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Deciphering the Chemistry Behind Antibody Tetramerization

Novel insights into antibody aggregation are anticipated to pave the way for fresh avenues in both research and therapeutic applications.

11 Dec 2023

SFU-UBC Collaboration Pushes Frontiers of Cellular Biology With AI-Enhanced Super-Resolution Microscopy

In 2014, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry celebrated the breakthroughs in super-resolution microscopy, a technology that allows us to capture highly detailed images of small parts of cells using fluorescent microscopy.

11 Dec 2023

Record-Breaking Heatwaves Set to Trigger Devastating Global Coral Bleaching

Record-breaking marine heatwaves will cause devastating mass coral bleaching worldwide in the next few years, according to a University of Queensland coral reef scientist.

11 Dec 2023

Brain Imaging Study Unravels the Secret of Impulse Control

A group of researchers from The University of Hong Kong and The University of Electronic Science and Technology of China has definitively pinpointed the right inferior frontal gyrus (rIFG) as a pivotal input and causal regulator within the subcortical response inhibition nodes.

11 Dec 2023

Study Investigates Antibiotic Resistance Genes Transfer Between Bacteria

A recent study reported in The Lancet Microbe reveals that the exchange of antibiotic resistance genes among diverse bacteria is significantly more extensive than previously believed.

11 Dec 2023

Epimutations in BRCA1 Gene Linked to Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

Research reveals that around 20 per cent of all cases of the most severe form of breast cancer may arise from the small group of normal tissue cells carrying an epimutation of a specific gene.

8 Dec 2023

Study Reconstructs Genomic History of the Balkan Peninsula

A multidisciplinary study led by the Institute of Evolutionary Biology in Spain (a joint center of the Spanish National Research Council and Pompeu Fabra University), the University of Belgrade in Serbia, the University of Western Ontario in Canada, and Harvard University in the USA, reconstructs the genomic history of the Balkan Peninsula during the first millennium of the common era, a time and place of profound demographic, cultural and linguistic change.

8 Dec 2023

Earliest Evidence of Disease-Causing Fungus Found

A recent breakthrough has unveiled the earliest disease-causing fungus, residing within the fossil collections of the Natural History Museum.

7 Dec 2023

Mathematical Models and Biological Dynamics in Embryo Development

One of life’s enduring fundamental questions revolves around the process of development. Consider human growth—how do cells autonomously arrange themselves into structures like skin, muscles, or bones? How do they coalesce to form intricate organs such as the brain, fingers, or spine?

7 Dec 2023

Researchers Redesign the Future of mRNA Therapeutics

Scientists have unearthed that errors in the interpretation of therapeutic mRNA by the cell’s decoding apparatus can incite an inadvertent immune reaction within the body.

7 Dec 2023

Immune Cell Movement Influenced By Water and Ion Influx

Scientists at the Francis Crick Institute, in collaboration with Imperial College London, King’s College London, and the University of Cambridge, have demonstrated that the influx of water and ions into immune cells enables them to navigate to specific locations in the body.

7 Dec 2023

Fascicle Gearing Dynamics: Unveiling 3D Rotation Effects in Muscle Elongation

Muscle belly elongation due to passive lengthening is frequently presumed to be equivalent to that of fascicles.

7 Dec 2023

Genetically Engineered Stem Cells May Revolutionize Parkinson's Disease Treatment

The future treatment of Parkinson’s Disease has undergone tremendous development in recent years. Now, a breakthrough in research has emerged, delivering the strongest results for both side-effect-free and long-lasting treatment effects.

7 Dec 2023

UK Government Awards Clean Food Group Funding for £1 Million Project to Accelerate Novel Low-Emission Food Production Systems

Pioneering UK-based bio-tech business, Clean Food Group has been awarded funding for a £1 million project to advance novel low-emission food production systems in the UK.

7 Dec 2023