Molecular & Structural Biology

RSS

Investigating the Synaptic Imbalance in Retinal Nerve Cells

The processing of visual information is significantly influenced by the surroundings of retinal nerve cells.

6 Feb 2024

From Lab Trials to Clinical Studies - Integrin αV's Role in Cancer Prognosis

Researchers at City of Hope, one of the biggest cancer research and treatment centers in the US, have identified a novel biological process that is critical to the pathogenic potential of cancer cells.

6 Feb 2024

Outsmarting Viruses: Scientists Rewire Bacteria for Biomanufacturing Revolution

Genome engineering allows scientists to modify the genetic code of microbes. Now, researchers have engineered the genome of the bacterium Escherichia coli (E. coli) to make it immune to viral infections.

6 Feb 2024

Penn State Professor Receives NIH Grant to Study How Microbial Communities Impact Human Health

The bacteria and microorganisms that live within the human body -; the microbiota -; can impact human health, disease risk and even how the body absorbs medications, but the details of these processes are unclear.

6 Feb 2024

Unveiling HIV's Hidden Entry Point for Targeted Antibodies

As the HIV virus approaches a human cell to dock and potentially deliver its lethal genetic code, there is a remarkably brief moment during which a tiny portion of its surface undergoes a rapid opening, initiating the infection process.

5 Feb 2024

Nanopore Sequencing Sheds Light on Plant Growth Trigger

Researchers from the Southern University of Science and Technology, under the direction of Prof. Xiaofeng Cao from the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, recently reported a new understanding of how light affects plant growth in a study that was published in the PNAS.

5 Feb 2024

Prefrontal Neurons’ Cascade of Phonetic Representations

A new study led by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) uses sophisticated brain recording techniques to show how neurons in the human brain cooperate to enable people to plan words for speech and then produce them verbally.

5 Feb 2024

Researchers Reveal Evolutionary Origin of Mysterious Immune System Molecule in Humans

Biological systems can behave as siblings in several ways, including by borrowing something and never giving it back.

31 Jan 2024

Plant Protein Drives Textured Cell Growth in Lab-Grown Meat

Cultivated meat, or lab-grown meat, which is made of animal muscle and fat cells grown in a lab, has become a viable option as the world's population grows.

30 Jan 2024

SYCE2 Gene Variant Disrupts Alignment of Chromosomes, Potentially Leading to Pregnancy Loss

Scientists at deCODE genetics, a subsidiary of Amgen and their collaborators from Iceland, Denmark and USA published a study today in Nature Structural and Molecular Biology titled "Variant in the synaptonemal complex protein SYCE2 associates with pregnancy loss through effects on recombination".

30 Jan 2024

Scientists Harness Cellular Scaffolding for New Bio-Inspired Technologies

Princeton researchers have learned to harness the gossamer scaffolding that maintains the structure of living cells and used it to develop a nanotechnology platform.

27 Jan 2024

New Technique Reveals Order and Flow in the Cell's Control Center

Though its material characteristics still baffle scientists, the cell nucleus is thought to be the center of control for essential cellular functions

22 Jan 2024

Versatility of Rfamgen using Diverse RNA Families

The world’s first deep generative model for RNA design was created through a joint research project between Professors Hirohide Saito (Department of Life Science Frontiers, CiRA, Kyoto University) and Michiaki Hamada (Waseda University).

22 Jan 2024

DNA Repair Breakthrough: Scientists Reveal RecA's Precise Helix Navigation

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have been studying DNA repair by homologous recombination, where the RecA protein repairs breaks in double-stranded DNA by incorporating a dangling single-strand end into intact double strands, and repairing the break based on the undamaged sequence.

22 Jan 2024

Study Uncovers Chromatin Modifier-Centered Pathway for Grain Size Regulation in Rice

Chromatin is the complex of DNA and proteins that makes up the genetic material in the nucleus of eukaryotic cells.

18 Jan 2024

Universal Networking Principles Wire Up Different Brains

A new study by physicists and neuroscientists from the University of Chicago, Harvard and Yale describes how connectivity among neurons comes about through general principles of networking and self-organization, rather than the biological features of an individual organism.

18 Jan 2024