Using cutting-edge technologies, researchers at Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, have developed the first genome-wide dataset on protein translation during fibroblast activation, revealing a network of […]
DNA changes throughout a person’s life can significantly increase their susceptibility to heart conditions and other age-related diseases, research suggests. Such alterations — known as […]
In every living cell, from free-living bacterium to neurons in the human brain, highly specialized small conduits, known as potassium (K+) channels, are responsible for […]
Researchers have found that a gene known as AEBP1 may play a central role in the development, severity and potential treatment of liver disease, according […]
A team led by a Baylor University researcher has published a breakthrough article that provides a better understanding of the dynamic process by which sunlight-induced […]
A new Cornell University-led study describes the first successful rearing of engineered tobacco plants in order to produce medical and industrial proteins outdoors in the […]
Thirdhand smoke can damage epithelial cells in the respiratory system by stressing cells and causing them to fight for survival, a research team led by […]
In “The Conceptual Ecology of the Human Microbiome,” published in the June 2019 issue of The Quarterly Review of Biology, Nicolae Morar and Brendan J. […]
DNA replication is essential for living organisms to faithfully deliver genetic information from parental cells to daughter cells. Many proteins are assembled on the parental […]
Scientists have long sorted cells into different varieties based on their appearance under a microscope or, for differences that are more visually subtle, based on […]