Search results for ferritin

Molecular & Computational biology Aug 5, 2024

Scientist uses state-of-the-art microscopy to discover drug candidates for cancer

Microscopy has been making leaps and bounds in recent years. Science that was inconceivable a few years ago has become a matter of programming state-of-the-art microscopes to process reams of data. Dr. Gabriel Frank quickly ...

Bio & Medicine May 21, 2024

Scientists' new drug-delivery technology is possible breakthrough for multi-strain vaccines

A new way to deliver drugs using a common protein could be used to develop mosaic vaccines, which are vaccines effective against multiple strains of a virus like COVID-19, among other medicines in a global first.

Nanomaterials Apr 17, 2024

Study finds iron-rich enamel protects, but doesn't color, rodents' orange-brown incisors

Chattering squirrels, charming coypus, and tail-slapping beavers—along with some other rodents—have orange-brown front teeth. Researchers have published high-resolution images of rodent incisors in ACS Nano, providing ...

Biotechnology Mar 12, 2024

New software allows scientists to model shapeshifting proteins in native cellular environments

Cells rely on complex molecular machines composed of protein assemblies to perform essential functions such as energy production, gene expression, and protein synthesis. To better understand how these machines work, scientists ...

Bio & Medicine Jan 30, 2024

DNA particles that mimic viruses hold promise as vaccines

Using a virus-like delivery particle made from DNA, researchers from MIT and the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard have created a vaccine that can induce a strong antibody response against SARS-CoV-2.

Bio & Medicine Nov 15, 2023

Engineering bacteria to biosynthesize intricate protein complexes

Protein cages found within microbes help its contents weather the harsh intracellular environment—an observation that has many bioengineering applications. Tokyo Tech researchers have recently developed an innovative bioengineering ...

Biochemistry Sep 28, 2023

Research team develops novel heat-sensitive ferritin mutant to efficiently load chemotherapy drugs

A research team led by Prof. Wang Junfeng from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), has developed a novel heat-sensitive ferritin mutant and realized easy and efficient loading ...

Bio & Medicine Sep 21, 2023

Nanoparticle vaccine candidate shows promise against emerging tick-borne virus in early studies

Cleveland Clinic researchers have used nanoparticles to develop a potential vaccine candidate against Dabie Bandavirus, formerly known as Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus (SFTSV), a tick-borne virus that ...

Quantum Physics Jun 27, 2023

Electron tunneling associated with ferritin in vivo in the retina, the cochlea, macrophages and other tissues

Electron tunneling associated with ferritin was proposed as early as 1988, but it is still viewed skeptically despite substantial evidence that it occurs. In our recent paper published in IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological ...

Evolution Jun 20, 2023

Scientists reveal how deepest sea dwellers adapted to their environment

A genetic analysis of the hadal snailfish, the deepest-dwelling known vertebrate species, has suggested a number of key adaptations that allow it to survive more than 6,000 meters under the sea.

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