MIT biologists have discovered a mechanism that allows cells to read their own DNA in the correct direction and prevents them from copying most of the so-called "junk DNA" that makes up long stretches of our genome.
Biotechnology
Jun 24, 2013
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(Phys.org) —The long-standing mystery behind dormant disseminated breast tumor cells and what activates them after years and even decades of latency may have been solved. Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 3, 2013
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Positively charged gold nanoparticles are usually toxic to cells, but cancer cells somehow manage to avoid nanoparticle toxicity. Mayo Clinic researchers found out why, and determined how to make the nanoparticles effective ...
Bio & Medicine
May 21, 2013
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Sperm cell release can be triggered by tightening the grip around the delivery organ, according to a team of nano and microsystems engineers and plant biologists at the University of Montreal and Concordia University.
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 29, 2013
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In a paper published today by the prestigious journal, Nature Methods, biologists at the University of Luxembourg, Tampere University of Technology and the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle, USA, have created the biggest ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 21, 2013
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Circadian rhythms keep time for all living things, from regulating when plants open their flowers to foiling people when they try to beat jet lag. Day-night cycles are controlled through ancient biological mechanisms, evolutionarily ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 11, 2013
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Researchers in Freiburg identify a protein responsible for the correct arrangement of the chromosome centromeres in the nucleus.
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 4, 2013
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A University of Central Florida chemist has come up with a unique way to kill certain cancer cells – give them acid reflux.
Biochemistry
Mar 7, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Olfactory sensory neurons – nerve cells in the nose – directly sense molecules that convey scent, then send the signals to the brain. Biologists have long wondered how it's possible for each nerve cell to ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 5, 2013
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A protein known for turning on genes to help cells survive low-oxygen conditions also slows down the copying of new DNA strands, thus shutting down the growth of new cells, Johns Hopkins researchers report. Their discovery ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 22, 2013
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