Human cells harness power of detergents to wipe out bacteria
Cells, like many of us, fend off germs with cleaning products.
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 15, 2021
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From a single adult cell, flatworm crafts a new body
A single adult cell from one of the most impressive masters of regeneration in the animal kingdom – the planarian – is all it takes to build a completely functional new worm, researchers have learned. The study ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 12, 2011
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Solving the Hox Specificity Paradox
The remarkable diversity of anatomical features along the body axis of animals—the differences between the head, the thorax and the abdomen, for example—is determined by proteins in the Hox family. But almost as soon ...
Biotechnology
Jan 22, 2015
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Researchers determine structure of 'batteries' of the biological clock
Howard Hughes Medical Institute scientists have determined the three-dimensional structure of two proteins that help keep the body's clocks in sync. The proteins, CLOCK and BMAL1, bind to each other to regulate the activity ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 31, 2012
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SLAP microscope smashes speed records
A new microscope breaks a long-standing speed limit, recording footage of brain activity 15 times faster than scientists once believed possible. It gathers data quickly enough to record neurons' voltage spikes and release ...
Optics & Photonics
Jul 29, 2019
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Genetic engineering alters mosquitoes' sense of smell
In one of the first successful attempts at genetically engineering mosquitoes, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) researchers have altered the way the insects respond to odors, including the smell of humans and the insect ...
Biotechnology
May 29, 2013
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3-D cell environment key for divvying up chromosomes—find could explain cancer hallmark
For some cells, context is everything. Cells plucked out of their native environs have trouble divvying up their chromosomes correctly, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator Angelika Amon and colleagues have found.
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 23, 2018
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New way to see RNA could help fight pathogens
In genetics, DNA has always been the star of the show, but scientists are now uncovering the crucial roles of a lesser-known player: transfer RNA.
Biochemistry
Jul 2, 2020
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Scientists discuss challenges and opportunities facing stem cell scientists
The United States government's decision last year to lift restrictions on federally-funded stem cell research has helped the nation's stem-cell researchers concentrate on science, but limitations remain - even under the new ...
Biotechnology
Feb 21, 2010
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Tiny crystals could revolutionize structural biology studies
For structural biologists, the first step in determining a protein's precise molecular structure is often the hardest: coaxing the protein to grow into the orderly, three-dimensional crystals that are the starting material ...
Biotechnology
Nov 20, 2013
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