Protein data takes significant step forward in medicine
A nationwide effort in the U.S. to learn more about the role of proteins in cancer biology and to use that information to benefit cancer patients.
Jun 28th, 2017
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Scientists illuminate structures vital to virus replication (w/video)
Scientists have, for the first time, imaged molecular structures vital to how a major class of viruses replicates within infected cells.
Jun 27th, 2017
Read moreUsing mathematical methods to study complex biological networks
Researchers have developed new mathematical methods to study the energetic properties chemical reaction networks.
Jun 27th, 2017
Read moreNew tool offers snapshots of neuron activity
FLARE technique can reveal which cells respond during different tasks.
Jun 26th, 2017
Read moreCloning thousands of genes for massive protein libraries
Scientists build technology that could lead to rapid discovery of new medicines and biomarkers hidden in genomes.
Jun 26th, 2017
Read moreLarge-scale production of living brain cells enables entirely new research
With the help of a new method for cell conversion, researchers have found a way to produce diseased, aging brain cells on a large scale in a cell culture dish.
Jun 26th, 2017
Read moreComputer-designed antibodies target toxins associated with Alzheimer's disease
Scientists have designed antibodies that target the protein deposits in the brain associated with Alzheimer?s disease, and stop their production.
Jun 23rd, 2017
Read moreClear view on stem cell development
A new image correction software simplifies quantification of stem cells. It corrects images to make hitherto hidden development steps visible.
Jun 23rd, 2017
Read moreResearchers design an enzyme to synthetize carbohydrates
Researchers have synthetized carbohydrates with enzymes through a reaction that was not much studied so far on these biomolecules and which creates few by-products.
Jun 22nd, 2017
Read moreBiofilms - the eradication has begun
Scientists have developed a novel enzyme technology that prevents the formation of biofilms and can also break them down.
Jun 22nd, 2017
Read moreFlipping the switch to stop tumor development
Researchers show how a protein prevents the uncontrolled expansion of immune cells.
Jun 22nd, 2017
Read moreThe rise of giant viruses
Research reveals that giant viruses acquire genes piecemeal from others, with implications for bioenergy production and environmental cleanup.
Jun 21st, 2017
Read moreOxygen: The Jekyll and Hyde of biofuels
Scientists are devising ways to protect plants, biofuels and, ultimately, the atmosphere itself from damage caused by an element that sustains life on earth.
Jun 21st, 2017
Read moreResearchers find new mechanism for genome regulation
New study could have implications for improving gene therapy.
Jun 21st, 2017
Read moreRedesigning cells
Scientists are working on engineering new functions into cells. They try to give them new abilities.
Jun 20th, 2017
Read moreUnlock molecular secrets with mobile game BioBlox2D (w/video)
BioBlox2D is a new free mobile computer game inspired by tackling one of the hardest problems in biological science - how molecules fit together.
Jun 20th, 2017
Read moreTurning waste into fuels, microbial style
Photosynthetic bacteria use light and turn carbon dioxide to produce such complex sugars. A team of researchers discovered a new way in which microbes produce these compounds.
Jun 20th, 2017
Read moreTransforming last night's leftovers into green energy
In a classic tale of turning trash into treasure, two different processes soon may be the favored dynamic duo to turn food waste into green energy, according to a new study.
Jun 19th, 2017
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