Life & Chemistry

Life & Chemistry

Molecular Doorstop: A Breakthrough in Tuberculosis Drug Development

Now, research conducted by Rockefeller scientists under the direction of Seth Darst, the Jack Fishman Professor, and Elizabeth Campbell, a senior research…

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Monogamous Species: Compatibility Trumps Ornamentation

More than 35 years ago, a study reported that leg bands of certain colours have major effects on the attractiveness of an individual and hence on mate choice….

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Discovering Auxin’s Transport Pathway in Plant Cells

A team of researchers from the University of Freiburg have discovered how the plant hormone auxin is transported within the cell and how this signaling pathway…

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Sentinels of the Genome: DNA Repair Innovations Unveiled

Throughout life, DNA is constantly being damaged by environmental and intrinsic factors and must be promptly repaired to prevent mutations, genomic…

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Mice Adapt Their Appearance Through Human Interaction

Dogs, cows, sheep, horses, pigs, and birds – over the past 15,000 years, our ancestors domesticated dozens of wild animals to keep them as farm animals or…

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New Insights on Parasite Biology Could Aid Malaria Prevention

Malaria parasites multiply asexually in the human bloodstream, thereby causing chronic infection and all the complications associated with this devastating…

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New Insights: Photopigments in Animal Locomotion Control

Animal photoreceptors capture light with photopigments. Researchers from the University of Göttingen have now discovered that these photopigments fulfill an…

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Sleeping Beauty Enhances Gene Transfer in Human Stem Cells

In gene therapy of certain congenital disorders, the therapeutic gene is transferred into the target cells using particular transport vehicles, also known as…

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Energy-Efficient Neurons: New Insights from Recent Research

Theory and reality don’t always match completely. One contradiction, about how a type of neurons generates signals, was now resolved by researchers at the…

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Compact Fiber Optic Sensor Enables Sensitive Analysis in Tight Spaces

Researchers have developed a new flexible sensor with high sensitivity that is designed to perform variety of chemical and biological analyses in very small…

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Scientists map the portal to the cell's nucleus

In research described March 14 in Nature, scientists at Rockefeller University and their colleagues have delineated the architecture of the nuclear pore…

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Biologists unravel another mystery of what makes DNA go 'loopy'

Scientists discovered another key to how DNA forms loops and wraps inside the cell nucleus — a precise method of “packing” that may affect gene expression.

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Ultrashort Laser Pulses Transform Greenhouse Gas Into Raw Material

Every day, nature shows humans how to elegantly bind carbon dioxide from the air and transform it into a much-needed raw material. Plants perform…

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Epigenetic Analysis: Naming Tumors for Better Treatment

The “Hopp Children's Cancer Center at the NCT Heidelberg” (KiTZ) is a joint institution of Heidelberg University Hospital (UKHD) and the German Cancer Research…

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Nanostructures created at UCLA could make gene therapies safer, faster & more affordable

UCLA scientists have developed a new method that utilizes microscopic splinter-like structures called “nanospears” for the targeted delivery of biomolecules…

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Helicobacter’s Role in Immune Blind Spots Explained

While gastritis and gastric ulcer disease used to be put down to stress and dietary factors, it was discovered in the 1980s that the actual culprit is…

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