Molecular Biology News
March 2, 2025
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Feb. 27, 2025 — Researchers have succeeded in generating high-quality feline embryonic stem cells using sperm and eggs from testes and ovaries discarded during sterilization ...
Feb. 19, 2025 — Messenger RNA can travel between different types of stem cells through tunnel-like structures, as revealed by a new study. By studying interactions between mouse and human stem cells, they discovered ...
Feb. 26, 2025 — Researchers investigating the role of the protein CD44 in obesity and metabolic health found that CD44-deficient mice stayed lean even on a high-fat diet, while the control mice developed obesity. A new study details the unexpected pivotal role of ...
Feb. 26, 2025 — Cells attach to each other through carefully arranged molecules. A research team has now found that the way they organize to find their proper places is similar to how grease drops self-organize in ...
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Feb. 26, 2025 — Two new papers describe a significant advance in understanding the complex functions of the metabolic ...
Feb. 26, 2025 — Immune cells that eat bacteria in the body don't stash them in specialized compartments as once thought, but turn them into critical nutrients that build proteins, create energy and keep the cells ...
Feb. 26, 2025 — A comprehensive encyclopedia of the known functions of all protein-coding human genes has just been completed and released. Researchers used large-scale evolutionary modeling to integrate data on ...
Feb. 25, 2025 — Identifying and delineating cell structures in microscopy images is crucial for understanding the complex processes of life. This task is called 'segmentation' and it enables a range of applications, ...
Feb. 25, 2025 — Researchers have found that specific gut cells, BEST4/CA7+ cells, regulate electrolyte and water balance in response to bacterial toxins that cause diarrhea. Their findings show that these cells ...
Feb. 24, 2025 — A team has used a process known as DNA origami to make electrochemical sensors that can quickly detect and measure ...
Feb. 21, 2025 — A hybrid microscope allows scientists to simultaneously image the full 3D orientation and position of an ensemble of molecules, such as labeled ...
Feb. 21, 2025 — Infection with Zika virus in pregnancy can lead to neurological disorders, fetal abnormalities and fetal death. Until now, how the virus manages to ...
Feb. 20, 2025 — Biologists have discovered a new type of RNA-splicing regulation that helps to determine which protein-coding exons will be included in messenger RNA ...
Feb. 20, 2025 — In their effort to answer a decades-old biological question about how the hepatitis B virus (HBV) is able to establish infection of liver cells, ...
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Feb. 25, 2025 — When faced with multiple food options and ultimately choosing one, the factors of that decision-making process may be more physiological than previously assumed. A group of scientists recently ...
Feb. 18, 2025 — A groundbreaking study has revealed a surprising biochemical connection between plant immune responses and human neurological health. Researchers have discovered that the metabolic pathways ...
Feb. 18, 2025 — Researchers are tackling neutrophilic asthma, successfully developing one of the first mouse models of the ...
Feb. 18, 2025 — Researchers have introduced genetic material into plants via their roots, opening a potential pathway for rapid crop ...
Feb. 18, 2025 — Biologists converted gut bacteria into miniature protein factories that manufacture and release a sustained flow of targeted proteins inside the lower intestines. This technique solves one of the ...
Feb. 14, 2025 — The clownfish-anemone living arrangement is one of the most widely recognized examples of symbiosis. Researchers have made a breakthrough in understanding how anemonefish can live safely among sea ...
Feb. 14, 2025 — A recent study reveals that age plays a significant role in the outcomes of intermittent fasting. Researchers discovered that chronic intermittent fasting disrupted the development of ...
Feb. 14, 2025 — A research collaboration has found that besides regulating the fusion of mitochondria, Mitofusin 2 also ensures protein quality control. This discovery could open up new routes to treating ...
Feb. 13, 2025 — A guardian molecule ensures that liver cells do not lose their identity. The discovery is of great interest for cancer medicine because a change of identity of cells has come into focus as a ...
Feb. 13, 2025 — A new study unravels the relationship between mitofusins (mitochondrial proteins) and autophagy. Using gene editing with CRISPR-Cas9, the team has been able to study these proteins without altering ...
Feb. 13, 2025 — A fungal infection has been shown to trigger a fruit fly's own immune system to destroy brain cells leading to signs of neurodegeneration, a new study has ...
Feb. 12, 2025 — Human genes that encode proteins often contain non-coding segments known as introns. Removing introns is crucial for the proper expression of genetic information. Understanding how our cells ...
Feb. 12, 2025 — Scientists have uncovered the equipment that enables bacteria to survive exposure to antibiotics: a shuttling mechanism that helps a complex of proteins pump out a wide spectrum of antibiotics along ...
Feb. 11, 2025 — Accumulation of fat molecules is detrimental to the cell. Researchers have made a breakthrough in understanding how our cells manage to stay healthy by recycling important fat molecules. Their study ...
Feb. 11, 2025 — Biomedical engineers have demonstrated a new synthetic approach that turbocharges bacteria into producing more of a specific protein, even proteins that would normally destroy them, such as ...
Feb. 11, 2025 — Scientists have discovered that some tiny segments of RNA thought to be junk instead have a functional role in suppressing production of certain messenger RNAs and appear to help cells respond to ...
Feb. 10, 2025 — Using a new method to study how carbohydrates modify proteins, scientists have discovered that gut bacteria can alter molecular signatures in the ...
Feb. 7, 2025 — Researchers have uncovered a previously unknown mechanism that regulates the immune response against parasites. During a parasitic infection, specific immune cells, known as virtual memory T cells ...
Feb. 7, 2025 — Mitochondria are essential for generating energy that fuels cells and helps them ...
Feb. 7, 2025 — A complex molecular machine, the spliceosome, ensures that the genetic information from the genome, after being transcribed into mRNA precursors, is correctly assembled into mature mRNA. Splicing is ...
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
- From Plants to People: How Amino Acid, Vitamin Balance Links Plant Immunity to Epilepsy
- A Treatment-Resistant, Severe Type of Asthma Successfully Modeled in Mice
- Biomedicine Shows the Way to Future Food Crops
- Biologists Transform Gut Bacteria Into Tiny Protein Pharmacies
Friday, February 14, 2025
- Marine Mystery Solved: How Anemonefish Avoid Stings from Their Sea Anemone Hosts
- Mouse Study Finds Impaired Cell Development: Intermittent Fasting Could Be Unsafe for Teenagers
- Protective Role of Mitochondrial Protein Mitofusin 2 in Cellular Health Revealed
Thursday, February 13, 2025
- Guardian Molecule Keeps Cells on Track -- New Perspectives for the Treatment of Liver Cancer
- How Mitochondria Drive Autophagy
- Fungus 'hacks' Natural Immune System Causing Neurodegeneration in Fruit Flies
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
- Splicing Twins: Unraveling the Secrets of the Minor Spliceosome Complex
- Protein Shuttling Mechanism Helps Bacteria Pump out Antibiotics
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
- Inability of Cells to Recycle Fats Can Spell Disease
- Engineering Biological Reaction Crucibles to Rapidly Produce Proteins
- 'Junk' RNA Segments Play Role in Protein Production, Cell Stress Response
Monday, February 10, 2025
Friday, February 7, 2025
- An Unexpected Mechanism Regulates the Immune Response During Parasitic Infections
- Mitochondria May Hold the Key to Curing Diabetes
- Spliceosome: How Cells Avoid Errors When Manufacturing mRNA
Thursday, February 6, 2025
- Uncovering How Developmental Genes Are Held in a Poised State
- Mercury Content in Tuna Can Be Reduced With New Packaging Solution
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Monday, February 3, 2025
- Hijacking of Plasmin by Dengue Virus for Infection
- Octopuses Have Some of the Oldest Known Sex Chromosomes
Friday, January 31, 2025
Thursday, January 30, 2025
- Unveiling the Critical Role of the Exocyst Complex in Mouse Oocyte Growth
- New Light-Tuned Chemical Tools Control Processes in Living Cells
- Potential in Cultivation of a Special Nutritious Microalga
- Zika Uses Human Skin as 'mosquito Magnet' To Spread Virus Further
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
- New Microscopy Technique Reveals Dynamic Escherichia Coli Membrane Stiffness
- New Ways to Modulate Cell Activity Remotely
- New Insights Into the Perception of Coffee Taste -- Genetic Predisposition Plays a Role
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Monday, January 27, 2025
Friday, January 24, 2025
- Evolution Without Sex: How Mites Have Survived for Millions of Years
- Protein Labeling of Tens of Millions of Densely Packed Cells in Organ-Scale Tissues
Thursday, January 23, 2025
- Uncovering the Role of Y Chromosome Genes in Male Fertility in Mice
- Curiosity Driven Experiment Helps Unravel Antibiotic-Resistance Mystery
- The Secret to Robust and Reversible Underwater Adhesion: The Answer Lies in Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF) Domain
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
- Bioluminescent Cell Imaging Gets a Glow-Up
- AI in Cell Research: Moscot Reveals Cell Dynamics in Unprecedented Detail
- Final Synthetic Yeast Chromosome Unlocks New Era in Biotechnology
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
- Can DNA-Nanoparticle Motors Get Up to Speed With Motor Proteins?
- Structural Insights Reveal Drug Target in Trypanosome Parasites
Monday, January 20, 2025
Thursday, January 16, 2025
- Microbial Cell Factories May Help Get to the Root of Understudied Plant Molecules
- Mind's Eye: Pineal Gland Photoreceptor's 2 Genes Help Fish Detect Color
- Decoding HIV's Tactics
- Sophisticated Early Warning System: How Bacteria Respond to Threats
- DNA Motors Found to Switch Gears
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
- Cilia's Secrets Revealed Using Connectome Data
- The Proteins That Make Cell-to-Cell Cargo Transport Possible
- Protein Protects Biological Nitrogen Fixation from Oxidative Stress
- RNA Research: Ribozyme Structure Revealed
- The Hunt Narrows for Ebolavirus Hosts
- DNA Damage Can Last Unrepaired for Years, Changing Our View of Mutations
- Deep Learning Designs Proteins Against Deadly Snake Venom
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
- Genetic Tweak Optimizes Drug-Making Cells by Blocking Buildup of Toxic Byproduct
- New Mechanism for Maintaining Genome Stability Discovered
- Just as Gouda: Improving the Quality of Cheese Alternatives
- Uncurling a Single DNA Molecule and Gluing It Down Helps Sharpen Images
Monday, January 13, 2025
- Scientists Explain How a Compound from Sea Sponge Exerts Its Biological Effects
- A 'volume Dial' For Missed Signals Produced by Our Bodies
- DNA Nanorobots Can Alter Artificial Cells
- Your Gut Bacteria Are in a Chemical Tug-of-War With Your Body
- Wrong Place, Wrong Time: Why Zika Virus Hijacks a Protein Needed for Brain Growth
- Route of Entry for Semliki Forest Virus Into the Brain Revealed
Thursday, January 9, 2025
- Electric Fungi: The Biobattery That Needs to Be Fed
- Physical Signals as Fate Deciders: How Mechanical Forces Extrude Cells from Tissues
Wednesday, January 8, 2025
- New AI Predicts Inner Workings of Cells
- Scientists Uncover Key Step in How Diazotrophs 'fix' Nitrogen
- Tiny Microbe Colonies Communicate to Coordinate Their Behavior
Tuesday, January 7, 2025
- Cell-Based Therapy Improves Outcomes in a Pig Model of Heart Attacks
- How Our Cells Dispose of Waste and Ways to Control It
- Key and Lock: How Important Proteins 'dock' To the Centromere
Friday, January 3, 2025
Thursday, January 2, 2025
- Zebrafish Protein Unlocks Dormant Genes for Heart Repair
- These Bacteria Perform a Trick That Could Keep Plants Healthy
Wednesday, January 1, 2025
- Study Traces Ebola's Route to the Skin Surface
- Revealing a Key Mechanism of Rapid Centromere Evolution
Friday, December 27, 2024
Friday, December 20, 2024
- Research Points the Way to Lifesaving Antiparasitic Drugs While Unlocking a Scientific Mystery
- Researchers Discover Replication Hubs for Human Norovirus
- Programming Cells: Revolutionizing Genetic Circuits With Cutting-Edge RNA Tools
- Growing Safer Spuds: Removing Toxins from Potatoes
Thursday, December 19, 2024
- New Software Unlocks Secrets of Cell Signaling
- Tinkering With the 'clockwork' Mechanisms of Life
- New 'molecular Flipbook' Gives Researchers the Best Look Yet at Ribosomal Motion
- Study Shows Role of Cells' Own RNA in Antiviral Defense
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
- Histone Modification Important for Correct Blood Cell Formation
- Building a Backbone: Scientists Recreate the Body's 'GPS System' In the Lab
- Giant Virus Encodes Key Piece of Protein-Making Machinery of Cellular Life
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
- Images of Crucial Cell Receptors Show Promising New Drug Targets
- The Longevity Factor Foxo3 Mediates 'unfit' Cell Elimination to Ensure Healthy Body Construction
- Scientists Find a Vulnerability in Antibiotic Resistance Mechanism