New technique identifies proteins in the living brain
For the first time, researchers have developed a successful approach for identifying proteins inside different types of neurons in the brain of a living animal.
For the first time, researchers have developed a successful approach for identifying proteins inside different types of neurons in the brain of a living animal.
Molecular & Computational biology
Aug 11, 2021
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Even the simplest creatures seem extraordinarily complex when you look beneath the surface. Fortunately, hydra make that part easy.
Plants & Animals
Aug 2, 2021
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A research group led by Takashi Saito, of the Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, developed a 2-photon excitation light-sheet fluorescence microscope which (1) lowers phototoxicity, (2) extends the field of view, ...
Optics & Photonics
May 28, 2021
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Monitoring alignments of the building blocks of cells is important to understand how the cells are built. By collaborating with imaging scientists at the MBL, researchers from Japan have developed a new probe which they call ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 13, 2021
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The headquarter of a eukaryotic cell is the nucleus, and most of the cell's information and instructions are stored there in the form of DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid). The DNA, which is twisted, rolled and bundled in a two-meter-long ...
Biochemistry
Mar 19, 2021
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The transmembrane protein 206 abbreviated as TMEM206 is an evolutionarily conserved chloride channel that underlies the ubiquitously expressed, proton-activated, outwardly rectifying anion currents. In a new report now published ...
Producing high-value pharmaceutical proteins in plants—sometimes called "molecular pharming"—offers advantages over some other manufacturing methods, notably the low cost and ease of scaling up production to meet demand. ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 9, 2021
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The ability to turn a gene off only in a specific cell type is essential to modern life science. Thanks to the Cre-Controlled CRISPR it has just became simpler. The new method developed by researchers from the Center for ...
Biotechnology
Feb 23, 2021
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Anyone who visits the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, Southeast Asia's coral triangle, or the reefs of Central America will surely speak of the stunning and vibrant environments. Indeed, coral reefs are believed to house ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 22, 2021
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Optical investigations and manipulations often form the core of biological experiments. In a new report now published in Science Advances, Kazuki Okamato and a team of scientists in pharmaceutical sciences, neuroscience, ...