Tag: Molecular Biology

Researchers developed an accessible strategy to limit issues with commercial research biomarker testing kits BOSTON-- A new computational approach has ...

New study targets Achilles’ heel of pancreatic cancer, with promising results

Salk researchers discover a potential therapeutic target for deadly cancerCredit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(April 17, 2019) Advanced pancreatic cancer is ...

Boosting muscle stem cells to treat muscular dystrophy and aging muscles

Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys LA JOLLA, CALIF. - April 17, 2019 - Lying within our muscles are stem cells, invisible ...

The Leukemia Atlas: researchers unveil proteins that signal disease

Computational researchers develop protein atlas to accelerate personalized medicineCredit: Courtesy of UTSA (San Antonio, April 17, 2019) -- Only about ...

Diabetic drug shown to reduce the risk of heart disease in non-diabetic patients

The commonly used diabetes drug metformin could reverse the harmful thickening of heart muscle that leads to cardiovascular disease, according ...

Scientists report new approach to reduce or prevent renal fibrosis

Findings suggest activating type 1 angiotensin receptors on T cells may limit scar formation in the kidney, according to a ...

Researchers identify a new biomarker for personalized treatments against cancer

Credit: Saška Ivanova, IRB Barcelona Cancer cells are characterised by the ability to evade apoptosis, a type of programmed cell ...

Scientists crack the code to regenerate plant tissues

Can epigenetics help us grow food more efficiently and combat global hunger? Plant regeneration can occur via formation of a ...

New study explains how inflammation causes gastric cancer

Researchers from Kanazawa University and the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development show that genes turned on in response ...

Rice advances the art of protein blacksmithing

Researchers forge new computational tools to make more accurate predictions of protein structuresCredit: Rice University/Wikipedia HOUSTON - (April 15, 2019) ...

Synthetic peptide can inhibit toxicity, aggregation of protein in Alzheimer’s disease

Alzheimer's is a disease of aggregation. Neurons in the human brain make a protein called amyloid beta. Such proteins on ...

Gene-based factor VIIa prevents bleeding episodes in animals with hemophilia

CHOP researchers: Preclinical work offers first target levels for bypass agent prophylaxis in future human trialsCredit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia ...

MU neurobiologists annotate critical neuronal proteins in lamprey genome

Credit: University of Missouri The lamprey, an eel-like primitive vertebrate, is a popular organism for neurobiology studies because it has ...

Precise decoding of breast cancer cells creates new option for treatment

Credit: Johanna Wagner / UZH) Every year more than 1.7 million women all over the world are diagnosed with breast ...

Princeton scientists discover an interaction that helps cancers spread to bone

Credit: Image courtesy of Mark Esposito and Yibin Kang A Princeton-led team of researchers have discovered a factor that promotes ...

Army scientists lead the way to produce tools for engineering biomolecules

Credit: Courtesy of Autumn Kulaga, CCDC Army Research Laboratory Army scientists have discovered how to build novel synthetic biomolecule complexes ...

Rumford Prize for Georg Nagel

Credit: Picture: American Academy of Arts and Sciences The field of optogenetics was named "Breakthrough of the Decade" by the ...

Scientists get sly, use deception to fight cancer

Hebrew University researchers create decoys that block RNA-binding proteins from spreading cancerCredit: Rotem Karni In recent years, it's become clear ...

RNA transport in neurons — Staufen2 detects its target transcripts in a complex manner

Credit: © Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen A team of scientists from Helmholtz Zentrum München and the University of Ulm has discovered ...

Developing a vaccine against Nipah virus