Tag: Biology

Finding could also let doctors predict how patients will respond to treatmentCredit: Dan Addison | University Communications Scientists at the ...

Scientists lay foundation for single-cell level understanding of DNA replication

In all living organisms, proliferating cells go through the fundamental process of DNA replication. Through this process, they faithfully duplicate ...

Breakthrough shines light on disease-fighting protein

Credit: Grigore Pintilie / Stanford University X-ray and electron microscopy techniques help unfold the story of protein chaperones. A combination ...

Researchers identify possible role of Foxp1 protein in control of autoimmune diseases

Scientists at the Higher School of Economics, the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IBCh RAS), ...

With nanotubes, genetic engineering in plants is easy-peasy

DNA riding on a nanotube easily slips into plant cells, allowing non-GMO modificationsCredit: UC Berkeley graphic by Ella Marushchenko Inserting ...

Bacteria walk (a bit) like we do

Credit: Laura Persat Do bacteria control their "walks" like we do? It might sound strange, but it's a fundamental question. ...

Breakthrough ‘lab-on-a-chip’ detects cancer faster, cheaper and less invasively

Credit: KU News Service / University of Kansas LAWRENCE -- A new ultrasensitive diagnostic device invented by researchers at the ...

World’s first skin atlas to see the light of day

Credit: University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences The skin constitutes the barrier between the body and the ...

Non-native pest-controlling wasp identified in Canada prior to formal approval

Credit: Warren Wong, Simon Fraser University Thought to be Canada's most promising potential defense against the brown marmorated stink bug ...

International team of scientists detect cause of rare pediatric brain disorder

A team of American and Canadian scientists lead mutation discoveryCredit: McGill University Health Centre MONTREAL, February 25 2019--An international effort ...

Finnish researchers discover a new form of hereditary osteoporosis

Credit: Outi Mäkitie Lab A research group headed by Professor Outi Mäkitie, University of Helsinki, Finland, identified in families with ...

Lack of diversity in cell lines prevents minorities from accessing ‘precision medicine’

Looking at a sample of 'ethnically diverse' cell lines, a City of Hope researcher found that most were of European ...

New marine protected area established in the Batangas Province of the Philippines

Community-driven MPA a major conservation victory for the 'center of the center' of marine biodiversityCredit: © Joseph Ascalon / SEA ...

Early life stress alters helping behavior of meerkat offspring

Credit: Copyright: Dominc Cram ANN ARBOR--Parents make sacrifices to allow their children to have better lives than they did, but ...

How a certain bacterium communicates and makes us sick

BINGHAMTON, NY -- Researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York have uncovered the unique way in which a ...

Antarctic flies protect fragile eggs with ‘antifreeze’

Temperature-resistant gel helps the eggs of wingless flies survive the extreme conditions of the southern continent.Credit: Joseph Fuqua II/UC Creative ...

Extinct weasel relative with confounding skull likely ate meat with a side of veggies

New biomechanical study finds that the strangely shaped skull of Leptarctus is most similar to the American badgerCredit: © AMNH/N. ...

Older biologic age linked to elevated breast cancer risk

NIH scientists use epigenetics to help predict disease developmentCredit: NIEHS Biologic age, a DNA-based estimate of a person's age, is ...

Outfitting T cell receptors to combat a widespread and sometimes deadly virus

Credit: Jennifer Maynard/Ellen Wagner/University of Texas Researchers have engineered "antibody-like" T cell receptors that can specifically stick to cells infected ...

World’s biggest bee found