Tag: Biology

Credit: Omar Kantidze Researchers have discovered that the spatial organization of the genome can be altered using small molecule compounds ...

Novel approach promises ready access to hard-to-study proteins

Credit: Artwork designed for this paper by graduate student Stanford Mitchell MADISON, Wis. -- DNA and the genome, we know, ...

Scientists get sly, use deception to fight cancer

Hebrew University researchers create decoys that block RNA-binding proteins from spreading cancerCredit: Rotem Karni In recent years, it's become clear ...

‘Fingerprint database’ could help scientists to identify new cancer culprits

Scientists in Cambridge and London have developed a catalogue of DNA mutation 'fingerprints' that could help doctors pinpoint the environmental ...

RNA transport in neurons — Staufen2 detects its target transcripts in a complex manner

Credit: © Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen A team of scientists from Helmholtz Zentrum München and the University of Ulm has discovered ...

Diet during development affects mating habits, insect study shows

An animal's choice of mate can be influenced by its diet as it reaches sexual maturity, research has shown. The ...

What happens in the bodies of ALS patients?

Scientists from TU Dresden find ways to reduce the number of dying neurons and search for therapeutic approaches to treat ...

Cell biology: The complexity of division by two

New cells are formed during cell division by a precisely regulated partitioning of cellular content into the two daughter cells. ...

Tel Aviv University scientists print first 3D heart using patient’s biological materials

Innovative Medicines Initiative launches Translational Safety Biomarker Pipeline Project

The University of Zurich coordinates a worldwide research project that focuses on the development of new biomarkers. The biomarkers are ...

Hold the mustard: What makes spiders fussy eaters

It might be one of nature's most agile and calculating hunters, but the wolf spider won't harm an insect that ...

Developing a vaccine against Nipah virus

PHILADELPHIA -- Nipah virus is a type of RNA virus transmitted from animals to humans. The infection causes severe respiratory ...

Do songbirds pay a price for winter wandering?

In years when winter conditions are especially harsh, birds that depend on conifer seeds for food are sometimes forced to ...

Starvation study shows bacteria’s survival skills

Credit: Jessica Mark Welch and Gary Borisy, PNAS.1522149113 A larger genetic inventory may help explain how certain dangerous bacteria can ...

Genetic variant linked to cucumber fruit length

The discovery of a fruit length modulator has implications for cucumber breedingCredit: Yiqun Weng The cucumber is among the top ...

Scientists develop artificial chemical receptor to assist viral transduction for T cell engineering

Credit: CAI Lintao Engineered T cell immunotherapy, such as chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-T) and T cell receptor T ...

Clear sight in the data fog with PAGA

The fate of individual cells in the body is relevant in many ways. Researchers want to study developmental processes and ...

Knowing how cells grow and divide can lead to more robust and productive plants

A large portion of a plant is hidden below the ground. This buried root system is essential for the plant: ...

Harnessing microorganisms for smart microsystems

Researchers of the University of Malaga relate DNA methylation levels to obesity