Biochemistry

New, reversible CRISPR method can control gene expression while leaving underlying DNA sequence unchangedCredit: Jennifer Cook-Chrysos/Whitehead Institute Over the past decade, the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing system has revolutionized…

Credit: Copyright: Krenn/CellStemCell/IMBA Researchers at IMBA - Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences - demonstrate that different viruses can lead to brain malformations through diverse mechanisms…

Researchers from the University of Tsukuba find that nitrate-induced control of root nodule formation results from varying DNA-binding properties of specific proteins that control gene expressionCredit: University of Tsukuba Tsukuba,…

How does vaping affect cells, and can it cause DNA damage?Credit: Toxys Imperial Brands scientists have utilised Toxys' ToxTracker suite of stem-cell based in-vitro assays, which provide mechanistic insight into the…

Xue Sherry Gao developing base editors to fix multitude of single mutations that cause diseaseCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (April 8, 2021) - Chemical and biomolecular engineer Xue Sherry Gao of Rice University's Brown…

Experiments with a novel time-lapse system show that potassium channel exhibit hysteresis in their responses to membrane tensionCredit: Masayuki Iwamoto from University of Fukui Ion channels play an indispensable role in cellular…

Weathering of rocks can bind or release carbon dioxide -- in active mountain ranges, carbon-dioxide release strongly dominatesCredit: Kristen Cook (GFZ) Taiwan is an island of extremes: severe earthquakes and typhoons…

Scientists' findings suggest corals will withstand climate changeCredit: Kevin Wyman/Rutgers University Charles Darwin, the British naturalist who championed the theory of evolution, noted that corals form far-reaching structures,…

Credit: Copyright: FloorFour/GMI Researchers at GMI - Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences - uncover an ingenious mechanism by which Arabidopsis safeguards the integrity of its genome. The…

A consortium of researchers from Russia, Belarus, Japan, Germany and France led by a Skoltech scientist have uncovered the way in which Mycobacterium tuberculosis survives in iron-deficient conditions by utilizing rubredoxin B, a protein…

Research featured on cover of American Journal of Physiology-Cell PhysiologyCredit: American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology LOUISVILLE, Ky. - When a new drug is being developed, the first question is, "Does it work?" The second…

In an article published in the April 8 issue of Nature, the National Institutes of Health's Somatic Cell Gene Editing Consortium provided a detailed update on the progress of their nationwide effort to develop safer and more effective…

A natural brilliant blue coloring has been discovered by an international team of researchers including chemists at the University of California, Davis. The new cyan blue, obtained from red cabbage, could be an alternative to synthetic…

Anti-cancer drug delivery to target tumor sites now becomes more effective with novel multi-stimuli-responsive drug delivery systemsCredit: Tokyo University of Science Cancer therapy in recent times relies on the use of several…

Scientists at the University of Bayreuth and the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology in Tübingen have developed a novel sensor that provides real-time insights into the inner life of plantsCredit: Graphic: S. Shanmugaratnam, A.C.…

Credit: Jennifer Geib While studying genetic diversity in bumblebees in the Rocky Mountains, USA, researchers from Uppsala University discovered a new species. They named it Bombus incognitus and present their findings in the journal…

Credit: Ellen Johanne Jarli In Norway, all newborn children are tested for 25 rare genetic diseases through the Newborn Screening program, and the most common of these is phenylketonuria (abbreviated to PKU), known as Folling Disease.…

Credit: Pam Manix A team of scientists, led by the University of Bristol, with archaeologists from Oxford Archaeology, have found the first evidence of a religious diet locked inside pottery fragments excavated from the…

Credit: University of Southampton New research has for the first time compared images of the protein spikes that develop on the surface of cells exposed to the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to the protein spike of the SARS-CoV-19…

Credit: NTU Singapore A team of scientists led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has created a reusable, biodegradable sponge that can readily soak up oil and other organic solvents from contaminated water…