Scientists have found a missing 'key' that unlocks critical channels responsible for potassium ions to flow across cell membranes in a process that is essential for life. The discovery overcomes a major barrier to the development ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 26, 2022
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As mammals, we have very sensitive hearing, thanks to a process known as cochlear amplification. This amplification is down to sensory cells in the inner ear called outer hair cells (OHCs), and it is thought to depend on ...
Biotechnology
Jan 6, 2022
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75
Animal cells are bound by a structure called a cell cortex—and this structure, researchers say, is a bit like a tent.
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 20, 2021
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37
The proteins that belong to the HAT family are essential for life as they transport amino acids across the cell membrane. Although the members of this family are practically identical, some transport certain amino acids and ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 29, 2021
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98
Cellular processes on membranes are often fast and short-lived. Molecules assemble briefly, separate again, interact with different partners and move along or through the membrane. It is therefore important to not only study ...
Biochemistry
Oct 5, 2021
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25
Peptides could be primed to solve the knotty problem of antibiotic resistance among humans. Rice University scientists believe they can help.
Molecular & Computational biology
Sep 16, 2021
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A team of scientists at the Tufts University School of Engineering has developed a new filtering technology. Inspired by biology, it could help curb a drinking water-related disease that affects tens of millions of people ...
Polymers
Sep 6, 2021
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315
One third of the proteins essential for life processes are produced in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) of the cell and distributed via membrane vesicles. Sorting of proteins at ER exit sites and transport to the Golgi apparatus ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 10, 2021
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2016
By cracking open a cellular membrane, Northwestern University synthetic biologists have discovered a new way to increase production yields of protein-based vaccines by five-fold, significantly broadening access to potentially ...
Biotechnology
Apr 22, 2021
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60
Biophysicists from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich have shown that a phenomenon known as diffusiophoresis, which can lead to a directed particle transport, can occur in biological systems.
Biochemistry
Apr 6, 2021
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