Foxglove plants produce heart medicine; can science do it better?
Two studies mark an early step in a UB biologist's quest to understand how foxgloves make medicinal compoundsCredit: Zhen Wang ...
Tag: Biology
FDA approves first ever treatment for neurofibromatosis
According to the Children's Tumor Foundation, approval of AstraZeneca and MSD (Merck)'s Koselugo (selumetinib) increases potential for successful tumor reduction ...
Research provides new insights into menopause and weight gain
UCLA biologists reveal interplay between estrogen and key geneCredit: Reed Hutchinson/UCLA Can women in menopause get the benefits of hormone ...
The building blocks of gum disease
Credit: S. Shibata, OIST Porphyromonas gingivalis is a major bacterial pathogen which leads to periodontitis also known as gum disease. ...
Discovered a small protein that synchronizes the circadian clocks in shoots and roots
The CSIC researcher at CRAG Paloma Mas leads a study published in Nature Plants demonstrating that the clock protein ELF4 ...
Discovery of a drug to rescue winter depression-like behavior
Celastrol treats SAD-like symptoms in medaka fishCredit: Issey Takahashi | Nagoya University ITbM A group of animal biologists and chemists ...
A study at zoos shows that 42% of the animals were infected with the ‘Toxoplasma gondii’
Credit: Pixabay Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic disease caused by the Toxoplasma gondii parasite, which can be passed from animals to ...
Acta Biologica Sibirica signs with Pensoft and moves to ARPHA
The first papers in 2020 of Acta Biologica Sibirica, journal of Altai State University, are published on the innovative ARPHA ...
Untangling untidy folds to understand diseases
Credit: © 2020 Mawadda Alghrably Unraveling interactions between metal ions and peptides in the body may eventually lead to improved ...
Ants or plants? Evolutionary diversification factors of aphids
Credit: Yoshiyuki Matsumoto of Shinshu University, Japan One of the major objectives in biology is to understand the factors and ...
Light driven proton pump in distant relative
Unique protein acts as an inward proton pump in a distant microbial relativeCredit: © 2020 IDKlab CC BY-SA 4.0 Researchers ...
Ion channel VRAC enhances immune response against viruses
Ion channel VRAC transports the messenger substance cGAMP from cell to cellCredit: Rosa Planells-Cases VRAC/LRRC8 chloride channels do not only ...
Bayreuth geneticists discover regulatory mechanism of chromosome inheritance
A previously unknown mechanism regulates the activity of separaseCredit: Images: Olaf Stemmann. In the course of every single cell division, ...
Research sheds light on how silver ions kill bacteria
By studying proteins at the molecular level, scientists hope to understand how silver can be used to fight 'superbugs'Credit: Russell ...
Optical imaging technology may help surgeons better treat cancer, brain diseases
Credit: Purdue University/Brian Bentz WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A new tool for medical professionals may help shed more light on ...
Hinge Therapeutics and TUT enter collaboration to advance drug discovery by ion imaging
Credit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Hinge Therapeutics is an early-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing ...
How do mantis shrimp find their way home?
The first-ever research on mantis shrimp navigation, by UMBC's Rickesh Patel, finds they use the sun, polarized light patterns, and ...
New coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) mapped out
A high resolution gene map reveals many viral RNAs with unknown functions and modificationsCredit: IBS Jean and Peter Medawar wrote ...
Stuttering DNA orchestrates the start of the mosquito’s life
Credit: Hans Smid All organisms have DNA, the genetic material that provides a blueprint for life. The long double-helix-shaped DNA ...
New research insights into how a group of novel organelle-based disorders affects cells
Credit: University of Exeter A pioneering study has shed new light on how a group of novel organelle-based disorders affect ...
