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Researchers Uncover How Phage Infection Dynamics Affect Viral Entry at Single-Cell Level

The process by which phages-;viruses that infect and replicate within bacteria-;enter cells has been studied for over 50 years.

5 Aug 2024

Revealing the Spatial Dynamics of Sebum Production

Changes in gene expression in sebaceous glands have been spatially mapped for the first time in a collaborative project between Leipzig University's Interdisciplinary Centre for Bioinformatics (IZBI) and the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.

1 Aug 2024

Rice Scientists Unveil the Mechanisms Behind Viral Release Timing

New research from Rice University scientists is shedding light on how viruses ensure their survival by precisely timing the release of new viruses.

22 Jul 2024

Simplified Proteomics Method Could Open the Door Toward Precision Medicine

Proteins are workhorses that carry out most of the biological functions in our cells.

12 Jun 2024

UNC Researchers Create Key Tool for Kaposi Sarcoma Drug Development

Researchers at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, after decades of research efforts, have developed a mouse model of Kaposi sarcoma that could be key to the development of new drugs to treat the disease.

30 Apr 2024

NUS Scientists Develop Novel Method to Identify and Sort Killer Immune Cells

Our body's immune system is a complex network of organs, cells, and proteins that work in synchrony to protect our bodies against infections caused by pathogens and fight against disease-causing changes in our body, such as the emergence of cancer cells.

20 Dec 2023

New Mechanism of Cannibalism Discovered in Bacillus velezensis SQR9

When considering a bacterial population as a multicellular community, it is imperative to understand the inherent roles of maintaining homeostasis and viability in response to environmental factors.

3 Aug 2023

Scientists Identify Key Regulator of Bacterial Cell Wall Remodeling

The bacterial cell wall must be constantly remodeled in order to grow and divide. This involves the close coordination of lytic enzymes and peptidoglycan synthesis.

20 Jul 2023

New group of molecules that have an antibacterial effect identified

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, Umeå University, and the University of Bonn have identified a new group of molecules that have an antibacterial effect against many antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

18 Nov 2021

Study reveals how autoimmune antibodies can predict severe cases of COVID-19

The presence of special immune system defense molecules, called autoimmune antibodies, has been strongly tied to how poorly people fare when hospitalized with COVID-19, a new study shows.

From New York University (NYU) 9 Sep 2021

Lysis Buffer for High Yield Enzymatic Shearing

Porvair Sciences reports how its Chromatrap® Lysis buffer for enzymatic shearing provides users with a complete lysis buffer for the disruption of nuclear cell membranes with a milder detergent than that required for mechanical fragmentation.

From Chromatrap® - Porvair Sciences Ltd 3 Sep 2021

Protein known to mediate cell death plays a key role in maturation and release of interleukin-1α

Interluekin-1α (IL-1α) is an important part of the immune response, but until now it has been unclear how this molecule is processed from its precursor, pro-IL-1α, and exits the cell during inflammasome activation.

21 Jun 2021