For the first time, scientists have demonstrated a simple charge-based mechanism for regulating the formation and dissolution of liquid-like structures that lack outer membranes inside cells. The research provides a first ...
Biochemistry
Dec 14, 2015
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Ludwig Maximilian University researchers have elucidated how a cellular sensor that triggers the innate immune system distinguishes viral from cellular nucleic acids – and why it must expend energy to do so.
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 8, 2015
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Genetic material from ancient viral infections is critical to human development, according to researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
Biotechnology
Nov 23, 2015
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"Why would NASA want to study a lake in Canada?"
Space Exploration
Oct 20, 2015
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After it is transcribed from DNA, RNA can go on to many fates. While the most familiar path may lead directly to the production of protein, RNA molecules themselves can also become capable of altering the expression of genes. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 27, 2015
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Scientists at the John Innes Centre have discovered that Euglena gracilis, the single cell algae which inhabits most garden ponds, has a whole host of new, unclassified genes which can make new forms of carbohydrates and ...
Biotechnology
Aug 14, 2015
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A group of scientists at SISSA proposes a quick alternative for predicting the internal dynamics of RNA molecules (how the different parts move in relation to each other). This simple solution, which uses beads and springs, ...
Biochemistry
Jul 17, 2015
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A group led by Assistant Professor Dan Ohtan Wang from Kyoto University's Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS) in Japan successfully visualized RNA behavior and its response to drugs within the living tissue ...
Biochemistry
Jul 14, 2015
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The DNA molecule is chemically unstable giving rise to DNA lesions of different nature. That is why DNA damage detection, signaling and repair, collectively known as the DNA damage response, are needed.
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 3, 2015
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The virus responsible for the common cold sore hijacks the machinery within our cells, causing them to break down and help shield the virus from our immune system, researchers from the University of Cambridge and colleagues ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 22, 2015
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