Tag: Molecular Biology

Credit: Nir Salinas/Technion An antibacterial peptide that turns on and off The researchers solved the 3D molecular structure of an ...

New insights into pancreatitis

Common condition with no treatment -- what next?Credit: Flinders University These findings validate the significance of the previously described first ...

The regulatory network of sugar and organic acid in watermelon fruit is revealed

Credit: Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institute Recently, the innovation project watermelon and melon cultivation and physiology team of Zhengzhou Fruit Research ...

Not as simple as thought: How bacteria form membrane vesicles

Researchers from the University of Tsukuba identify a novel mechanism by which bacteria form various types of membrane vesiclesCredit: University ...

Scientists modeled protein behavior of archaeal viruses to crack protein folding mystery

Credit: FEFU press office Scientists from the Pacific Quantum Center of Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) figured out how the ...

A niche for the eye

Credit: Image courtesy Ting Xie Lab KANSAS CITY, MO--What if the degenerative eye conditions that lead to glaucoma, corneal dystrophy, ...

Shine on: Avalanching nanoparticles break barriers to imaging cells in real time

Study co-led by Berkeley Lab and Columbia Engineering could lead to simple, high-resolution bioimaging in real time by overcoming a ...

Inferring human genomes at a fraction of the cost promises to boost biomedical research

Credit: Delaneau Group Thousands of genetic markers have already been robustly associated with complex human traits, such as Alzheimer's disease, ...

UT Southwestern biochemist recognized for pioneering metabolic research

Credit: TAMEST (The Academy of Medicine, Engineering, and Science of Texas) DALLAS - UT Southwestern Biochemist Benjamin Tu, Ph.D., is ...

Killing cancer by unleashing the body’s own immune system

University of Missouri scientists demonstrate a new bacteria-based strategy for turning the body's own immune system against cancerCredit: Photo courtesy ...

Gene-editing produces tenfold increase in superbug slaying antibiotics

Credit: Dr Dino J. Martins Scientists have used gene-editing advances to achieve a tenfold increase in the production of super-bug ...

Scientists identify “immune cop” that detects SARS-CoV-2

Antiviral protein MDA-5 senses viral replication and governs immune response to SARS-CoV-2Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute LA JOLLA, ...

EMBO Installation Grants support eight early-career scientists to establish independent laboratories

Credit: EMBO/Igor Jukic Heidelberg, 12 January 2021- EMBO is pleased to announce the award of Installation Grants to eight scientists ...

Master designers: Architects of the brain revealed