Researchers isolate antibody that blocks bird flu
Despite efforts to contain it, bird flu remains a serious menace to public health.
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 16, 2019
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New algorithm rapidly finds anomalies in gene expression data
Computational biologists at Carnegie Mellon University have devised an algorithm to rapidly sort through mountains of gene expression data to find unexpected phenomena that might merit further study. What's more, the algorithm ...
Biotechnology
Nov 27, 2019
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Study shows evolution turns genes back on to regain function
Genes often mutate and lose their natural or synthetic function over long-term evolution, which could be good if that stops drug resistance of infectious microbes or cancer. A new study by Stony Brook University researchers, ...
Evolution
Nov 26, 2019
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In a first for cell biology, scientists observe ribosome assembly in real time
A team of scientists from Scripps Research and Stanford University has recorded in real time a key step in the assembly of ribosomes—the complex and evolutionarily ancient "molecular machines" that make proteins in cells ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 22, 2019
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Machine-learning approach helps discover new ways of controlling spatial organization of induced pluripotent stem cells
Model organs grown from patients' own cells may one day revolutionize how diseases are treated. A person's cells, coaxed into heart, lung, liver, or kidney in the lab, could be used to better understand their disease or test ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 20, 2019
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Neural network fills in data gaps for spatial analysis of chromosomes
Computational methods used to fill in missing pixels in low-quality images or video also can help scientists provide missing information for how DNA is organized in the cell, computational biologists at Carnegie Mellon University ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Nov 7, 2019
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Measuring cell-cell forces using snapshots from time-lapse videos of cells
Researchers at the University of California San Diego and the Allen Institute of Cell Science have developed a new computational method that can measure the forces cells exert on each other by analyzing time-lapse videos ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 5, 2019
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Mystery solved about the machines that move your genes
Fleets of microscopic machines toil away in your cells, carrying out critical biological tasks and keeping you alive. By combining theory and experiment, researchers have discovered the surprising way one of these machines, ...
General Physics
Sep 2, 2019
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Breath! Respiring microbes generate more energy
How do cells generate and use energy? This question might seem simple, but the answer is far from simple. Furthermore, knowing how microbial cell factories consume energy and how proteins are allocated to do so is crucial ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 23, 2019
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Scientists probe how distinct liquid organelles in cells are created
The interior of a human cell consists, in part, of a complex soup of millions of molecules.
Biochemistry
Aug 21, 2019
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