In the bustling setting of the cell, proteins encounter each other by the thousands. Despite the hubbub, each one manages to selectively interact with just the right partners, thanks to specific contact regions on its surface ...
Biotechnology
Dec 14, 2017
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Like millions of Americans, Harvard Medical School postdoctoral fellow Tom Seegar struggled as he watched several family members decline from Alzheimer's disease.
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 12, 2017
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Researchers have engineered an artificial protein that may block malignant properties of cancer cells as well as correct certain birth defects.
Biochemistry
Nov 14, 2017
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A team of developmental biologists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst led by Dominique Alfandari, with others at MIT, report in a new paper that they have for the first time described how two transcription factors ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 10, 2017
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A bacterium that attacks people suffering from chronic lung disease and compromised immune systems could be halted by disrupting the distribution channels the organism uses to access the nutrient-rich cytoplasm of its host ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 31, 2017
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A team spearheaded by Van Andel Research Institute scientists has answered a long-standing question that may lead to more effective drugs with fewer side effects for diseases ranging from heart failure to cancer.
Biochemistry
Jul 27, 2017
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Want a younger, more perfect-looking you? Skin can stay firm and stretchy thanks to protein fibers called collagen and elastin in the tissue beneath the surface.
Other
Jun 13, 2017
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Scientists from the Center for Self-assembly and Complexity (CSC) successfully isolated a cancer-prone protein by fishing out the proteins using 'molecular bait'. Cancer, according to the American Cancer Society, affects ...
Biochemistry
Mar 2, 2017
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On the surfaces of our trillions of cells is a complex crowd of molecules moving around, talking to each other, occasionally segregating themselves, and triggering basic functions ranging from pain sensation to insulin release.
General Physics
Feb 27, 2017
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From kids walking on the beach to major museums, the amazing diversity of conch shells have captivated the eyes of collectors.
Plants & Animals
Jan 3, 2017
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