Scientists uncover new genetic mutations linked to autism spectrum disorder
Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute and Radboud University Medical Center ...
Tag: Molecular Biology
Size matters in the sex life of salmon
Credit: Mikko Ellmen Every summer, tens of thousands of Atlantic salmon migrate from the Barents Sea to the Teno River, ...
A bacterial toxin turning cells into swiss cheese
Researchers from Kanazawa University purified the pore-forming bacterial toxin Monalysin to study how the innate immune system fights off bacterial ...
New drug candidate reawakens sleeping HIV in hopes of functional cure
Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute LA JOLLA, CALIF. - June 23, 2020 - Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys ...
Reducing the damage of a heart attack
Cardiology researchers have discovered how a key protein can help the heart regulate oxygen and blood flow and repair damageCredit: ...
Researchers study myxobacteria’s ability to distinguish self from non-self
Credit: Dan Wall A fundamental question in biology is how individual cells within a multicellular organism interact to coordinate diverse ...
Research in land plants shows nanoplastics accumulating in tissues
UMass Amherst, Shandong University offer one of the first nanoplastics studies in land plantsCredit: UMass Amherst/Xing lab Shandong University/Yuan and ...
Immune cells infiltrating tumors may play bigger cancer role than previously thought
UC San Diego researchers unravel how immune cells operate in the tissues surrounding mouse tumors, suggesting new approach for cancer ...
Mouse model identified to study common form of heart failure linked to age-related obesity
New study suggests mice deficient in a receptor needed to clear unresolved inflammation may help in discovering therapies for heart ...
Live Biotherapeutic products — a new regulatory approach for the safety assessment of a specific category of biological medicinal products
Recommendations for the safety assessment of a new category of biologic medicines, Live Biotherapeutic Products (LBPs) - organized by the ...
EMBL survey studies effects of COVID-19 pandemic on life scientists
Credit: EMBL Jan Korbel and Oliver Stegle, both group leaders at EMBL Heidelberg, have performed a survey of fellow life ...
Biologists unravel tangled mystery of plant cell growth
Insight could lead to bigger crops and better yieldsCredit: Carolyn Rasmussen/UCR When cells don't divide into proper copies of themselves, ...
Which came first?
An experiment in recreating primordial proteins solves a long-standing riddleCredit: Weizmann Institute of Science What did the very first proteins ...
Fantastic muscle proteins and where to find them
Credit: Jacobo Lopez Carballo, Gotthardt Lab, MDC Researchers at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association ...
Renewed hope for treatment of pain and depression
Novel molecule targets a newly discovered opioid receptor with atypical properties and holds promise for alternative therapeutic strategiesCredit: LIH Researchers ...
Viruses can steal our genetic code to create new human-virus genes
Credit: Mount Sinai Health System Like a scene out of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," a virus infects a host ...
Antioxidant agent may prevent chronic kidney disease and Parkinson’s disease
Researchers from Osaka University develop a novel dietary silicon-based antioxidant agent with renoprotective and neuroprotective effectsCredit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan ...
Scientists gain detailed images of how a protein that calms brain activity works
The findings provide a clear path to uncovering new drugs to control addiction, pain and neurological disorders such as epilepsy ...
Latest findings on bitter substances in coffee
Why caffeine is not the sole contributor to bitternessCredit: ©Leibniz-LSB@TUM; Dr. Antonella Di Pizio Coffee is very popular around the ...
All of Us Research Program launches COVID-19 research initiatives
NIH effort expands data collection to shed light on pandemic's spread and impactCredit: National Institutes of Health The All of ...