Tag: Molecular Biology

May 1, 2019

Integrative and Comparative Biology publishes paper by Hamilton's Cynthia Downs and Colgate University's Ana Jimenez Clinton, N.Y. - Why do ...

Diabetes drug could help smokers kick the habit

Credit: Photo by Rob Cahill/UTHealth Phillip Robinson has gone from 10 cigarettes a day to one or two every other ...

Pest-killing fungi could protect NYS grapes, apples from invasive insect

Credit: Eric H. Clifton, Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. - Cornell University-led research reports that two local fungal pathogens could potentially ...

Designer drugs to inhibit hepatitis A virus

Credit: Xiangxi Wang Structure-based drug design revealed that a compound previously investigated for the treatment of head-and-neck cancer could function ...

Chronic disruptions to circadian rhythms promote tumor growth, reduce efficacy of therapy

Penn team identifies mechanisms behind tumor growth following circadian disturbances, shows cancer treatment may be more effective at specific times ...

How scratching may prime children with eczema for food allergy and anaphylaxis

Scratching sparks a chain reaction that expands and activates intestinal mast cellsCredit: Adapted from Manuel Leyva-Castillo and Raif Geha / ...

Samara scientists discovered a new path for the synthesis of helical molecules — helicenes

Discovery of Samara University Scientists Helps to Understand How Precursors of Biological Molecules Appeared in the UniverseCredit: Samara University Together ...

Study reveals how glial cells may play key epilepsy role

Credit: Shirley Weiss/Troy Littleton/MIT A new study provides potential new targets for treating epilepsy and new fundamental insights into the ...

Diving into the details: A lipid-binding pocket is a target for new cancer therapies

Understanding the molecular details of protein function allows researchers to identify critical residues that can be targeted with rational drug ...

Parasitoid wasps may turn spiders into zombies by hacking their internal code

Credit: Marcelo O. Gonzaga Setting off a startling chain of events, a parasitoid wasp can force a spider to weave ...

AmorChem | Champions of the 2019 KNOCK OUT!

GlycoNet researchers Drs. Alexey V. Pshezhetsky and Christopher Cairo awarded half a million dollars to advance research on inhibitors to ...

Details of the history of inner Eurasia revealed by new study

Researchers combining genetics, archaeology, history and linguistics have gained new insights into the history of inner Eurasia, once a cultural ...

New 3D microscope visualises fast biological processes better than ever

Credit: Tobias Wüstenfeld "Many important biological processes occur in three dimensions and on millisecond timescales," says Lars Hufnagel on the ...

H3N2 viruses mutate during vaccine production but new tech could fix it