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Molecular & Computational biology Aug 2, 2024

Genetic signatures of domestication identified in pigs and chickens

Wild boars and red junglefowl gave rise to common pigs and chickens. These animals' genes evolved to express themselves differently, leading to signatures of domestication—such as weaker bones and better viral resistance—in ...

Biotechnology Jul 24, 2024

Silkworms and shrimp may help regenerate damaged skin and bone

Researchers are exploring new nature-based solutions to stimulate skin and bone repair.

Space Exploration Jul 11, 2024

NASA researchers battle biofilm in space

A small group of scientists on the biofilm mitigation team at NASA's Marshall Space Center in Huntsville, Alabama, study solutions to combat fast-growing colonies of bacteria or fungi, known as biofilm, for future space missions.

Bio & Medicine Jun 24, 2024

New organoid culture method can verify human toxicity of nanomaterials

The Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) has developed the world's first organoid culture method capable of accurately assessing human toxicity of nanomaterials. Overcoming the limitations of the conventional ...

Cell & Microbiology May 22, 2024

Proteins modified in lungs offer clues to biological functions of bromine

Researchers at the Center for Research on Redox Processes in Biomedicine (Redoxome) in Brazil have identified extracellular matrix proteins modified by the action of hypobromous acid in normal and fibrotic lung tissues, suggesting ...

Bio & Medicine May 16, 2024

Nanocarriers loaded with DNA relieve back pain, repairs damaged disk in mice

Disk-related back pain may one day meet its therapeutic match: Gene therapy delivered by naturally derived nanocarriers that, a new study shows, repairs damaged disks in the spine and lowers pain symptoms in mice.

Cell & Microbiology Jun 6, 2024

Silkworms help grow better organ-like tissues in labs

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have developed a silk-based, ultrathin membrane that can be used in organ-on-a-chip models to better mimic the natural environment of cells and tissues within the body. When used in ...

Cell & Microbiology May 13, 2024

A switch for the internal clock: Exploring quantum biology for novel medical therapies

A research collaboration has explored the effects of nuclear magnetic resonance on the internal clock of cells at different times of day and under oxygen deprivation.

Cell & Microbiology Sep 13, 2023

Scientists explain a glitch in the (extracellular) matrix

Through an electron microscope they may look like the giant sandworms from Dune, but C. elegans nematodes are only 1 millimeter long.

Biochemistry Feb 12, 2014

Proteomic analysis of tendon reveals disease stage-specific fragmentation of extracellular matrix proteins

In a series of articles, researchers in the Tendon Biology group at the RVC have established the importance of inflammatory mediators in acute tendon disease and the reduced ability to resolve inflammation in chronic disease ...

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