Scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine say that a key to cellular movement is to regulate the electrical charge on the interior side of the cell membrane, potentially paving the way for understanding cancer, immune cell and ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 8, 2022
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While studying how bio-inspired materials might inform the design of next-generation computers, scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory achieved a first-of-its-kind result that could have big ...
Biotechnology
Dec 7, 2022
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Researchers from City of Hope, one of the largest cancer research and treatment organizations in the United States, have identified how a protein receptor targeted by about 33% of all federally approved medication works. ...
Biochemistry
Dec 5, 2022
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Bacteria are small but tough organisms, partly because their cells are enclosed by a protective cell wall skeleton. Professor Felipe Cava and his team at Umeå University in Sweden and collaborators at Harvard Medical School ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 2, 2022
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An interdisciplinary team of scientists from Cologne, Heidelberg and Munich have discovered a new function of a well-known enzyme. The signal peptidase complex in the endoplasmic reticulum cleaves faulty membrane proteins ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 1, 2022
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The Plant Physiology and Biochemistry research team at the University of Konstanz has discovered previously unknown molecular mechanisms by which plants adapt to their environment—important basic knowledge in times of climate ...
Biochemistry
Nov 25, 2022
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University of Pittsburgh researchers have designed cancer-fighting nanoparticles that co-deliver a chemotherapy drug and a novel immunotherapy, according to a new Nature Nanotechnology study published today.
Bio & Medicine
Nov 24, 2022
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Nucleic acid therapies involving DNA or RNA have significant potential to treat genetic disorders, infectious diseases, and cancer; however, research suggests that less than 1% of injected nucleic acid doses reach target ...
Bio & Medicine
Nov 23, 2022
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Regulating the fluid balance in cells is vital in all living things. When insufficient water is being transported via the cell membrane, cells can use their aquaporins—also known as water channels—that open and close ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 21, 2022
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A new review in Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology from the Lippincott-Schwartz Lab at HHMI's Janelia Research Campus examines the diverse endoplasmic reticulum structures that have been described by light and electron ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 14, 2022
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