According to Jeff Hillyer, greenhouse gardner II, the Titan Arum – also known as the “Corpse Flower” thanks to a less-than-pleasant smell – is a member of the…
Here's another reason to kick the soda habit. New research published online in the FASEB Journal (http://www.fasebj.org) shows that high levels of phosphates…
Levels of a key type of immune cell are higher in head and neck cancer patients whose tumors are linked to the human papillomavirus, or HPV, according to…
Everyone wants to live in the nicest possible house, ideally with regular upgrades. A recent study by biologists at Tufts University's School of Arts and…
For patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, the only route to full recovery without daily injections of insulin is by transplantation of pancreatic…
Yuji SugitaTeam LeaderBiomolecular Dynamics Simulation Research TeamAssociate Chief ScientistTheoretical Biochemistry LaboratoryRIKEN Advanced Science Institute
The researchers are the first to reproduce a specific component of this natural process in a test tube – an essential step to fully understanding how these…
But what if it doesn't have to be that way?In a presentation at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology's annual meeting, titled “Driving…
Tonge will present these results at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology's annual meeting in a talk titled “Slow Onset Inhibitors of…
The end portions of chromosomes, telomeres, are important in protecting the genes inside. Every time a cell divides, these telomeres become shorter. After…
Discovered in 1976, cryptosporidium lurks worldwide in water, contaminating swimming pools, water parks, and drinking water supplies. Although it has even been…
Scientists may be one step closer to being able to generate any type of cells and tissues from a patient's own cells. In a study that will appear in the…
Neuroscience researchers have zeroed in on a novel mechanism that helps control the firing of electrical signals among neurons. By isolating the molecular and…
Knocking genes out of action allows researchers to learn what genes do by seeing what goes wrong without them. University of Utah biologists pioneered the…
“Brains are often compared to computers, but apart from the trivial fact that both process information using a complex pattern of connections in a physical…
This discovery has broad implications in a wide range of fields, including medical gene therapy and bioengineering of crop plants. The discovery could be…
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