Their findings will be published today in the prestigious journal Nature Genetics.”For decades the cause of MS has remained a mystery. This discovery reveals…
Dr Jennifer Loveland-Curtze and a team of scientists from Pennsylvania State University report finding the novel microbe, which they have called Herminiimonas…
But how it forms, and thus how it can be modified to design energy-rich crops, is not well understood. Now a study led by researchers at the Carnegie…
“Understanding the molecular machinery that helps distribute mitochondria to different parts of the cell has only recently begun to be understood,” said…
Research published today in the open access journal BMC Neuroscience suggests that a number of estrogens acting through their receptors affect the DAT, which…
Through an international collaboration, University of Alberta researchers Chris Le and Michael Weinfeld have discovered how damaged DNA is recognized and…
IUPAC confirmed the recognition of element 112 in an official letter to the head of the discovering team, Professor Sigurd Hofmann. The letter furthermore asks…
Scientists at Johns Hopkins have discovered a potential strategy for cancer therapy by focusing on what's missing in tumors.Noticing the conspicuous absence of…
Researchers in the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences at the University of Leicester are developing a new way to make protein based drugs with potential…
BACKGROUND: Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) is the so-called “bad cholesterol” often linked to medical problems like heart disease and clogged arteries. Cells in…
Parent cells must be able to divide in ways that create daughter cells that are different from each other, a process called asymmetric division. Scientists…
Eight different types of large-scale genomic, proteomic, and functional genetic data have been combined in the largest reconstructions ever of networks in nine…
The research, conducted by Prof. Avraham Hochberg of the Silberman Institute of Life Sciences at the university, has won for him first prize among faculty…
Masanobu UchiyamaAssociate Chief ScientistAdvanced Elements Chemistry LaboratoryRIKEN Advanced Science InstituteChemistry supports our modern society both…
Daily rhythms in the biochemical or metabolic activity of cells have long been known across all biological kingdoms. They are governed by the oscillating…
When we smell an aroma or taste a flavor, we convert a chemical stimulus—adsorption of a particular molecule—into an information signal. Researchers are…