Tag: Biology

In mouse models of human disease, immunotoxins targeting the protein mesothelin prevent liver cells from producing collagen, a precursor to ...

Symbionts sans frontieres: Bacterial partners travel the world

Some bacterial symbionts in travel the globe and are true cosmopolitansCredit: Laetitia Wilkins The Lucinidae family, lucinids for short, comprises ...

The fine nose of storks

Smell leads storks to freshly mown meadowsCredit: MPI of Animal Behavior/ C. Ziegler The sharp eyes of an eagle, the ...

HKU ecologists develop a novel forensic tool for detecting laundering of critically endangered cockatoos

Credit: Photo courtesy: Astrid Andersson Ecologists from the Conservation Forensics Laboratory of the Research Division for Ecology and Biodiversity at ...

Naturally abundant venom peptide from ants can activate a pseudo allergic pathway unravelling a novel immunomodulatory pathway of MRGPRX2

Credit: The University of Hong Kong Ants are omnipresent, and we often get blisters after an ant bite. But do ...

MaxDIA — taking proteomics to the next level

A new software improves data-independent acquisition proteomics by providing a computational workflow that permits highly sensitive and accurate data analysisCredit: ...

Human environmental genome recovered in the absence of skeletal remains

Credit: © Anna Belfer-Cohen The cave of Satsurblia was inhabited by humans in different periods of the Paleolithic: Up to ...

Getting to the bottom of all life: Visualizing a protein key to enabling

Scientists reveal the exact process behind the upkeep of one of the cellular components whereCredit: VIPP1 oligomer image from Ben ...

Brandon Jutras receives Emerging Leader Award to advance Lyme disease research

Credit: Virginia Tech. The Bay Area Lyme Foundation, the leading not-for-profit sponsor of Lyme disease research in the United States, ...

Technology that restores the sense of touch in nerves damaged as a result of injury

Cut your finger and lost your sense of touch? There's hope yetCredit: Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv University's new and ...

UN’s new global framework for managing nature: 1st detailed draft agreement launched

Draft 1 of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework includes 21 action targets proposed for 2030; Will be considered at UN ...

Remarkable new insights into the pathology of Usher syndrome

Usher syndrome 1G protein SANS regulates the splicing of genes, particularly those linked to Usher syndromeCredit: ill./©: Uwe Wolfrum Human ...

How otters’ muscles enable their cold, aquatic life

Texas A&M researchers found that the small mammals are internally warmed by thermogenic leak from their skeletal muscle, which elevates ...

Neonatal meningitis: the immaturity of microbiota and epithelial barriers implicated

Credit: Biology of Infection Unit, Institut Pasteur Meningitis is associated with high mortality and frequently causes severe sequelae. Newborn infants ...

Dying cells protect their neighbors to maintain tissue integrity

Cells undergoing cell death protect their neighbors to maintain tissue integrityCredit: © Institut Pasteur / Le?o Valon et Romain Levayer ...

The giant panda’s mystery revealed

The evolution of the temporomandibular joint and premolar teeth enabled adaptation to bamboo dietCredit: Pekka Vallittu Although the giant panda ...

Efficient genetic engineering platform established in methylotrophic yeast

Credit: DICP Pichia pastoris (syn. Komagataella phaffii), a model methylotrophic yeast, can easily achieve high density fermentation, and thus is ...

Thyroid cancer now diagnosed with machine learning-powered photoacoustic/ultrasound imaging

Credit: POSTECH A lump in the thyroid gland is called a thyroid nodule, and 5-10% of all thyroid nodules are ...

Computer-assisted biology: Decoding noisy data to predict cell growth

Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan - Scientists from The University of Tokyo Institute of ...

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