Tag: Molecular Biology

April 12, 2021

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

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

Vaping vs. smoking: Impact on cells compared

How does vaping affect cells, and can it cause DNA damage?Credit: Toxys Imperial Brands scientists have utilised Toxys' ToxTracker suite ...

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

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

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

Credit: © Nicolas Dray, Laure Mancini and Laure Bally-Cuif, Institut Pasteur In all adult vertebrates, neural stem cells can be ...

3D imaging creates molecular maps of hidden microbial communities on coral reefs

Credit: Dr. Ben Mueller Researchers from the University of Hawai'i (UH) at Mānoa, University of British Columbia (UBC), San Diego ...

How did 500 species of a fish form in a lake? Dramatically different body clocks