Scientists develop safer CRISPR technique using gentler DNA nicking approach
Researchers at Cornell University have developed a safer and more precise way to study how genes function in…
MIDAS platform accelerates protein engineering through rapid PCR-based screening
Proteins are critical to life – and to industry. There are countless proteins that could be engineered to…
This Weird Sea Creature May Have Rewritten Life’s Genetic Rulebook
Image of the ‘sea walnut’ Mnemiopsis leydi. Credit: Joan-Josep Soto Angel Long-distance gene control first emerged around 650…
Medical imaging could improve precision diagnosis of aggressive head and neck tumors
Medical imaging routinely used in cancer care may hold far more biological information than previously thought. An international…
Mobile intron RNA from a bacterial predator accumulates in dead archaeal cells
Cultivation Anaerobic cultivation techniques were applied18. One liter of freshwater medium contained 1.0 g of NaCl, 0.4 g of MgCl2 × 6…
Scientists Discover Natural Molecule That Stops Alzheimer’s Protein Clumps From Forming
Scientists have uncovered evidence that the formation of functional protein droplets and harmful fibrils can be separated. By…
Powerful Antioxidant Found To Play a Key Role in Proper Protein Folding
The ER is shown in the upper right, with disulfide-linked GSSG in the lumen. The exporter resembles the…
Bread Might Be Making You Gain Weight Even Without Eating More Calories
In a new study, mice strongly preferred foods like bread, rice, and wheat, abandoning their regular diet and…
Antisense oligonucleotides reverse rare neurodevelopmental disorder in preclinical models
Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have found they can reverse the effects of HNRNPH2-related neurodevelopmental disorder using…
SETDB1 modulates neuroinflammation in the mouse cortex by regulating neuronal P2rx7 expression
Pape K, Tamouza R, Leboyer M, Zipp F. Immunoneuropsychiatry – novel perspectives on brain disorders. Nat Rev Neurol.…
Open Framework for Integrating Whole-Slide and Molecular Data
Cell detection with LazySlide in human colon tissue: Immune cells (green), connective tissue cells (blue) and epithelial cells…
AlphaFold Database expands with millions of predicted protein complexes
A new collaboration between EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Google DeepMind, NVIDIA, and Seoul National University has made…