Compartments without borders
New method to create 'membraneless compartments' lends insight into cellular processesCredit: Keating Lab, Penn State A new laboratory method allows ...
Tag: Microbiology
Seeing with electrons: Scientists pave the way to more affordable and accessible cryo-EM
Researchers develop a low-cost and easy-to-use cryogenic electron microscope.Credit: OIST Visualizing the structure of viruses, proteins and other small biomolecules ...
Blocking sugar structures on viruses and tumor cells
Artificial sugar-binding protein may inhibit cell growthCredit: TUM-Chair of Biological Chemistry The laboratory directed by Arne Skerra, Professor of Biological ...
Predicting the impacts of white-nose syndrome in bats
Credit: Virginia Tech Since 2005, millions of bats have perished from white-nose syndrome, a disease caused by the fungus Pseudogymnoascus ...
Solving the riddle of superbug toxin damage to gut
A powerful Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute (BDI) collaboration has revealed that a bacterial superbug can prevent stem cells in the ...
New kind of CRISPR technology to target RNA, including RNA viruses like coronavirus
New genetic screening platform using CRISPR technology for targeting thousands of genes in a massively-parallel fashion; accurate and fast method ...
Bacteria form biofilms like settlers form cities
New research from the University of Pennsylvania's School of Dental Medicine gives a satellite-level view of how biofilms grow and ...
Solving obesity: Could manipulating microbes offer an alternative to weight loss surgery?
Credit: Biodesign Institute at ASU Already considered a global epidemic, human obesity continues to be on the rise. According to ...
The Protein Society announces its 2020 award recipients
Credit: The Protein Society CANYON COUNTRY, CA - The Protein Society, the premier international society dedicated to supporting protein research, ...
Molds damage the lung’s protective barrier to spur future asthma attacks
Credit: Bruce Klein MADISON, Wis. - University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have identified a new way that common Aspergillus molds can ...
Bacteria might help other bacteria to tolerate antibiotics better
A study by the the Dynamical Systems Biology lab reveals that when the 2 species of bacteria coexist, their response ...
A molecular map for the plant sciences
First comprehensive map of the proteome of the model plant Arabidopsis thalianaCredit: Chair of Proteomics and Bioanalytics Every cell of ...
Microbial DNA in patient blood may be tell-tale sign of cancer
From a simple blood draw, microbial DNA may reveal who has cancer and which type, even at early stagesCredit: Photo ...
Natural organic matter influences arsenic release into groundwater
Credit: Andreas Kappler Millions of people worldwide consume water contaminated with levels of arsenic that exceed those recommended by the ...
Microbes play important role in soil’s nitrogen cycle
Credit: Vivian Wauters Under our feet, in the soil, is a wealth of microbial activity. Just like humans have different ...
Climate variations may impact the base of the food web along the California coast
Recent study reveals that natural climate cycles influence the base of the food web along the California coast and provides ...
The Protein Society announces DiversifyProteinScience
Credit: DiversifyProteinscience CANYON COUNTRY, CA - The Protein Society, the premier international society dedicated to supporting protein research, announces the ...
Annual Review of Cancer Biology uses Subscribe to Open to publish 2020 volume open access
Pilot OA program generates widespread support from institutional subscribersCredit: Annual Reviews Nonprofit publisher Annual Reviews is pleased to announce that ...
St. Jude finds cancer drug resistance genes and possibly how to limit their effects
Drug resistance is a leading cause of cancer death in children and adults with leukemia. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital ...
Closing in on liver fibrosis: Detailing the fibrosis process at unprecedented resolution
A new technology to investigate the cellular processes as they change during fibrosis developmentCredit: SDU The human liver carries out ...
