In a study of yeast, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have found how a fatty compound called cardiolipin helps create cellular energy. The researchers say their findings will help shed light on conditions that ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 6, 2021
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The chain of command inside human cells is similar to the way a factory is run, two University of Queensland researchers say.
Biotechnology
Dec 14, 2020
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There was a time when the idea of growing organs in the lab was the stuff of science fiction. Today, stem cell biology and tissue engineering are turning fiction into reality with the advent of organoids: tiny lab-grown tissues ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 10, 2020
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It might look like a little game at the molecular scale.
Molecular & Computational biology
Oct 14, 2020
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Dr. Guangyu Wu is dissecting the molecular homing that enables a nascent protein to ultimately find its way to the surface of a cell as a mature receptor type that helps us taste, smell and even regulate our mood and immunity.
Molecular & Computational biology
Oct 14, 2020
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Chemical probes that detect changes in two factors related to inflammation within cells could lead to earlier disease detection.
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 2, 2020
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Adenosine triphosphate, or ATP, is the cellular energy currency that is as valuable to the human body as the dollar is to the US economy. Too high or too low levels of ATP in some cell types have been linked to a variety ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 28, 2020
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Scientists have shown for the first time how two proteins provide a tunnel for so-called bad cholesterol to enter our body cells.
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 19, 2020
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It sounds like science fiction—but lasers beating to the rhythm of a live heart is exactly what researchers at the University of St Andrews have developed to improve the understanding of heart failure and to help develop ...
Optics & Photonics
Jun 16, 2020
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Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States and other industrialized nations, and many patients face limited treatment options. Fortunately, stem cell biology has enabled researchers to produce large ...
General Physics
May 19, 2020
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