By using single-antibodies, Professor Hirohide Saito (Department of Life Science Frontiers) and his team of researchers, Shodai Komatsu and Assistant Professor Hirohisa Ohno, have developed a novel system to control gene ...
Biotechnology
Nov 20, 2023
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A new molecular technology capable of binding to mRNA and regulating gene expression may offer a new avenue for treating diseases caused by haploinsufficiency, or the absence of one functional gene copy, according to a study ...
Biotechnology
Nov 17, 2023
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There's no organism on Earth that lives free of threat—including bacteria. Predatory viruses known as phages are among their most dire foes, infiltrating their cells to replicate and take over. Bacteria have evolved an ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 15, 2023
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How did life begin? How did chemical reactions on the early Earth create complex, self-replicating structures that developed into living things as we know them?
Biochemistry
Nov 15, 2023
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A detailed atomic exploration into how the dengue virus replicates its genome could catalyze the development of high-precision targeted antiviral therapeutics.
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 31, 2023
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DNA, RNA, and proteins are three pillars of molecular biology. While DNA holds genetic instructions and proteins put these plans to action, RNA serves as the messenger and interpreter. DNA is transcribed to RNA, which then ...
Biotechnology
Oct 11, 2023
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To investigate potential early steps taken by the first life to develop on Earth, researchers have been studying a model of pre-life protocells comprising membraneless compartments. Now, a team of Penn State scientists have ...
Biochemistry
Sep 27, 2023
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Scientists have for the first time recovered RNA from an extinct species, the Tasmanian tiger, raising hope for the resurrection of animals once thought lost forever, Stockholm University researchers told AFP.
Paleontology & Fossils
Sep 26, 2023
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A new study shows the isolation and sequencing of more than a century-old RNA molecules from a Tasmanian tiger specimen preserved at room temperature in a museum collection. This resulted in the reconstruction of skin and ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Sep 19, 2023
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RNA modifications are dynamic and reversible chemical modifications on substrate RNA that regulate mRNA stability, translation, and localization. This review is designed by Dr. Junhong Han and written by his postdoctoral ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 7, 2023
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