One of the big mysteries in biology is why cells age. Now scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies report that they have discovered a weakness in a component of brain cells that may explain how the aging process ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 3, 2012
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Scientists are a step closer to explaining one of the most enduring mysteries of modern biology; why are there males and females?
Evolution
Dec 19, 2011
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Growing up just got more complicated. Thomas Jefferson University biochemistry researchers have shown for the first time that the receptor for a major insect molting hormone doesn't activate and repress genes as once thought. ...
Biochemistry
Oct 6, 2011
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Nuclear pore complexes are best known as the communication channels that regulate the passage of all molecules to and from a cell's nucleus. Researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, however, have shown that ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 4, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- To protect their DNA, cells in higher organisms are very choosy about what they allow in and out of their nuclei, where the genes reside. Guarding access is the job of transport machines called nuclear pore ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 18, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Bioengineers at UC San Diego have developed a breakthrough method for sequencing-based methylation profiling, which could help fuel personalized regenerative medicine and even lead to more efficient and cost-effective ...
Biotechnology
Apr 22, 2009
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Researchers have discovered an important element for making night vision possible in nocturnal mammals: the DNA within the photoreceptor rod cells responsible for low light vision is packaged in a very unconventional way, ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 16, 2009
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While expanding nuclear energy production would provide carbon-free power and can help countries around the world meet their climate goals, nuclear energy could also come with some inherent risk. Radioactive pollution damages ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 21, 2024
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An Oryza sativa rice mutant called low grain weight (LGW) was isolated by a research team led by Prof. Wu Yuejin from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). The researchers ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Oct 18, 2022
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A nuclear protein bound to RNA molecules affects chromatin structure and gene expression.
Biotechnology
Oct 28, 2019
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