Researchers led by ETH Professor Martin Fussenegger at the Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering (D-BSSE) in Basel have produced artificial beta…
Longer and thicker lashes – these are the side effects of eyedrops used to treat glaucoma in ophthalmology. Hair growth is triggered by prostaglandin, a tissue…
Discovered in the 1970s, tumor suppressors are among the most important proteins in the body. A master regulator of growth — “the guardian of the genome” –…
In the study from Sahlgrenska Academy, researchers have addressed the key role of the bacteria-binding protein ZG16 in protecting the body from intestinal…
Research at the University of Pittsburgh's Swanson School of Engineering focused on developing a new catalyst that would lead to large-scale implementation of…
As a growing plant extends its roots into the soil, the new cells that form at their tips assume different roles, from transporting water and nutrients to…
Once triggered by light, rhodopsin molecules on the surface membrane must be 'reset' in order to sense light again, a process that occurs within the cell. This…
Months before the often-cited miracle of birth occurs, numerous events take place that science still does not completely understand. For instance, this…
The restrictive implementation of the Nagoya Protocol threatens to hinder basic microbiological research and is likely to achieve the exact opposite of the…
Proteins are the building blocks of life. They are produced by molecular machines, called ribosomes. A human ribosome contains some eighty ribosomal proteins….
The events triggered when sperm meets an egg are not only life changing for the parents but deeply fascinating from a scientific point of view, too.
Ribosomes–macromolecular machines consisting of RNA and proteins that twist, fold and turn–are responsible for making all of the protein within a cell and…
Normally, every meadow is different, and different species are able to find a suitable habitat somewhere. Intensified human land use leads to a smaller number…
The development of the embryo during pregnancy is one of the most complex processes in life. Genes are strongly activated, and developmental pathways must do…
With two recent papers describing powerful new software and a way to track muscle contractions, XROMM can do even more than before. And as a result, so can the…
Przewalski’s horses went extinct in the wild in 1968. Successful breeding programmes at zoos around the world helped to reintroduce the animals in the Great…
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