Tag: Molecular Biology

November 11, 2020

Credit: Masato Kanemaki Researchers can now more accurately and precisely target specific proteins in yeast, mammalian cells and mice to ...

Aviara Pharmaceuticals, Inc receives grant to collaborate with the Texas Heart Institute

Texas Collaboration to Develop Treatment for Inflammatory DiseaseCredit: Photo Credit: Texas Heart Institute Aviara Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately held development-stage ...

Research identifies ‘volume control’ in the brain that supports learning and memory

Discovery could help treatment of neurological disordersCredit: Illustration must credit: Michael Hoppa. HANOVER, N.H. - Tuesday, November 10, 2020 - ...

RNA structures of coronavirus reveal potential drug targets

Credit: Danny Incarnato, University of Groningen The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus RNA genome structure was studied in detail by researchers from the ...

Researchers find a backup mechanism that removes cellular debris from the brain

Credit: Hiroyuki Konishi Microglia -- the brain's immune cells -- play a primary role in removing cellular debris from the ...

Clemson scientist to explore interactions of diet and toxicity on obesity

Clemson University scientist William Baldwin has been awarded a National Institutes of Health Research Enhancement Award (R15)Credit: Clemson University CLEMSON, ...

Nothing but the truth in the fight against cancer

Credit: Department of Systems BioMedicine, TMDU Tokyo, Japan - The development and progression of cancer is a complicated process that ...

Scientists snap molecular building blocks of brain computing

Credit: TAO Changlu Synapses are specialized devices where learning and memory occur. The efficient transmission of synaptic signals relies on ...

Cell ageing can be slowed by oxidants

Credit: Martina Butorac/Chalmers University of Technology At high concentrations, reactive oxygen species - known as oxidants - are harmful to ...

Study reveals strategy to create COVID-19 drugs to inhibit virus’s entry and replication

November 6, 2020

University of South Florida Health-University of Arizona team reports compounds simultaneously targeting Mpro and cathepsin L may improve treatment of ...

Host genetic factors shape composition of virus communities

Credit: Mikko Immonen Plants can be infected by multiple viruses at once. However, the composition of the pathogen community varies, ...

Surprising insights into the role of autophagy in neuron

Credit: Authors: Dmytro Puchkov, Marijn Kuijpers It appears that autophagy protects our neurons in the brain, but evidently for entirely ...

Boosting treatments for metastatic melanoma

Study shows repurposing a class of medications could give cancer therapies a better chance at fighting the diseaseCredit: UC Creative ...

Large-scale cancer proteomics study profiles protein changes in response to drug treatments