Tag: Cell Biology

New mathematical method for generating random connected networksCredit: Szabolcs Horvat et al. 2020 / MPI-CBG / CSBD Many natural and ...

Metabolism: Researchers first to shed light on structure of huge enzyme complex

Credit: Panagiotis Kastritis A new method has enabled the natural structure of particularly large and complex enzymes to be revealed. ...

The chemistry lab inside cells

A research team led by Osaka University has identified the protein used by the body to convert amino acids into ...

Lipid epoxides target pain, inflammatory pathways in neurons

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- When modified using a process known as epoxidation, two naturally occurring ...

Function identified of ‘mystery protein’ that kills brain cells of people with Parkinson’s

Scientists have made a 'vital step' towards understanding the origins of Parkinson's Disease - the fastest growing neurological condition in ...

Color is in the eye of the beholder

The evolution of red color vision in lycaenid butterflies linked to coordinated rhodopsin tuningCredit: Image copyright Nanfang Yu (Columbia University). ...

New CRISPR tech targets human genome’s complex code

Rice's programmable CRISPR/Cas9-based kinase offers insights into, control over regulatory histone proteinsCredit: Hilton Lab/Rice University HOUSTON - (Feb. 9, 2021) ...

Early study points to potential therapeutic avenue for a pair of rare pediatric diseases

Credit: Courtesy of Van Andel Institute GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Feb. 9, 2021) -- Scientists have devised a new approach for ...

Unusual DNA folding increases the rates of mutations

Credit: Wilfried Guiblet and Dani Zemba, Penn State DNA sequences that can fold into shapes other than the classic double ...

Children’s finger length points to mothers’ income level

- links with diseases that begin in the wombCredit: John Manning, Swansea University Low-income mothers feminize their children in the ...

Covid-19 vs conservation – how the northern white rhino rescue programme overcame challenges

Credit: www.biorescue.org/Leibniz-IZW The BioRescue research project, a programme aiming at saving the northern white rhinoceros from extinction, exemplifies the challenges ...

Inhibition of the BAF complex causes rapid loss of DNA accessibility

Credit: Bobby Rajesh Malhotra_CeMM When human cells have to adapt due to a wide variety of external influences, the BAF ...

Known tumour suppressor gene found essential for development, regeneration&stress-response

Credit: (Giannios, IRB Barcelona) Adult progenitor cells are present in the Drosophila fly as early as its larvae stage. These ...

How cells recycle the machinery that drives their motility?