The mysteries of the human genome are slowly being revealed – but the more we uncover the more complicated the picture becomes. This was one key message to…
A team from the UK’s John Innes Centre, the Scripps Research Institute in California and the Institut Pasteur in Paris have identified a stable, modifiable…
Dr John Bailey of the Department of Biology has been researching the invasive weed since the 1980s. The research continues with PhD students Michelle…
Identification of a previously unknown gene linked to knee arthritis provides new therapeutic target Molecular geneticists in Japan and China have identified a…
A new study sheds light on the molecular machinery required for reining in cellular signals that, if unleashed, could result in pathological inflammationResearchers in Japan have identified part of the mechanism responsible for preventing prolonged—and potentially dangerous—activation of immune cells called T lymphocytes (1). Each decorated with a unique surface receptor (TCR) capable of detecting pathogenic foreign proteins, T lymphocytes circulate throughout the body patrolling for invading microorganisms. Upon encounter with rogue proteins, TCRs trigger—via a complex of CD3 signaling proteins—intracellular events that orchestrate release of pro-inflammatory mediators called cytokines….
Versatile reaction could help greenhouse gas become a more useful synthetic chemicalRIKEN chemists have developed a catalyst that should allow carbon dioxide…
This article reports on what is happening at the forefront of chemical genetics and chemical genomics, which are currently hot topics for both basic and…
A whole series of other nitrate esters have been subsequently put to use as explosives and fuels. A research team led by David E. Chavez at Los Alamos National…
The study appears in the October issue of the journal of Molecular Endocrinology.In the U.S., 1,000 to 2,000 children are born with anencephaly each year. Most…
Cellular damage due to stress is an important factor in ageing processes. It is, thus, amazing that starving, which is a stress factor per se, decelerates…
During their study, the researchers investigated over 500,000 positions in the human genome, and found a gene variant which occurs clearly more frequently in…
They have shown that a fragment released from pectin, found in all fruits and vegetables, binds to and is believed to inhibit galectin 3 (Gal3), a protein that…
DNA, the molecule that acts as the carrier of genetic information in all forms of life, is highly resistant against alteration by ultraviolet light, but…
Scool? Skuul? Or perhaps shcool? The beginning is a delicate time – especially in reading and writing. Twisted letters or other beginner´s mistakes disappear…
The studies, which are published in Nature Genetics, show amongst other things, that hair follicle stem cells can divide actively and transport themselves…
Their research, which is published online today in The Lancet, adds to the growing understanding of the genetics of age-related macular degeneration and they…
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