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By employing molecular biology tools, a team of researchers measured the way mercury affects the gene expression of algae, even when its concentration in water is very low, comparable to European environmental protection standards.
Aug 15th, 2017
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New research results may lead to new drugs that could promote hair growth for people with baldness or alopecia, which is hair loss associated with such factors as hormonal imbalance, stress, aging or chemotherapy treatment.
Aug 14th, 2017
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New biomaterial could be delivered through minimally invasive surgery.
Aug 14th, 2017
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Scientists have synthesized a complex sugar molecule which specifically binds to the tumor protein Galectin-1. This could help to recognize tumors at an early stage and to combat them in a targeted manner.
Aug 14th, 2017
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Chemists have developed new tools that could make it much easier to detect low pH in living cells.
Aug 12th, 2017
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Give your medicine a jolt. By using electrochemistry, future pharmaceuticals soon may be easily scaled up to be manufactured in a more sustainable way.
Aug 11th, 2017
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The inhibitor blocks a key virulence enzyme in the oral bacterium Streptococcus mutans, making it unable to stick to a tooth surface.
Aug 11th, 2017
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Biologists discovered a previously unknown function of the SH3P2 protein, which plays an important role in the cellular protein transport process.
Aug 10th, 2017
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A versatile coating for magnesium could eventually lead to better implants for mending broken bones.
Aug 10th, 2017
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In first, research team infects computer using synthetic DNA molecules.
Aug 10th, 2017
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Novel system triggers release of nerve-blocking agents when and where pain relief is needed most.
Aug 10th, 2017
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A new hybrid lipid-protein material, called a lipoproteoplex, comprises both a coiled supercharged protein macromolecule and a commercially available transfection agent called Lipofectamine 2000.
Aug 9th, 2017
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Researchers are one step closer to cure diabetes by making insulin-producing cells from skin cells.
Aug 9th, 2017
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A new technique for evaluating drug safety can detect stress on cells at earlier stages than conventional methods, which mostly rely on detecting cell death.
Aug 5th, 2017
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The discovery could improve treatments for autoimmune diseases and cancer.
Aug 3rd, 2017
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How a new technique allows researchers to tune communication between organelles on the scale of nanometers.
Aug 1st, 2017
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The new technique represents an important step forward for single-cell RNA sequencing, an advancing field of genomics that provides detailed insights into individual cells and makes it possible to distinguish between different cell types and to study disease mechanisms at the level of individual cells.
Jul 31st, 2017
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Slug-inspired, flexible medical bio-glue sticks to wet surfaces without toxicity.
Jul 28th, 2017
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