A computational model developed by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is the first to accurately simulate the complex twists of a short sequence of RNA as it folds into a critical hairpin structure known as a ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 16, 2013
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Scientists at Harvard University and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have developed a new class of genome editing tool. This new "base editor" can directly repair the type of single-letter changes in the human genome ...
Biotechnology
Oct 25, 2017
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The process of aging disturbs a broad range of cellular mechanisms in a complex fashion and is not well understood. Computer models using fuzzy logic might help to unravel these complexities and predict how aging progresses ...
Other
Jun 17, 2010
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A new approach to disentangling the complexities of biological networks, such as the way in which proteins interact in our body's cells has been developed by researchers in China. The team's algorithm could allow biologists ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 5, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- When tropical marine cone snails sink their harpoon-like teeth into their prey, they inject paralyzing venoms made from a potent mix of more than 100 different neurotoxins.
Biotechnology
Apr 10, 2012
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The threads of an evolutionary mystery that dates to the birth of molecular biology are beginning to unravel, thanks to a new investigation by computational bioengineers at Rice University and the University of Texas MD Anderson ...
Biotechnology
Aug 30, 2012
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Inactivated, but still active– how modification of an enzyme governs critical processes in sexual reproduction.
Cell & Microbiology
May 3, 2013
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Before 2020, when my friends and acquaintances asked me what I study as a molecular biologist, their eyes would inevitably glaze over as soon as I said "RNA." Now, as the COVID-19 pandemic has shown the power and promise ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 6, 2023
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New evidence has emerged that an invasive species of malaria-carrying mosquito from Asia is spreading in Africa, where it could pose a "unique" threat to tens of millions of city-dwellers, researchers warned Tuesday.
Ecology
Nov 1, 2022
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In late April 2009, a team of MBARI researchers tested the world's only deep-sea robotic DNA lab beneath the waters of Monterey Bay.
Environment
May 7, 2009
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