Simplified method makes cell-free protein synthesis more flexible and accessible
Researchers have radically simplified the method for cell-free protein synthesis (CFPS), a technique that could become fundamental to medical research.
Researchers have radically simplified the method for cell-free protein synthesis (CFPS), a technique that could become fundamental to medical research.
Biochemistry
Feb 25, 2019
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Microbial communities residing within the gut have been implicated in several aspects of health and disease. The mammalian gut microbiome, for example, not only influences metabolic functions and immune responses, but has ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 15, 2019
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Bugs are winning out, and that's a good thing according to NASA's Human Research Program. As part of NASA's One-Year Mission, researchers are studying how microbes living on astronauts' skin, inside their bodies and on the ...
Space Exploration
Sep 22, 2015
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Glowing bacteria in the tiny Hawaiian bobtail squid may shed new light on the role bacteria play in the human body to synchronize daily tasks such as sleeping and eating, and keeping the immune system healthy, research at ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 23, 2013
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New research published today in the Biochemical Journal describes the discovery of a new cancer target.
Biochemistry
Feb 28, 2013
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(Phys.org)—Investigations into the nature of King George III's illness will reopen this year. Neuroscientists will pore over thousands of 18th century letters to and from the monarch, well known for his bizarre behaviour ...
Other
Nov 19, 2012
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Environmental problems, such as depleting natural resources, highlight the need to establish a renewable chemical industry. Metabolic engineering enhances the production of chemicals made by microbes in so-called "cell factories". ...
Biotechnology
Oct 8, 2012
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When researchers at the Buck Institute dialed back activity of a specific mRNA translation factor in adult nematode worms they saw an unexpected genome-wide response that effectively increased activity in specific stress ...
Biotechnology
Jul 5, 2011
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New findings from researchers at Harvard Medical School in Boston and the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto may shed light on the mechanisms that regulate the organization of receptors on the cell surface, a critical ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 6, 2011
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Flies fed an "anti-Atkins" low protein diet live longer because their mitochondria function better. The research, done at the Buck Institute for Age Research, shows that the molecular mechanisms responsible for the lifespan ...
Biotechnology
Oct 1, 2009
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