Without Dna2, genes can jump into DNA breaks
Credit: Greg Ira, BCM Cells have in place a number of mechanisms to protect the integrity of the genome, including ...
Tag: Biology
229 new species described by the California Academy of Sciences in 2018
From fish to flowering plants and seahorses to snakes -- spanning five continents and three oceans -- these new discoveries ...
Breakthrough in blood vessel engineering
Gleghorn Lab first to grow functional network of blood vessels at centimeter scaleCredit: Photo by Evan Krape When someone has ...
30 years of experimental evolution results in a new sex chromosome
Credit: Manfred Schartl/Paolo Franchini On 3 December 2018, the laboratory of Professor Axel Meyer, University of Konstanz published new findings ...
Sugars and microbiome in mother's milk influence neonatal rotavirus infection
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Using a multidisciplinary approach, an international team of researchers from several institutions, including Baylor College ...
BU study: Modified malaria drug proven effective at inhibiting Ebola
Derivatives from a commonly used anti-malarial can prevent Ebola virus from entering cellsCredit: Photo by Cydney Scott, Boston University Photography. ...
Genetic mutation drives tumor regression in Tasmanian Devils
Credit: WSU Washington State University scientists have discovered genes and other genetic variations that appear to be involved in cancerous ...
Spinal cord injury could throw off body's internal clock, study shows
Credit: Image provided by Andrew Gaudet. AUSTIN, Texas -- Although paralysis is the most noticeable result of a spinal cord ...
Rotavirus outsources cellular protein CK1α to assemble virus factories
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Rotaviruses, like all viruses, reproduce inside living cells. Making new viruses requires assembling replication factories ...
A molecular look at nascent HDL formation
Biophysicists dissect the first step in reverse cholesterol transportCredit: Liu et al. JLR 2018 Oil and water don't mix. But ...
People and plants: Working together for the planet
Plants, People, Planet, a new cross-disciplinary Open Access journal, launches todayCredit: Plants, People, Planet / Tetsuo Wada / Aflo. We ...
Study solves puzzle of snail and slug feeding preferences
Credit: Mick Hanley/University of Plymouth Gardeners have puzzled for years as to why some seedlings are more commonly eaten by ...
How the brain hears and fears
Credit: Li Lab, CSHL/2018 Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- How is it that a sound can send a chill down ...
Arc welding fume is detrimental to human health
Chemical compounds formed in the process of arc welding and infiltrating the human body through the respiratory system are toxic ...
Switch for the regeneration of nerve cell insulation
Disorders such as multiple sclerosis cause the insulation layer of neural pathways to degenerate. New findings might facilitate a novel ...
St. Jude research into leukemia, sickle cell and other blood disorders presented at ASH
The 2018 annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology will include research from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital that ...
A bastard seal from the past reveals the potential for human hybrids
Almost ninety years ago on a freezing January morning, the keepers of the Stockholm Zoo in Sweden discovered a dead ...
MDI Biological Laboratory scientist receives scientific innovation award
Vicki P. Losick, Ph.D., is first recipient of award in honor of William ProcterCredit: MDI Biological Laboratory BAR HARBOR, MAINE ...
Towards a treatment for gluten intolerance
While mutations of the ion-channel CFTR cause cystic fibrosis, its inhibition may serve as a target for addressing celiac disease ...
