Miniature droplets could solve an origin-of-life riddle
It is one of the great ironies of biochemistry: life on Earth could not have begun without water; yet water stymies some chemical reactions necessary for life itself.
It is one of the great ironies of biochemistry: life on Earth could not have begun without water; yet water stymies some chemical reactions necessary for life itself.
Materials Science
Oct 23, 2017
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Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have made a key observation about one of the most fundamental biological processes: gene transcription.
Molecular & Computational biology
May 2, 2019
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Researchers from Osaka University identify a system known as the "GET pathway" as essential for efficient regulation of the numbers of energy-producing mitochondria
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 31, 2023
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Patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) suffer a specific loss of dopaminergic neurons from the midbrain region that controls motor function. The exact mechanism of this selective neurodegeneration is unclear, though many ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 7, 2011
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Knowing how a living cell works means knowing how the chemistry inside the cell changes as the functions of the cell change. Protein phosphorylation, for example, controls everything from cell proliferation to differentiation ...
Analytical Chemistry
Apr 30, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- How better to find out what effect ionizing radiation has on human skin than by using the real thing? Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory did that by performing a quantitative mass spectrometry ...
Biochemistry
Apr 24, 2012
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Scientists report they can crank up insect aggression simply by interfering with a basic metabolic pathway in the insect brain. Their study, of fruit flies and honey bees, shows a direct, causal link between brain metabolism ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 5, 2014
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The structures of key bacterial proteins have revealed one of the biochemical secrets that enables bacteria to outwit antibiotics.
Biochemistry
Sep 26, 2012
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Tyrosine phosphorylation (pTyr) can initiate cellular signaling and govern cellular functions. Its dysregulation is implicated in many diseases, especially cancers. Specific detection of pTyr-is important for developing targeted ...
Bio & Medicine
Sep 17, 2020
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New simulations by Rice University scientists tell a tale of two taus and how they relate to neurological disease.
Biochemistry
Feb 3, 2020
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