Fleeting interactions between membrane sugar chains control cell division
Acting as an armor, a scaffold, and a communication platform in one, our cells’ plasma membrane lies at…
Computer model could streamline design of protein degraders
A team of Weill Cornell Medicine investigators has developed a computer model that will help scientists more efficiently…
Scientists uncover tRNA changes driving Chagas parasite transformation
The Chagas disease parasite (Trypanosoma cruzi) undergoes a major transformation throughout its life cycle in order to infect…
Sprint exercise sends a very different molecular signal through the body
Just minutes of all-out sprint work produced a striking surge in circulating proteins and metabolites, revealing how exercise…
Natural gut molecule ould strengthen chickens’ immune response against bacterial infections
A naturally occurring gut molecule that could strengthen chickens’ immune response against a wide range of bacterial infections,…
New study uncovers metabolic vulnerability in high-risk myelodysplastic syndromes
Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Cancer Center have identified a previously unknown metabolic weakness in the…
Novel drug puts cancer cells under extreme metabolic stress
Cancer cells have a voracious appetite for sugar-using it to fuel their rapid growth. This is why many…
Rice University chemists develop cheaper way to synthesize drugs
Pharmaceutical drugs often rely on chemical compounds found in the body. Take phosphate, a common compound cells use…
A closer look at Parkinson’s brains finds tau where standard tests saw little
By examining six brain regions at single-molecule resolution, researchers identified a layer of tau pathology that conventional tissue…
Walking protein structure explains how cells activate molecular motors
A nerve cell resembles a vast tree with branches that communicate with thousands of other cells. To function,…
Novogene Europe launches Untargeted Metabolomics Service at Cambridge Omics Centre
Novogene Europe, a multiomics research services partner, today announced that it has strengthened its position as a multiomics…
Engineered ribozyme repairs broken RNA to explain origins of life
In most modern cells, DNA stores the genetic blueprint, and relies on proteins to replicate, repair and build…