Molecular Biology News
April 20, 2024
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Apr. 18, 2024 — The origin of life continues to remain a matter of debate. The ribonucleic acid (RNA) world hypothesis proposes that 'ribozymes' which store genetic information and possess catalytic functions may ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Trying to hit a target size before dividing seems like the best strategy for maintaining a precise cell size, but bacteria don't do that. Now we know ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Using a pair of sensors made from carbon nanotubes, researchers discovered signals that help plants respond to stresses such as heat, light, or attack from insects or bacteria. Farmers could use these sensors to monitor threats to their crops, ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Researchers have discovered a DNA repair mechanism that advances understanding of how human cells stay healthy, and which could lead to new treatments for cancer and premature ...
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Apr. 15, 2024 — A research team discovers previously unknown gene that indirectly promotes photosynthesis Protein regulator NirP1 influences the coordination of the nitrogen and carbohydrate metabolism 'Such protein ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Researchers have developed a powerful, new technique to generate 'movies' of changing protein structures and speeds of up to 50 frames per ...
Apr. 15, 2024 — An international team of scientists has published a single-cell atlas for Pristina leidyi (Pristina), the water nymph worm, a segmented annelid with extraordinary regenerative abilities that has ...
Apr. 12, 2024 — A collaboration unveils a novel strategy for identifying key proteins in organelle communication. This approach advances our ability to pinpoint ...
Mar. 28, 2024 — Branching patterns are prevalent in our natural environment and the human body, such as in the lungs and kidneys. For example, specific genes that express growth factor proteins are known to ...
Apr. 12, 2024 — The typical job of the proteasome, the garbage disposal of the cell, is to grind down proteins into smaller bits and recycle some of those bits and ...
Apr. 12, 2024 — A deep dive into macroalgae genetics has uncovered the genetic underpinnings that enabled macroalgae, or 'seaweed,' to evolve multicellularity. Three lineages of macroalgae developed multicellularity ...
Apr. 12, 2024 — Scientists have summarized microbial food production ...
Apr. 12, 2024 — The rise of RNA viruses like SARS-CoV-2 highlights the need for new ways to fight them. RNA-targeting tools like CRISPR/Cas13 are powerful but inefficient in the cytoplasm of cells, where many RNA ...
Apr. 11, 2024 — Researchers reveal how DNA gyrase resolves DNA entanglements. The findings not only provide novel insights into this fundamental biological mechanism ...
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Apr. 11, 2024 — Researchers have identified 14 genes that thale cress -- a plant commonly used in genetic investigations since its genome is well documented -- express more when responding to five specific ...
Apr. 10, 2024 — Cells contain various specialized structures -- such as the nucleus, mitochondria or peroxisomes -- known as 'organelles'. Tracing their genesis and determining their structure is ...
Apr. 10, 2024 — A new study reveals the detailed protein structure of the TAS2R14, a bitter taste receptor that allows us to perceive bitter taste. In addition to solving the structure of this taste receptor, the ...
Apr. 10, 2024 — Researchers decode repair mechanism during transcription of genetic ...
Apr. 9, 2024 — Researchers have made a significant advancement toward understanding how the human genome is organized inside a single cell. This knowledge is crucial for analyzing how DNA structure influences gene ...
Apr. 8, 2024 — Researchers have discovered that a worm commonly used in the study of biology uses a set of proteins unlike those seen in other studied organisms to protect the ends of its ...
Apr. 8, 2024 — Multidrug-resistant bacterial infections that cannot be treated by any known antibiotics pose a serious global threat. A research team has now introduced a method for the development of novel ...
Apr. 5, 2024 — Researchers developed a foundational language model to decode mRNA sequences and optimize those sequences for vaccine development. The tool shows broader promise as a means for studying molecular ...
Apr. 4, 2024 — Biophysicists have demonstrated how heat flows through rock fissures could have created the conditions for the emergence of ...
Apr. 3, 2024 — Researchers have discovered how certain proteins can attach to special structures in RNA, called G-quadruplexes. Additionally, they have developed computational tools capable of predicting these ...
Apr. 3, 2024 — A new study finds that UCYN-A, a species of nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria, may be evolving organelle-like ...
Apr. 3, 2024 — A recent breakthrough sheds light on how the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, invades human red blood cells. The study reveals the role of a sugar called sialic acid in this invasion process. ...
Apr. 3, 2024 — A genomic study of human and selected nonhuman primate centromeres has revealed their unimaginable diversity and speed of evolutionary change. Although centromeres are vital to proper cell ...
Mar. 28, 2024 — Researchers have identified how the tick-borne Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus enters our cells. The results are an important step in the development of drugs against the deadly ...
Mar. 28, 2024 — Barley is one of the most important cereal crops on a global scale. Many barley cultivars produce a toxic alkaloid called gramine that affects the suitability of barley as fodder, but also helps to ...
Mar. 28, 2024 — Biologists have uncovered a quality control timing mechanism tied to cell division. The 'stopwatch' function keeps track of mitosis and acts as a protective measure when the process takes ...
Mar. 27, 2024 — Understanding the structure of proteins is critical for demystifying their functions and developing drugs that target them. To that end, a team of researchers has developed a way of using machine ...
Mar. 26, 2024 — Tardigrade proteins are potential candidates in technologies centered on slowing the aging process and in long-term storage of human ...
Mar. 26, 2024 — Scientists have uncovered a unique mechanism that regulates the opening of stomata in plants. Phosphorylation of the amino acid Thr881 on the plasma membrane proton pump plays a key role in this ...
Mar. 22, 2024 — How was complex life able to develop on the inhospitable early Earth? At the beginning there must have been ribonucleic acid (RNA) to carry the first genetic information. To build up complexity in ...
Thursday, April 11, 2024
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
- The Genesis of Our Cellular Skeleton, Image by Image
- Researchers Discover How We Perceive Bitter Taste
- Cockayne Syndrome: New Insights Into Cellular DNA Repair Mechanism
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Monday, April 8, 2024
- Different Means to the Same End: How a Worm Protects Its Chromosomes
- Bringing Multidrug-Resistant Pathogens to Their Knees
Friday, April 5, 2024
Thursday, April 4, 2024
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
- New Tools Reveal How Genes Work and Cells Organize
- Evolution in Action? New Study Finds Possibility of Nitrogen-Fixing Organelles
- New Discovery Unravels Malaria Invasion Mechanism
- First View of Centromere Variation and Evolution
Thursday, March 28, 2024
- How the Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus Enters Our Cells
- Researchers Discover Key Gene for Toxic Alkaloid in Barley
- Cell Division Quality Control 'stopwatch' Uncovered
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
- Researchers Show That Introduced Tardigrade Proteins Can Slow Metabolism in Human Cells
- Discovery of Amino Acid Unveils How Light Makes Plants Open
Friday, March 22, 2024
Thursday, March 21, 2024
- As We Age, Our Cells Are Less Likely to Express Longer Genes
- Natural Molecule Found in Coffee and Human Body Increases NAD+ Levels, Improves Muscle Function During Aging
- Decoding the Plant World's Complex Biochemical Communication Networks
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Monday, March 18, 2024
Friday, March 15, 2024
Thursday, March 14, 2024
- Small Amounts of Licorice Raise Blood Pressure, Study Finds
- Alzheimer's Drug Fermented With Help from AI and Bacteria Moves Closer to Reality
- Sleep-Wake Rhythm: Fish Change Our Understanding of Sleep Regulation
- New Discovery Reveals How the Egg Controls Sperm Entry
- Even Cells Know the Importance of Recycling
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
- Sulfur and the Origin of Life
- Tryptophan in Diet, Gut Bacteria Protect Against E. Coli Infection
- New Computational Strategy Boosts the Ability of Drug Designers to Target Proteins Inside the Membrane
- Milk to the Rescue for Diabetics? Cow Produces Human Insulin in Milk
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
- A Simple and Robust Experimental Process for Protein Engineering
- Scientists Find Weak Points on Epstein-Barr Virus
- How a Natural Compound from Sea Squirts Combats Cancer
Monday, March 11, 2024
Friday, March 8, 2024
- Research Sheds Light on New Strategy to Treat Infertility
- New Study Discovers How Altered Protein Folding Drives Multicellular Evolution
- Researchers Develop Artificial Building Blocks of Life
- Mutation Solves a Century-Old Mystery in Meiosis
Thursday, March 7, 2024
- Vitamin A May Play a Central Role in Stem Cell Biology and Wound Repair
- The Malaria Parasite Generates Genetic Diversity Using an Evolutionary 'copy-Paste' Tactic
- Cracking Epigenetic Inheritance: Biologists Discovered the Secrets of How Gene Traits Are Passed on
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
- First Heat Map for Individual Red Blood Cells
- Universal Tool for Tracking Cell-to-Cell Interactions
- Synthetic Gene Helps Explain the Mysteries of Transcription Across Species
- Decoding the Language of Epigenetic Modifications
- Deconstructing the Structural Elements of a Lesser-Known Microbe
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Monday, March 4, 2024
Friday, March 1, 2024
- Light Into the Darkness of Photosynthesis
- How Virus Causes Cancer: Potential Treatment
- Convergent Evolution of Algal CO2-Fixing Organelles
Thursday, February 29, 2024
- New Role for Bacterial Enzyme in Gut Metabolism Revealed
- Scientists Identify New 'regulatory' Function of Learning and Memory Gene Common to All Mammalian Brain Cells
- Scientists Develop Novel RNA Or DNA-Based Substances to Protect Plants from Viruses
- The Golgi Organelle's Ribbon Structure Is Not Exclusive to Vertebrates, Contrary to Previous Consensus
- How First Cells Could Have Formed on Earth
- Radio Waves Can Tune Up Bacteria to Become Life-Saving Medicines
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
- New Tool Helps Decipher Gene Behavior
- Nanocarrier With Escape Reflex
- Change in Gene Code May Explain How Human Ancestors Lost Tails
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
- New Discovery Shows How Cells Defend Themselves During Stressful Situations
- Scientists Use Blue-Green Algae as a Surrogate Mother for 'meat-Like' Proteins
- Microbial Comics: RNA as a Common Language, Presented in Extracellular Speech-Bubbles
- Low-Temperature Plasma Used to Remove E. Coli from Hydroponically Grown Crops
Monday, February 26, 2024
- Human Stem Cells Coaxed to Mimic the Very Early Central Nervous System
- Cutting-Edge 'protein Lawnmower' Created
- The Small Intestine Adapt Its Size According to Nutrient Intake
Friday, February 23, 2024
- Biomolecular Condensates -- Regulatory Hubs for Plant Iron Supply
- Ribosomes: Molecular Wedge Assists Recycling
Thursday, February 22, 2024
- Compound Vital for All Life Likely Played a Role in Life's Origin
- Metabolic Diseases May Be Driven by Gut Microbiome, Loss of Ovarian Hormones
- Damage to Cell Membranes Causes Cell Aging
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
- Researchers Are Using RNA in a New Approach to Fight HIV
- Bridging Diet, Microbes, and Metabolism: Implications for Metabolic Disorders
- Photosynthetic Mechanism of Purple Sulfur Bacterium Adapted to Low-Calcium Environments
Monday, February 19, 2024
Friday, February 16, 2024
Thursday, February 15, 2024
- Asexual Propagation of Crop Plants Gets Closer
- Ancient Retroviruses Played a Key Role in the Evolution of Vertebrate Brains
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
- Team Creates Novel Rabies Viral Vectors for Neural Circuit Mapping
- Key Genes Linked to DNA Damage and Human Disease Uncovered
- Researchers Uncover Mechanisms Behind Enigmatic Shapes of Nuclei
- By Growing Animal Cells in Rice Grains, Scientists Dish Up Hybrid Food
- Why Do Flies Fall in Love? Researchers Tease out the Signals Behind Fruit Fly Courtship Songs
- Controlling Root Growth Direction Could Help Save Crops and Mitigate Climate Change
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
- Low-Cost Microbe Can Speed Biological Discovery
- New Trial Highlights Incremental Progress Towards a Cure for HIV-1
- Personalized Adhesives for Inner Healing -- Now Tailored Just for You
Monday, February 12, 2024
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
- New Research Uncovers Biological Drivers of Heart Disease Risk
- Gut Microbiome Changes During Pregnancy May Influence Immune System Response