Worldwide, only a handful of patients are known to suffer from episodic ataxia type 6, a neurological disease that causes transient loss of muscle control. The cause lies in a mutation that changes a single amino acid in ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 3, 2023
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Antimicrobial resistance represents one of the top 10 global public health threats according to the World Health Organization, and scientists have been scrambling to find new tools to cure the most deadly drug-resistant infections.
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 13, 2023
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A new study reveals that the evolution of sunscreen pigments in lichen-forming fungi has been governed by the reshuffling of existing enzyme genes and novel accessory genes into new gene clusters.
Evolution
Feb 9, 2023
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Antioxidants are often advertised as a cure-all in nutrition and offered as dietary supplements. However, our body also produces such radical scavengers itself, one of which is coenzyme Q. Now researchers from the Max Planck ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 20, 2023
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A vast number of biological reactions occur inside cells, generating various byproducts. Some of these can be highly reactive molecules, and if they build up inside cells they can cause stress and damage. One class of these ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 31, 2022
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In a study using lab-grown cells, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers specializing in aging report they have successfully delivered a common blood pressure drug directly to the inner membrane of mitochondria.
Bio & Medicine
Sep 20, 2022
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Triggers for food crop growth are complex and new research by South Australian plant scientists is investigating one way wheat responds to common stresses such as poor soil health.
Molecular & Computational biology
Sep 1, 2022
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The tau protein is an important factor linked to the development of human neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease. Yet there is still much we do not know about tau and other similar proteins. The most recent ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 23, 2022
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A novel peptide developed at the Universities of Bayreuth and Bristol is eminently suited for the targeted transport of molecules—for example, of active substances and dyes—into the cells of mammals. The peptide ...
Biochemistry
Jul 14, 2022
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465
All cell membranes in the human body have embedded proteins that serve as sensors, messengers or as a means of transporting and regulating substances going in and out of the cell. Transport proteins in particular are poorly ...
Biochemistry
Jun 27, 2022
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