Cancers are notorious for secreting chemicals that confuse the immune system and thwarting biological defenses.To counter that effect, some cancer treatments…
University of North Carolina scientists have uncovered a new strategy that may one day help people with cystic fibrosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary…
Using a process called paleo-experimental evolution, Georgia Tech researchers have resurrected a 500-million-year-old gene from bacteria and inserted it into…
Apoptosis is an essential defense mechanism against the spread of abnormal cells such as cancer. It is a complex process that occurs through networks of…
The fluorescent molecular nanocapsules have potential applications as sensors, displays, and drug delivery systems (DDS). Michito Yoshizawa, Zhiou Li, and…
Researchers from Heidelberg University’s Center for Molecular Biology (ZMBH) have achieved unexpected insights into the process of how damaged proteins are…
Their study on using the fungus to break down the tough cellulose and related material in this so-called “corn stover” to free up sugars for ethanol…
Liping Zhao, Jeremy K. Nicholson and colleagues explain that human beings have been called “superorganisms” because their bodies contain 10 percent human cells…
Their study is published in the current issue of Cell Transplantation (21:5), now freely available on-line at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cog/ct/.”In…
A Harvard researcher studying the evolution of drug resistance in cancer says that, in a few decades, “many, many cancers could be manageable.”“Many people are…
In the current online issue of PLoS ONE, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine say they have identified a set of…
African sleeping sickness is caused by the tropical parasite Trypanosoma brucei. This unicellular, worm-shaped organism is endemic in Sub-Saharan Africa. It…
Generally, plants adjust their growth to fit in with their local environment, light being easily the most important factor – after all, they need light to…
Cleveland Clinic researchers have discovered that a naturally occurring molecule may play a role in preventing plaque buildup inside arteries, possibly leading…
Dr. Mark E. Clark, associate professor, and Dr. Wendy Reed, head of biological sciences at NDSU, found in their study that embryos in eggs appear to sense…
How a transport protein obtains its driving force from the energy storage molecule ATP, has been tracked dynamically by RUB researchers. Using time-resolved…
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