One of the most hotly contested issues in biology, or at least in mitochondrial biology, is determining which proteins can get into mitochondria. Having this kind of access essentially means a protein maintains a residence ...
Within a mere eight years, CRISPR-Cas9 has become the go-to genome editor for both basic research and gene therapy. But CRISPR-Cas9 also has spawned other potentially powerful DNA manipulation tools that could help fix genetic ...
Biotechnology
Jul 30, 2020
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New discoveries about the disruption of condensates in the neurodevelopmental disorder Rett syndrome provide insights into how cells compartmentalize chromosomes as well as new potential paths for therapies.
Molecular & Computational biology
Jul 22, 2020
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The same basic tools that allow computers to function are now being used to control life at the molecular level. The advances have implications for future medicines and synthetic biology.
Molecular & Computational biology
Apr 2, 2020
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Scientists have discovered hundreds of unusually large, bacteria-killing viruses with capabilities normally associated with living organisms, blurring the line between living microbes and viral machines.
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 12, 2020
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It's long been known that the proteins that package DNA, like students at a high school dance, require a chaperone. But what exactly that guardian looks and acts like has been a mystery—until now.
Molecular & Computational biology
Nov 27, 2019
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Researchers have discovered a gene that controls the regulation of iron uptake in plants, according to a new study from Dartmouth College.
Biotechnology
Nov 25, 2019
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Scientists studying genetic transcription are gaining new insights into a process that is fundamental to all life. Transcription is the first step in gene expression, the process taking place within all living cells by which ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Sep 23, 2019
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Scientists have created the first completely artificial protein switch that can work inside living cells to modify—or even commandeer—the cell's complex internal circuitry.
Biochemistry
Jul 24, 2019
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Sequencing a genome is getting cheaper, but making sense of the resulting data remains hard. Researchers have now found a new way to extract useful information out of sequenced DNA.
Biotechnology
Jul 11, 2019
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