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Researchers Recreate Chemically Regulated Actin Polymerization to Study Membrane Dynamics

A synthetic platform that uses dimerization modules consisting of chemical proteins to precisely control the polymerization of actin and demonstrate symmetry breaking.

19 Jun 2024

Specific Population of "Time Cells" Found to be Essential for Learning Complex Behaviors

A sense of time is fundamental to how we understand, recall, and interact with the world.

19 Jun 2024

Revolutionizing Telomere Research with High-Resolution Sequencing

Within each of our cells, long strands of DNA are folded into chromosomes and capped with protective structures called telomeres.

19 Jun 2024

Nutrient Nanomedicine Shows Promise Against Skin Cancer

An international research team has discovered a new way to effectively treat cancer, by using nutrients to reactivate suppressed metabolic pathways in cancer cells.

18 Jun 2024

Open-Access Atlas Maps Roundworm Aging at Single-Cell Resolution

A new aging atlas provides scientists with a detailed view of how individual cells and tissues in worms age, and how various lifespan-extending strategies might halt the aging process.

18 Jun 2024

Breakthrough: Plants Used to Produce Health-Boosting Human Milk Oligosaccharides

A plant-based HMO production platform that utilizes the carbohydrate anabolic ability of plants.

18 Jun 2024

Ancestry Bias can Cause CRISPR Screens to Miss Cancer Dependencies

CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing has made possible a multitude of biomedical experiments including studies that systematically turn off genes in cancer cells to look for ones that the cancer cells heavily depend on to survive and grow.

17 Jun 2024

St. Jude Researchers Discover NLRC5's Role in Inflammatory Cell Death

The innate immune system is responsible for protecting the human body from threats that could cause disease or infection.

17 Jun 2024

Scientists Achieve Autonomous Control of Microscopic Machines

Tohoku and Kyoto University researchers have successfully created a DNA-based molecular controller that controls molecular robot building and disassembly autonomously.

17 Jun 2024

Johns Hopkins Scientists Engineer Synthetic Cells to Mimic Symmetry Breaking

In a feat aimed at understanding how cells move and creating new ways to shuttle drugs through the body, scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have built a minimal synthetic cell that follows an external chemical cue and demonstrates a governing principle of biology called "symmetry breaking."

14 Jun 2024

New Platform Enables Ultra-Detailed Imaging of Human Brain Tissue

Researchers reveal that a novel technology allows for the simultaneous capture at many scales of neuronal projection, synapse distribution, cellular architecture, and protein expression in large-scale human brain tissues.

14 Jun 2024

First Evidence of Oocyte Cohesion Rejuvenation Discovered in Fruit Flies

A Dartmouth study conducted on fruit flies reports the first evidence in any organism that oocytes-;the cells that become eggs-;regularly rejuvenate the critical protein linkages that bind chromosomes together.

13 Jun 2024

Germ Cells Found to Drive Sex-Dependent Lifespan Differences in Vertebrates

Women live longer than men. This isn't unique to humans, either; we see this trend in a wide range of other animals. Biologists have theorized that the discrepancy in life expectancy between sexes might be partly related to reproduction, but how?

13 Jun 2024

Human Antibodies Offer Hope for Improved Black Widow Antivenom

Sera produced from horses can be used to treat serious illnesses caused by black widow bites. But this approach is not totally secure. To address this, scientists have produced entirely human antibodies that are capable of neutralizing the European black widow's alpha-latrotoxin.

13 Jun 2024

Cell Biology

Researchers Recreate Chemically Regulated Actin Polymerization to Study Membrane Dynamics

Specific Population of "Time Cells" Found to be Essential for Learning Complex Behaviors

Revolutionizing Telomere Research with High-Resolution Sequencing

Nutrient Nanomedicine Shows Promise Against Skin Cancer

Open-Access Atlas Maps Roundworm Aging at Single-Cell Resolution

Breakthrough: Plants Used to Produce Health-Boosting Human Milk Oligosaccharides

Ancestry Bias can Cause CRISPR Screens to Miss Cancer Dependencies

St. Jude Researchers Discover NLRC5's Role in Inflammatory Cell Death

Scientists Achieve Autonomous Control of Microscopic Machines

Johns Hopkins Scientists Engineer Synthetic Cells to Mimic Symmetry Breaking

New Platform Enables Ultra-Detailed Imaging of Human Brain Tissue

First Evidence of Oocyte Cohesion Rejuvenation Discovered in Fruit Flies

Germ Cells Found to Drive Sex-Dependent Lifespan Differences in Vertebrates

Human Antibodies Offer Hope for Improved Black Widow Antivenom

Mitochondria Influence the Ability of Adult Cardiac Cells to Multiply

Virus-Like Nanoparticles Facilitate DNA Release and Host Reproduction in Streptomyces

Lung Organoids Shed Light on Pseudomonas aeruginosa's Invasive Tactics

Engineered Enzyme Boosts Gene Editing Efficiency for Potential Cystic Fibrosis Treatment

Revolutionizing Mass Spectrometry: A Deep Dive into Plasmion’s SICRIT® Technology

Study Highlights Key Protein-Lipid Interactions in Mitochondrial Energy Production

Driving Support for Pharmaceutical Testing Through Continuous Innovation

From Memory to Metaplasticity: Unraveling the Brain's Secrets

Revolutionizing Mass Spectrometry: A Deep Dive into Plasmion’s SICRIT® Technology

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