A longstanding quest in medicine has been to understand how the same disease presents differently among various patients. Although it has been thought that a central aspect of these differences is a heterogeneity between ...
Biotechnology
Mar 19, 2020
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Scientists have designed and synthesized chains of molecules with a precise sequence and length to efficiently protect 3-D DNA nanostructures from structural degradation under a variety of biomedically relevant conditions. ...
Bio & Medicine
Mar 9, 2020
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A fungus that attacks almond and peach trees may be key to identifying new drug targets for cancer therapy.
Biochemistry
Feb 11, 2020
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Let's talk about slime.
Molecular & Computational biology
Jan 31, 2020
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The protein, called syndecan-4, combines with fellow cell membrane proteins, called integrins, to form protruding 'hands' that sense the environment outside the cell.
Biochemistry
Jan 6, 2020
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Glycosylation—the attachment of sugars to proteins—plays a critical role in both cellular function and in the development of therapeutics, like vaccines.
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 27, 2019
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Scientists at Yale have explained a potentially important connection in the evolution of mammalian pregnancy and the spread of cancer.
Evolution
Nov 27, 2019
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An unexpected discovery about fertilization from the University of Virginia School of Medicine reveals new insights on how sperm and egg fuse and could have major implications for couples battling infertility—and may lead ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 14, 2019
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Stem cells all share the potential of developing into any specific cell in the body. Many researchers are therefore trying to answer the fundamental questions of what determines the cells' developmental fate as well as when ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 7, 2019
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Researchers at the University of California San Diego and the Allen Institute of Cell Science have developed a new computational method that can measure the forces cells exert on each other by analyzing time-lapse videos ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 5, 2019
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