Molecular Target
Understanding a protein's role in familial Alzheimer's disease
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have used genetic engineering of human induced pluripotent stem cells to specifically…
How Argonaute Proteins Intervene in the Gene Regulation Process
Bioscientists at Heidelberg University have studied the function of certain proteins, known as Argonaute (Ago) proteins, in the process of gene regulation….
Deletion of Any Single Gene Provokes Mutations Elsewhere in the Genome
Johns Hopkins researchers report that the deletion of any single gene in yeast cells puts pressure on the organism’s genome to compensate, leading to a…
A Tale of Two Genes: Penn Team Elucidates Evolution of Bitter Taste Sensitivity
A new study by University of Pennsylvania scientists provides new evidence underlining the significance of bitter taste perception. Their work suggests that a…
How Zinc Starves Lethal Bacteria to Stop Infection
The finding, by infectious disease researchers at the University of Adelaide and The University of Queensland, opens the way for further work to design…
Un-junking junk DNA
“We uncovered a novel mechanism that allows proteins that direct pre-mRNA splicing – RNA-binding proteins – to induce a regulatory effect from greater…