Tag: Molecular Biology

Credit: Laboratory of Molecular Electron Microscopy at The Rockefeller University Almost all bacteria rely on the same emergency valves--protein channels ...

Silk moth’s diapause reverts back to ancestors’ through gene editing!?

Scaling up genome editing big in tiny worms

Credit: : Rajewsky Lab, MDC Understanding the effects of specific mutations in gene regulatory regions - the sections of DNA ...

Smell you later: Exposure to smells in early infancy can modulate adult behavior

Scientists explore how 'imprinting' on some smells by newborn mice affects adult social behaviorsCredit: Hirofumi Nishizumi from University of Fukui ...

A novel, quick, and easy system for genetic analysis of SARS-CoV-2

Researchers from Osaka University and Hokkaido University develop a system for analyzing mutations in SARS-CoV-2 that is much simpler and ...

Technique allows mapping of epigenetic information in single cells at scale

Credit: Mandy Meijer Histones are tiny proteins that bind to DNA and hold information that can help turn on or ...

Petra Fromme honored with the prestigious Anfinsen Award

Credit: The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University Arizona State University researcher Petra Fromme has received the 2021 Christian B. ...

Brain damage caused by plasticisers

Bayreuth biologists investigate effects of bisphenols on nerve cellsCredit: Image: Peter Machnik The plasticisers contained in many everyday objects can ...

Exercise promotes healthy living and a healthy liver

Researchers at the University of Tsukuba show that in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, regimented exercise has beneficial effects on the ...

CNIO scientists discovers a combination therapy for aggressive brain tumors

Credit: CNIO Glioblastomas are the most common and most aggressive brain tumours. Their survival rate has barely increased over the ...

Mutant KRAS and p53 cooperate to drive pancreatic cancer metastasis

April 10, 2021

Preclinical research identifies CREB1 as new therapeutic target downstream of frequently mutated genesCredit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON - Researchers ...

Brain disease transmitted by tick bites may be treatable

April 9, 2021

Credit: Laboratory of Molecular Immunology at The Rockefeller University Tick-borne encephalitis is a disease just as nasty as it sounds. Once ...

To nodulate or not? Uncovering how nitrate regulates gene expression in legumes

April 9, 2021

Researchers from the University of Tsukuba find that nitrate-induced control of root nodule formation results from varying DNA-binding properties of ...

Balancing between build-up and break-down of bone

April 9, 2021

Researchers at Osaka University define the complex role of SLPI, a secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor, in coordinating the biphasic action ...

A discovery that “literally changes the textbook”

MSU's expertise in fish biology, genetics helping researchers rewrite evolutionary history and shape future health studiesCredit: Reprinted with permission from ...

COVID-19 causes ‘unexpected’ cellular response in the lungs, research finds

Credit: Purdue University photo/ Rebecca McElhoe WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - New insights into the immune response to SARS-CoV-2 infections could ...

Bioengineer wins NIH grant to attack cystic fibrosis

Xue Sherry Gao developing base editors to fix multitude of single mutations that cause diseaseCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - ...

Autism gene study finds widespread impact to brain’s growth signaling network

Mutations to Dyrk1a gene lead to brain undergrowth; an existing drug rescues the condition in newborn miceCredit: Damon Page Lab, ...

Corals carefully organize proteins to form rock-hard skeletons

Scientists' findings suggest corals will withstand climate changeCredit: Kevin Wyman/Rutgers University Charles Darwin, the British naturalist who championed the theory ...

Light shed on the coordination of neural stem cell activation