Science snapshots: Dinosaur blood vessels, giant viruses, and antibiotic-building enzymes
Credit: Boatman et al. and Smithsonian Institute Berkeley Lab Helps Reveal How Dinosaur Blood Vessels Can Preserve Through the Ages ...
Tag: Molecular Biology
Key modifier identified in large genetic deletion related to neurodevelopmental disorders
Credit: Girirajan Laboratory, Penn State Neurodevelopmental disorders, including schizophrenia and autism, likely result from complex interactions that modify the effects ...
Computer simulations visualize how DNA is recognized to convert cells into stem cells
Credit: Jan Huertas and Vlad Cojocaru, ©MPI Münster, ©Hubrecht Institute Researchers of the Hubrecht Institute (KNAW - The Netherlands) and ...
Scientists have identified protein involved in progression of lung cancer and melanoma
WDR74 is a trigger helping a circulating tumor cell turn into a secondary tumorCredit: FEFU press office Scientists from Far ...
Double success for University drug resistance research
Experts involved in two international papersCredit: Swansea University Swansea University research into the threat posed by antifungal drug resistance has ...
Mechanism of controlling autophagy by liquid-liquid phase separation revealed
Research of autophagy is stepping into the next phaseCredit: Institute of Microbial Chemistry Under JST's Strategic Basic Research Programs, Noda ...
New book on The PTEN Family from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Credit: Photo credit: Joanne Ngeow, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Cold Spring Harbor, NY-- Cold ...
Huge bacteria-eating viruses found in DNA from gut of pregnant women and Tibetan hot spring
Bacteria-eating viruses provide new insight into warfare between phages and bacteriaCredit: UC Berkeley image courtesy of Jill Banfield lab Scientists ...
UIC researchers find unique organ-specific signature profiles for blood vessel cells
Probing the molecular biology of blood vessels in the heart, brain and lungsCredit: Jalees Rehman Researchers from the University of ...
Autophagy degrades liquid droplets, but not aggregates, of proteins
Credit: Institute of Microbial Chemistry Under JST's Strategic Basic Research Programs, Noda Nobuo (Laboratory Head) and Yamasaki Akinori, Postdoctoral Fellow ...
How electric fields affect a molecular twist within light-sensitive proteins
A better understanding of this phenomenon, which is crucial to many processes that occur in biological systems and materials, could ...
Molecular switch mechanism explains how mutations shorten biological clocks
Understanding the molecular mechanisms of our internal clocks may enable the development of therapies for sleep disorders and other effects ...
New technique reduces pathogen identification time from two weeks to less than one hour
Credit: Karolina Pusz-Bochenska, Edel Perez-Lopez, Tim J. Dumonceaux, Chrystel Olivier, and Tyler J. Wist St. Paul, MN (February 2020)--Transmitted by ...
NETRF funds $3.5 million in research to advance neuroendocrine tumor treatment
Credit: NETRF The Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Foundation (NETRF), Boston, MA, today announced $3.5 million in neuroendocrine tumor (NET) research grants ...
Biologists reveal cellular architecture of potential fountain of youth
Credit: Alyssa Johnson and Adam Bohnert, LSU Alyssa Johnson and Adam Bohnert, assistant professors in the Louisiana State University Department ...
First artificial enzyme created with two non-biological groups
Credit: Reuben Leveson-Gower Scientists at the University of Groningen turned a non-enzymatic protein into a new, artificial enzyme by adding ...
Mass spectrometry for precision medicine — Berlin’s research leaders pool their expertise
Approx. €5.7 million in funding for a new research coreCredit: Sattler/Charité Research groups from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the ...
Tumor vs. immune system: A battle to decide the host’s fate
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba show how tumors can disable the immune system to survive and growCredit: University of ...
Human gut-in-a-dish model helps define ‘leaky gut,’ and outline a pathway to treatment
3D human gut organoids reveal molecular system that keeps intestinal linings sealed, demonstrate how the system breaks down and how ...
Discovery paves path forward in the fight against the deadliest form of malaria
Credit: the global panorama Scientists have identified a key molecule involved in the development of cerebral malaria, a deadly form ...
