What is a peptide, and how is it different than a protein? Just like a protein, a peptide also has a chain of natural amino...
A recent study in the Journal of Biological Chemistry has revealed the secret behind an evolutionary marvel: a bacteriophage with an extremely long tail. This extraordinary tail...
With the aid of some sea slugs, University of Nebraska–Lincoln chemists have discovered that one of the smallest conceivable tweaks to a biomolecule can elicit...
UVA Health researchers have identified a potential treatment to prevent severe COVID-19 in patients at great risk.Credit: Photo by Erin Edgerton, University Communications UVA Health...
Peru’s first great empire, the Wari, stretched for more than a thousand miles over the Andes Mountains and along the coast from 600-1000 CE. The...
National Institutes of Health researchers compared a new genetic animal model of Down syndrome to the standard model and found the updated version to be...
Shixin Liu receives the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science for developing cutting-edge biophysical tools to directly visualize and understand the physiological function...
PULLMAN, Wash. – Farmers who keep their chickens outdoors may want to watch the weather. A study of chicken farms in the West found that...
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed new imaging technology that can produce 3D maps showing the magnitude and distribution...
El Camino Health is the first health system in the world to adopt FloPatch, an innovative new technology that monitors blood flow in real time....
AUGUSTA, Ga. (March 14, 2023) – The vascular smooth muscle cells that normally give blood vessel walls strength and flexibility proliferate and become destructive in...
One of the key factors of success in a dental implant is the condition of the periodontium around the implant. A higher long-term success rate...
Great apes deliberately spin themselves in order make themselves dizzy, academics at the University of Warwick and the University of Birmingham have discovered. Credit: University of...
HOUSTON – (March 13, 2023) – Synthetic biologists at Rice University are embarking on a three-year project to create “genetically encoded antibiotics,” strands of RNA...
Every minute of every day, our body adapts to meet the needs of each moment. When we binge on carbs, exercise, or become sick, chemical...
