Tarantula toxin attacks with molecular stinger
Venom immobilizes prey by interfering with sodium channels that generate electrical signals in the animal's nerve cellsCredit: Alice C. Gray ...
Tag: Molecular Biology
New targeted therapy blocks metabolism in brain cancer cells with genetic vulnerability
Preclinical study shows early activity of enolase inhibitors in cancer cells with genetic loss of ENO1Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center ...
CCNY researchers overcome barriers for bio-inspired solar energy harvesting materials
Credit: Top image adapted from Journal of Physical Chemical Letters. Bottom image, Kara Ng, Nature Chemistry 2020 Inspired by nature, ...
Did early life need long, complex molecules to make cell-like compartments?
Researchers make functional membraneless "protocells" out of short polymersCredit: Fatma Pir Cakmak, Penn State Protocell compartments used as models for ...
Replication cycle of SARS-CoV-2 in 3D
Credit: Julian Hennies/EMBL As the global coronavirus pandemic continues, scientists are not only trying to find vaccines and drugs to ...
Quantum X-ray microscope underway at Brookhaven Lab
Researchers at the National Synchrotron Light Source II will use the quantum properties of x-rays to "ghost image" biomoleculesCredit: Brookhaven ...
Researchers tackle sickle cell disease with CRISPR-based gene editing
$1 million grant will advance personalized medicine using gene editing at ChristianaCare's Gene Editing InstituteCredit: ChristianaCare Gene Editing Institute Scientists ...
Understanding ion channel inhibition to open doors in drug discovery
Credit: Paper authors Scientists have discovered how drug-like small molecules can regulate the activity of therapeutically relevant ion channels - ...
Ancient interleukins 2, 15, and 15-like exhibited distinct functions but all bound IL-15Ra
The first functional analysis of cytokine IL-15LCredit: Johannes M. Dijkstra Conclusion: The cytokine family including interleukin-2 and -15 (IL-2 and ...
After more than a decade, ChIP-seq may be quantitative after all
Credit: Courtesy of Van Andel Institute GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Nov. 20, 2020) -- For more than a decade, scientists studying ...
Alternative gene control mechanism based on organization of DNA within nucleus
Genes that give plant nucleus its shape discovered, also regulate copper toleranceCredit: Image by Yuki Sakamoto, CC BY, first published ...
Insights on a mechanism to stop COVID-19 replication
Just published the study of the Politecnico di Milano in the New Journal of ChemistryCredit: Politecnico di Milano Stopping the ...
Taking out the trash is essential for brain health
Credit: Department of Pathological Cell Biology,TMDU A research team at Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) find that Wipi3, a ...
Researchers recognize a viral protein’s M.O. by just 3% of its size
Or name that tune in three notesCredit: Maria Sokolova et al, Pavel Odinev / Skoltech Skoltech researchers and their colleagues ...
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