Skin cells leave their mark for crime scene investigators
Depositing skin cells and their DNA varies between individuals, but new data from Flinders University shows that some people have higher intra-variability in their cell deposits.
Depositing skin cells and their DNA varies between individuals, but new data from Flinders University shows that some people have higher intra-variability in their cell deposits.
Molecular & Computational biology
Mar 29, 2022
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Tailor-made fluorescent dyes produced by RIKEN chemists and plant scientists make the structures and activities of specific parts of living plant cells readily visible. They promise to help advance our understanding of basic ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 28, 2022
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The function of the glycolytic enzyme hexokinase 1 differs depending on its location within the cell, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in Molecular Cell.
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 23, 2022
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It was a good week for physics research as work by two teams of theorists working independently may have solved Stephen Hawking's black hole paradox. The first demonstrated that black holes are more complex than thought, ...
A group of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) may prove valuable for investigating the molecular mechanisms inherent in plant immunity, according to plant scientists at RIKEN. Their results may also help improve ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 15, 2022
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Microscopically tiny nanomachines which move like submarines with their own propulsion—for example in the human body, where they transport active agents and release them at a target: What sounds like science fiction has, ...
Nanophysics
Mar 11, 2022
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A common building material, asbestos is the term used to describe a range of naturally growing minerals. Serious diseases, including mesothelioma and lung cancer, can arise decades after coming into contact with asbestos.
Biochemistry
Feb 24, 2022
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Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) in Japan have developed a way to improve crop quality without needing to create special genetically modified plants. Rather that changing plant genomes, ...
Bio & Medicine
Feb 23, 2022
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It sounds like a plot for a Cold War thriller—training a gene to infiltrate a cell and reside there, unnoticed, until an external self-destruct signal induces it to destroy its new home.
Molecular & Computational biology
Feb 8, 2022
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New research, led by Washington State University scientists, into how viral proteins interact and can be disabled holds promise to help plants defend themselves against viruses—and ultimately prevent crop losses.
Plants & Animals
Jan 25, 2022
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