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Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals temporal patterning network in Drosophila medulla neuroblasts

The nervous system is made up of diverse cells that arise from progenitors in a specific time-dependent pattern.

6 Apr 2022

Biologists unravel the mystery behind nuclear anomaly in blood cancer cells

The mystery is being unraveled of why the control centers, or nuclei, of certain blood cancer cells have a distinctly odd shape.

5 Apr 2022

Proteins in saliva could serve as a biomarker to identify patients at risk for severe COVID-19

Researchers have identified a family of proteins that is significantly elevated in the saliva of patients hospitalized with COVID-19.

5 Apr 2022

Powerhouse-pruning protein may be a sound target to help trigger new blood vessel growth

A protein that helps keep our cell powerhouses working at a premium appears to also help make energy rapidly available when it's time to make new blood vessels.

5 Apr 2022

High-resolution 3D map reveals cellular structure of the human metathalamus

A new, high-resolution 3D map of a previously unmapped area of the brain has been reconstructed by a team of researchers as part of the Human Brain Project (HBP). The German-based group developed a cytoarchitectonic map (a map of the cellular structure of the brain, down to the individual neurons) of the metathalamus, an area involved in processing audiovisual information.

4 Apr 2022

Noncoding DNA mutations prevent the brain from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

When a condition is connected to a genetic mutation, it is generally negative news.

4 Apr 2022

Researchers discover a unique technique to fight hospital-borne disease

A study team developed an early-stage therapy that sabotages the pump and restores antibiotic efficiency by disclosing the structure of a protein needed by bacteria to pump out antibiotics.

From New York University (NYU) 4 Apr 2022

Research reveals how a building block protein assembles to form poxvirus scaffold

Researchers at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University have revealed how poxviruses build their scaffold - a temporary protein coat that forms and disappears as the virus matures.

1 Apr 2022

Understanding how cleaning up bad mitochondria affects stem cell division

Most of us remember enough biology to recall that mitochondria are known as "the powerhouse of the cell." Even that audacious term may downplay the importance of mitochondria and what happens when mitochondria go bad.

1 Apr 2022

Researchers show how proteins form DNA-repair mechanism in living bacteria

Two recent research have shown a completely new perspective of how bacterial cells repair broken parts of their DNA (lesions).

From New York University (NYU) 1 Apr 2022

Plant biologists determine molecular ‘blueprint’, showing how plants observe light

For survival, plants depend on their ability to detect light. Plants, unlike animals, do not have photoreceptors in their eyes to receive and transmit messages from visual inputs.

1 Apr 2022

Researchers determine major protein complexes that cause ribosome production

Scientists at UT Southwestern have discovered a four-protein complex that seems to play a significant function in the formation of ribosomes, which serve as protein factories for cells, as well as a surprise role in neurodevelopmental diseases.

1 Apr 2022

Exceptional research recordings display RNA switching “on” and “off”

RNA switches (also known as riboswitches) control which genes are turned “on” and “off”, much like a light switch. Although this appears to be a straightforward process, biologists have been astonished by the inner workings of these switches for decades.

1 Apr 2022

Researchers discover a novel pathway for DNA transfer in the tumor microenvironment

Scientists from the University of Notre Dame have found a new way for tumor cells to transmit genetic material to other cells in their microenvironment, allowing cancer to spread.

1 Apr 2022

Multiple nanobodies effectively block infection with different SARS-CoV-2 variants

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have developed a novel strategy for identifying potent miniature antibodies, so-called nanobodies, against emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants.

28 Mar 2022

Minuscule involuntary eye movements are not drivers of brain signals underlying attention

Minuscule involuntary eye movements, known as microsaccades, can occur even while one is carefully staring at a fixed point in space.

28 Mar 2022

Scientists create powerful new method for generating protein drugs

A team of scientists has created a powerful new method for generating protein drugs. Using computers, they designed molecules that can target important proteins in the body, such as the insulin receptor, as well as vulnerable proteins on the surface of viruses.

28 Mar 2022

Molecular & Structural Biology

Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals temporal patterning network in Drosophila medulla neuroblasts

Biologists unravel the mystery behind nuclear anomaly in blood cancer cells

Proteins in saliva could serve as a biomarker to identify patients at risk for severe COVID-19

Powerhouse-pruning protein may be a sound target to help trigger new blood vessel growth

High-resolution 3D map reveals cellular structure of the human metathalamus

Noncoding DNA mutations prevent the brain from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Researchers discover a unique technique to fight hospital-borne disease

Research reveals how a building block protein assembles to form poxvirus scaffold

Understanding how cleaning up bad mitochondria affects stem cell division

Researchers show how proteins form DNA-repair mechanism in living bacteria

Plant biologists determine molecular ‘blueprint’, showing how plants observe light

Researchers determine major protein complexes that cause ribosome production

Exceptional research recordings display RNA switching “on” and “off”

Researchers discover a novel pathway for DNA transfer in the tumor microenvironment

Multiple nanobodies effectively block infection with different SARS-CoV-2 variants

Minuscule involuntary eye movements are not drivers of brain signals underlying attention

Scientists create powerful new method for generating protein drugs

Study finds surprisingly few connections between far-reaching regions of the brain

Gene mutation influences autism development, study finds

Research shows that fruit flies sperm are no more male entirely after mating

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