WSU researchers see health effects across generations from popular weed killer
'Dramatic increases' in several diseasesCredit: Washington State University PULLMAN, Wash. - Washington State University researchers have found a variety of ...
Tag: Molecular Biology
Project aims to revive natural product discovery
The mid-20th century was the golden age of natural product discovery. Scientists discovered groundbreaking drugs, like penicillin and tetracycline, from ...
Biologists design new molecules to help stall lung cancer
Credit: University of Texas at Dallas University of Texas at Dallas scientists have demonstrated that the growth rate of the ...
Researchers reveal how bacteria can adapt to resist treatment by antibiotics
Credit: Ditlev E. Brodersen/AU In a joint collaboration, researchers from Denmark and Switzerland have shown that bacteria produce a specific ...
Stressed, anxious? Ask the brain!
Credit: FMI/Andreas Lüthi group Our actions are driven by "internal states" such as anxiety, stress or thirst - which will ...
Simple and fast method for radiolabelling antibodies against breast cancer
Radioactive antibodies that target cancer cells are used for medical diagnostics with PET imaging or for targeted radioimmunotherapy. Researchers from ...
Proofreading the book of life: Gene editing made safer
Credit: The Biodesign Institute at ASU The advance of science is something like the wandering of an explorer through an ...
Sugar entering the brain during septic shock causes memory loss
Research gives clear target for drug development and further study into memory lossCredit: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute TROY, N.Y. -- The ...
New genomics tool ECCITE-seq expands multimodal single cell analysis
Thousands of single cells profiled in parallel for multiple modalities including direct detection of single guide RNAs used for CRISPR ...
Mauritian medical herbs possess antitumor properties
They contain biologically active substances of these species have shown to contain effective inhibitors of oesophageal cancer cellsCredit: FEFU press ...
Biomimetics: Artificial receptor distinguishes between male and female hormones
Study opens the door to developing ultrasensitive analytical devices for medical and sports applicationsCredit: Science Advances Chemists at Tokyo Tech's ...
NTU scientists discover sustainable way to increase seed oil yield in crops
NTU Singapore scientists have developed a sustainable way to demonstrate a new genetic modification that can increase the yield of ...
Discovery may help explain why women get autoimmune diseases far more often than men
Researchers cause lupus-like disease in mice by amplifying the amount of a single 'master regulator' factor -- suggesting both a ...
New book on next-generation sequencing in medicine from CSHL Press
Credit: Artwork credited to vector artist whiteMocca and reprinted with permission from Shutterstock (ID: 663251594). Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- ...
How the hepatitis B virus establishes persistent infection
Credit: Yang F, Yu X, Zhou C, Mao R, Zhu M, Zhu H, et al. (2019) New research sheds light ...
The brain’s imperfect execution of mathematically optimal perception
Thirty-person study of human perception suggests a 'middle ground' between opposing literatureCredit: Designed by Elina Stengård Human perception is based ...
Cell-killing proteins suppress listeria without killing cells
Credit: Kazuhito Sai, NC State University New North Carolina State University research shows that key proteins known for their ability ...
Taming the genome’s ‘jumping’ sequences
The human genome is fascinating. Once predicted to contain about a hundred thousand protein-coding genes, it now seems that the ...
Turning an old enemy into a helpful friend
Half our genome is basically foreign, derived from viruses. Obviously, the invasion of such foreign elements can deregulate critical biological ...
OSU researcher to help lead $10.7 million push toward gonorrhea vaccine
CORVALLIS, Ore. - An Oregon State University scientist is part of a $10.7 million National Institutes of Health grant to ...
