Tag: Molecular Biology

Credit: Masahiro Tominaga, Kenta Nozaki, Daisuke Umeno, Jun Ishii, Akihiko Kondo. A group of researchers from Kobe University and Chiba ...

UBCO research shows a mother’s fat intake can impact infant infectious disease outcomes

Findings show types of fats matter when it comes to gut well-beingCredit: UBC Okanagan A team of UBC Okanagan researchers ...

Lab study solves textbook problem: How cells know their size

The answer to a basic science question could unlock the key to complex medical challengesCredit: Image from the Amodeo Lab/Dartmouth ...

$1.9 million award could keep Zika virus at bay

Project will investigate how the virus beats human defensesCredit: Rong Hai/UCR A UC Riverside virologist has won a $1.9 million ...

Inside the protein channel that keeps bacteria alive

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!?

DNA structure itself is involved in genome regulation

DNA supercoiling is an important contributor to the control of gene expression, and not just collateral damage that cells have ...

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