Drugs for better long-term treatment of poorly controlled asthma discovered
A USF Health preclinical study shows that targeting a promising bitter taste receptor with structurally distinct drugs can help prevent ...
Tag: Molecular Biology
Deciphering the early stages of Parkinson’s disease is a matter of time
The secret to deciphering elderly disorders is understanding how key proteins organize themselves over timeCredit: Guilherme A. P. de Oliveira ...
When studying immune cells, environment matters
Report urges researchers to look outside the petri dish and into the body to study T cell metabolismCredit: Image courtesy ...
Scientists ask: How can liquid organelles in cells coexist without merging?
Physicists use model systems to explore the forces that may be at playCredit: Credit: Ibraheem Alshareedah / Priya Banerjee Laboratory ...
Scientists at the MDI biological laboratory are decoding the genetic mechanisms of aging
Discoveries could one day lead to new drugs to prolong healthy human lifespanCredit: MDI Biological Laboratory BAR HARBOR, MAINE -- ...
Researchers discover how chlamydia takes up new DNA from host
Credit: Hefty Lab LAWRENCE -- According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, chlamydia trachomatis is the most commonly ...
MDI Biological Laboratory scientist receives federal grant to study aging
Award to Aric Rogers, Ph.D., could lead to therapies to extend healthy lifespanCredit: MDI Biological Laboratory BAR HARBOR, MAINE -- ...
Researchers are finding molecular mechanisms behind women’s biological clock
Credit: Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Copenhagen Researchers have mapped out some of the mechanisms that may ...
Fruit flies help in the development of personalized medicine
Credit: Torsten Nygård Kristensen, Aalborg University People with the same diagnosis typically receive a standard treatment that is not necessarily ...
Mapping normal breast development to better understand cancer
Salk scientists profile each cell in developing breast tissue and create a web database to aid researchCredit: Salk Institute LA ...
Study reveals limitations of method for determining protein structure
Researchers used a powerful supercomputer to run continuous, rapid computations simulating the molecular dynamics of a specific protein.Credit: Image by ...
When laying their eggs, tobacco hawkmoths avoid plants that smell of caterpillar feces
An olfactory co-receptor allows moths to avoid intraspecific competitionCredit: Danny Kessler, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology Ovipositing insects use ...
Machine learning helps plant science turn over a new leaf
Salk scientists use machine-learning algorithms to help automate plant studiesCredit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(October 7, 2019) Father of genetics Gregor ...
Histone modifications are the influencers of zygotic genome awakening
Credit: Tokyo Tech The zebrafish is an important model organism in biology. We share 70% of our genes with these ...
Nodulation connected to higher resistance against powdery mildew in legumes
Credit: The American Phytopathological Society and Zaiyong Si St. Paul, Minnesota--Scientists have long known that nodulation is important to plant ...
How plants react to fungi
Credit: Michaela Kopischke Plants are under constant pressure from fungi and other microorganisms. The air is full of fungal spores, ...
UVA discovers surprise contributor to multiple sclerosis
Credit: Dan Addison | UVA Cells that scientists have largely ignored when studying multiple sclerosis are actually key contributors to ...
Salk scientists find way to quantify how well cutting-edge microscopy technique works
New approach helps researchers determine the resolution of cryo-EM, leading to better methods of imaging proteinsCredit: Salk Institute In 2017, ...
Study: Aggressive breast cancers store large amounts of energy, which enables it to spread
The finding suggests a potential target in the metabolism that could slow or prevent breast cancer metastasisCredit: University of Michigan ...
Analysis of HIV-1B in Indonesia illuminates transmission dynamics of the virus
Credit: Kobe University Research into the molecular phylogeny (evolutionary history) of the HIV-1B virus in Indonesia has succeeded in illuminating ...
