Location, location, location: The cell membrane facilitates RAS protein interactions
Salk scientists uncover how RAS proteins bind and get destroyed, which may improve cancer therapeuticsCredit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(May 18, ...
Tag: Genetics
Releasing molecular ‘brake’ kick-starts immune cell function
Credit: Courtesy of Van Andel Institute GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (May 18, 2020) -- The immune system's ability to marshal specialized ...
Stitching together the structure of the DNA replication toolbelt
Credit: © 2020 Simply Science Illustration The molecular machinery responsible for replicating human DNA has come into sharper focus and ...
Story tips: Mining for COVID, rules to grow by and the 3D connection
Credit: Dasha Herrmannova/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy Computing - Mining for COVID-19 connections Scientists have tapped the ...
Identification of a determining factor in luminal cancer cells
Luminal cancer cells cause the greatest number of breast cancer casesCredit: (IRB Barcelona) Barcelona, 18 May 2020.- The Translational Control ...
Notorious cancer protein mutations cooperate to proliferate disease
Credit: Kanazawa University Understanding the genetic mutations and protein changes that take place in the progression of cancer is key ...
Global cooling event 4,200 years ago spurred rice’s evolution, spread across asia
Scientists use genomics, archeology, and climate data to reconstruct history of riceCredit: Rafal Gutaker, New York University A major global ...
New technology will show how RNA regulates gene activity
Credit: Alessandro Bonetti et al./Nature Communications The discovery of a huge number of long non-protein coding RNAs, aka lncRNAs, in ...
Tiny particle, big payoff
Innovative virus research may save wheat and other cropsCredit: Ayala Rao/UCR UC Riverside scientists have solved a 20-year-old genetics puzzle ...
Genetic origins of hybrid dysfunction
Credit: Daniel Powell In a small pool nestled between two waterfalls in Hidalgo, Mexico, lives a population of hybrid fish ...
New book on heart development and disease from CSHLPress
Credit: Illustration kindly provided by Timothy J. Mohun. Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (CSHLP) announced ...
Malaria runs like clockwork; so does the parasite that causes the disease
Researchers discover source of parasite's (P. falciparum) rhythmic life cycleCredit: Florida Atlantic University In humans, malaria is caused by the ...
Study identifies group of genes with altered expression in autism
The dysregulation appeared to affect communication among neurons in the subjects of the study, which was conducted in Brazil. The ...
Catnip’s chemical attractant is new twist on old family tradition
Credit: Alex Abair GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Catnip is most famous for its ability to launch felines into a euphoric frenzy, ...
New functions of a protein may improve biocontrol methods in sustainable agriculture
The study has been conducted at 'BacBio', a laboratory of the University of Malaga (UMA) that specializes in the research ...
How plants forget
New work uncovers how a specific epigenetic mark is reset in spermCredit: Michael Borg Although they do it differently than ...
Forensic Genomics launching fall 2020
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, May 13, 2020--Forensic Genomics, a dynamic new peer-reviewed journal, will launch ...
Cancer cells’ growth amid crowding reveals nuanced role for known oncogene
Cell-to-cell contact should stall proliferation, but cancer misses the messageCredit: Kissil Lab at Scripps Research JUPITER, Fla.--MAY 14, 2020--Like subway ...
A scientifically accurate model of the SARS-CoV-2 virus
Authors of the most detailed models of the Ebola, HIV, and Flu viruses created the 3D model of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus ...
A disease trigger for pancreatitis has been identified
A Calcium channel is involved in the development of pancreatitisCredit: Prof. Dr. Heiko Witt Patients suffering from chronic pancreatitis experience ...
