The foundation of biological inheritance is DNA replication – a tightly coordinated process in which DNA is simultaneously copied at hundreds of thousands of different sites across the genome. If that ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

May 13, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

Embryonic stem cells — those revered cells that give rise to every cell type in the body — just got another badge of honor. If they suffer damage that makes them a threat to the developing embryo, ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

May 03, 2012 3.5 / 5 (2) 1 |

Current nanomedicine research has focused on the delivery of established and novel therapeutics. But a UNC team is taking a different approach. They developed nanoparticle carriers to successfully deliver therapeutic doses ...

Nanotechnology - Bio & Medicine

May 02, 2012 5 / 5 (4) 0 |

In a paper published today in the journal Nature Methods, a team from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill demonstrates a simple, cost-effective technique for three-dimensional RNA structure predic ...

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Apr 15, 2012 5 / 5 (6) 0 |

Anyone who's tried a weekend home improvement project knows that to do a job right, you've got to have the right tools. For cells, these "tools" are proteins encoded by genes. The right genes for the job are turned on only ...

Biology - Biotechnology

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In a paper published today in the journal, Cell, a team from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has explained for the first time how a long-studied protein complex affects cell migration and how external cues a ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

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An international team of scientists, including biologists from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, may have pinpointed for the first time the mechanism responsible for cell polyploidy, a state ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Nov 01, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 1 |

When sperm meets egg, the chemical instructions that tag sperm cells must be erased so that human life can start anew. One way these instructions are erased is through demethylation, the removal of specific ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Sep 22, 2011 1 / 5 (1) 1 |

A new type of nanoparticle developed in the laboratories at the University of North Carolina has shown potential for more effective delivery of chemotherapy to treat cancer. Wenbin Lin, PhD, Kenan Distinguished Professor ...

Nanotechnology - Bio & Medicine

Sep 20, 2011 5 / 5 (2) 0

Every year, plant diseases wipe out millions of tons of crops, lead to the waste of valuable water resources and cause farmers to spend tens of billions of dollars battling them.

Biology - Biotechnology

Jul 28, 2011 not rated yet 0 |

An unusual collaboration between cell and developmental biologists and physicists at UNC-Chapel Hill is providing insights into the relationship between the physical properties of cells and the signals that influence cell ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

May 16, 2011 not rated yet 0 |

Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, after isolating normal stem cells that form the developing placenta, have given them the same properties of stem cells associated ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

May 05, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0

Adolescents represent the majority of people who binge drink. This may come as a surprise to some, but recent surveys indicate that episodes of heavy alcohol drinking within the previous two weeks are reported by 12 percent ...

Medicine & Health - Health

Apr 04, 2011 2.5 / 5 (2) 0

Last year, a research team at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill discovered one way the protein Tet 1 helps stem cells keep their pluripotency—the unique ability to become any cell type in the body. In two ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

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Circulating through the bloodstream of every human being is a rare and powerful type of cell, one that can actually create new blood vessels to bypass blockages that cause heart attacks and peripheral artery ...

Medicine & Health - Medical research

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