First detection of sugars in meteorites gives clues to origin of life
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/goddard/2019/sugars-in-meteorites
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/goddard/2019/sugars-in-meteorites
Space Exploration
Nov 19, 2019
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The oldest living organism on Earth is a plant, Methuselah a bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva) that is over 5000 years old. Conversely, animals only live up to a few hundred years. Can we learn something from plants about ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Nov 18, 2019
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Humans have evolved dynamic defense mechanisms against the viruses that seek to infect our bodies—proteins that specialize in identifying, capturing and destroying the genetic material that viruses try to sneak into our ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 11, 2019
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In the quest for tomorrow's diagnostics, therapeutics, and bioproduced drugs and fine chemicals, synthetic biologists are assembling artificial networks of genes and modular regulatory elements, similar to the electronic ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Nov 4, 2019
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A Northwestern Engineering research team led by Professor Julius Lucks has uncovered a new understanding of how RNA molecules act as cellular 'biosensors' to monitor and respond to changes in the environment by controlling ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Oct 21, 2019
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Many of the world's most common or deadly human pathogens are RNA-based viruses—Ebola, Zika and flu, for example—and most have no FDA-approved treatments. A team led by researchers at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 10, 2019
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Vaccines made from RNA hold great potential as a way to treat cancer or prevent a variety of infectious diseases. Many biotech companies are now working on such vaccines, and a few have gone into clinical trials.
Biotechnology
Sep 30, 2019
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A research team lead by MIMS/SciLifeLab research group leader Jonas Barandun, Umeå University, Sweden, uses cryo-electron microscopy to provide near atomic details of the smallest known eukaryotic cytoplasmic protein synthesis ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 22, 2019
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Bacterial ribosomes need a single-stranded ribosome binding site (RBS) to initiate protein synthesis, whereas stable RNA structure blocks initiation. Paradoxically, structured mRNAs can nevertheless be efficiently translated. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 15, 2019
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CRISPR-based tools have revolutionized our ability to target disease-linked genetic mutations. CRISPR technology comprises a growing family of tools that can manipulate genes and their expression, including by targeting DNA ...
Biotechnology
Jul 11, 2019
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