‘cupboards’ to store metals
Lawrence Livermore researchers in conjunction with collaborators at University of California (link is external), Los Angeles have found that some...
Researchers Find Mechanism that Forms Cell-to-Cell Catch Bonds
Certain bonds connecting biological cells get stronger when they’re tugged. Those bonds could help keep hearts together and pumping; breakdowns...
Chemical element bromine is essential to life in humans and other animals
In a paper published Thursday, June 5, in the journal Cell, Vanderbilt University researchers establish for the first time that...
Proteins ‘ring like bells’
As far back as 1948, Erwin Schrödinger—the inventor of modern quantum mechanics—published the book “What is life?” Dr David Turton,...
Biologists discover a key regulator in the pacemakers of our brain and heart
Biologists have discovered how an outer shield over T-type channels change the electrochemical signaling of heart and brain cells. Understanding...