Molecular Target

Novel genes determine division of labor in insect societies

Novel or highly modified genes play a major role in the development of the different castes within ant colonies. Evolutionary biologists at Johannes Gutenberg…

Funding success for Life Science Research in Vienna

Grants from the European Research Council (ERC) are in high demand among scientists. Securing one of them means that a project receives between 1.5 and 2.5…

UA Researchers Find Culprit Behind Skeletal Muscle Disease

The research was done by Danielle Buck, a doctoral candidate in the UA’s Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology. She worked under the direction of Henk…

Shortening guide RNA markedly improves specificity of CRISPR-Cas nucleases

In a report receiving advance online publication in Nature Biotechnology, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators describe how adjusting the length…

Overexpression of splicing protein in skin repair causes early changes seen in skin cancer

“It has been noted that cancer resembles a state of chronic wound healing, in which the wound-healing program is erroneously activated and perpetuated,” says…

Hugging hemes help electrons hop

Researchers simulating how certain bacteria run electrical current through tiny molecular wires have discovered a secret Nature uses for electron travel. The…

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