Cells must transport nutrients and messenger cargos through its membrane and transport them within the cell at the correct time and place. This procedure is…
Anna von Mikecz, leader of the IUF group Influence of xenobiotics on the cell nucleus, focuses her research on the functional role of clumped, i.e. aggregated,…
Scientists have identified four biomarkers that may help resolve the difficult differential diagnosis between malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) and…
A large new analysis of DNA from thousands of patients has uncovered several underlying gene networks with potentially important roles in autism. These…
Dringt ein Krankheitserreger in unseren Körper ein, so bleibt er nur kurz unentdeckt. Bereits nach wenigen Minuten erkennen Immunzellen die Eindringlinge und…
Now, however, researchers at Whitehead Institute have identified a critical weakness that actually exploits one of these cells' apparent strengths—their…
Animals incorporate a number of unique methods for detecting prey, but for the Japanese sea catfish, Plotosus japonicus, it is especially tricky given the dark…
Those bonds could help keep hearts together and pumping; breakdowns of those bonds could help cancer cells break away and spread.
Their aim is to produce radical new treatments that will reduce the need for invasive surgery, optimise recovery and reduce the risk of undesirable scar tissue.
Phytoplankton—tiny, photosynthetic organisms—are essential to life on Earth, supplying us with roughly half the oxygen we breathe. Like all other life forms,…
A team of UCLA researchers has identified a new gene involved in Parkinson's disease, a finding that may one day provide a target for a new drug to prevent and…
In the last five years a technique known as 'Temporal Dominance of Sensations' (TDS) has become popular, used to analyse how consumer impressions evolve from…
A recent growth spurt promises intense new research with the potential to transform how — and how well — the world is fed, says an article in Chemical &…
The synthesis of peptides and proteins is an extremely complex matter, because they must be built up one amino acid at a time in repeated reaction and washing…
Thermal imaging uncovered the koalas' cool plan, confirming that they choose to hug trees that can be more than 5°C cooler than the air during hot weather.
Early in their development, these larvae swim towards the light to use surface currents for their dispersal. Older larvae turn away from the light and swim to…
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