New study uncovers bacterial route to testosterone production
Many prostate cancers depend on androgen hormones, including testosterone, to grow. That is why treatments for advanced disease…
CRISPR gets a power boost from AI-designed ‘molecular scissors’
An enzyme cuts DNA (artist’s impression). Synthetic protein-cleaving enzymes were designed quickly with the help of artificial intelligence.Credit:…
A bat coronavirus can enter human cells through a previously unknown gateway – Nature
A bat coronavirus can enter human cells through a previously unknown gateway NatureHeart-nosed bat alphacoronaviruses use human CEACAM6 to…
Structural basis of supercoiling-induced CRISPR–Cas9 off-target activity
Pacesa, M., Pelea, O. & Jinek, M. Past, present, and future of CRISPR genome editing technologies. Cell 187,…
How fast does a protein fold? Real-time technique captures the moment
It can take less than a microsecond for proteins (artist’s impression) to fold into their 3D shapes.Credit: Christoph…
can it produce the next big breakthrough?
No one could accuse Demis Hassabis of dreaming small. In 2016, the company he co-founded, DeepMind, shocked the…
Assembly, architecture and functional roles of microbial surface layers
Silhavy, T. J., Kahne, D. & Walker, S. The bacterial cell envelope. Cold Spring Harb. Perspect. Biol. 2,…