Key factor identified in gene silencing
Ubiquitinated histone gene silencing is vital in embryo development and goes awry in some cancers.
Aug 31st, 2017
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Ubiquitinated histone gene silencing is vital in embryo development and goes awry in some cancers.
Aug 31st, 2017
Read moreBy combining microbiology with engineering technologies, researchers are developing a first-of-its-kind 3D model that uses a single microfluidic sensing chip to study the complicated processes that take place in malaria-infected placenta as well as other placenta-related diseases and pathologies.
Aug 29th, 2017
Read more'Informed-Proteomics' eases top-down proteomics.
Aug 29th, 2017
Read moreLEGO-like assemblies should have formed relatively frequently during evolution, according to scientists.
Aug 28th, 2017
Read moreDroNc-Seq - a technology that merges single-nucleus RNA sequencing with microfluidics - brings new scale to gene expression studies in complex tissues.
Aug 28th, 2017
Read moreNew research on a crucial protein in fruit flies provides a clear model for a fundamental question in biology that's significant for drug development in particular: What influences the exact same protein to coordinate a vital molecular process on one chromosome but an entirely different one on another chromosome?
Aug 28th, 2017
Read moreResearchers use a clue from zebrafish to discover the cues that reprogram Muller glia into retinal neurons.
Aug 28th, 2017
Read moreThe incredible complexity of a single-celled organism is revealed by a computer model of protein production.
Aug 25th, 2017
Read moreA new imaging technique helps researchers study tiny, time-sensitive biological processes - the crucial underpinnings of human health and disease.
Aug 23rd, 2017
Read moreThe development of DNA sensor systems is of great importance for advances in medical science. Now another piece of the puzzle for the development of personalized medicine has been found with the results of a highly sensitive monitoring of cancer-related topoisomerase II enzymes.
Aug 23rd, 2017
Read moreResearchers report transforming lignin into carbon fiber to produce a lower-cost material strong enough to build car or aircraft parts.
Aug 23rd, 2017
Read moreWhen chemically modified, this 'alginate' reduces oxidative stress, has an anti-inflammatory effect in cell culture tests and suppresses the immune reaction against cartilage cells, thereby combating the causes of arthritis.
Aug 23rd, 2017
Read morePhysicists measure molecular electronic properties of vitamins.
Aug 22nd, 2017
Read moreScientists developed a new dental restoration composite that proves more durable than the conventional material.
Aug 22nd, 2017
Read moreA new data analysis technique, moving subtrajectory analysis, defines the dynamics and kinetics of key molecules in the immune response to an infection. These biophysical descriptions are expected to clarify the TCR microcluster, an essential assembly for a T cell to initiate its attack on a pathogen.
Aug 21st, 2017
Read moreResearchers are mapping the distribution of all proteins in mitochondria for the first time.
Aug 18th, 2017
Read moreThe collagen changes its crystallinity in response to physical forces, so the ordered arrangement in collagen molecules of the cartilage in our knees may be flipping from one structural state to another with every step we take.
Aug 17th, 2017
Read moreScientists have investigated whether an artificial silk protein developed in the laboratory could be suitable for engineering cardiac tissue.
Aug 17th, 2017
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