Tiny helpers that clean cells
Cells collect, decompose and recycle surplus or damaged cell material. This process, known as autophagy, is important, because cellular waste […]
All humans begin life as a single cell that divides repeatedly to form two, then four, then eight cells, all […] Imaging tools like X-rays and MRI have revolutionized medicine by giving doctors a close up view of the brain and […] Anyone lost in a desert hallucinating mirages knows that extreme dehydration discombobulates the mind. But just two hours of vigorous […] An international research team led by Helmholtz Zentrum München, Technical University of Munich and the University of Edinburgh has used […] A biological switch that reliably turns protein expression on at will has been invented by University of Bath and Cardiff […] Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, and the University of Sussex, England, have discovered that the process of copying DNA generates […] When University of Delaware molecular biologist Adam Marsh was studying the DNA of worms living in Antarctica’s frigid seas to […] The cell has its own paramedic team and emergency room to aid and repair damaged DNA, a new USC Dornsife […] Scientists conducting one of the largest full DNA analyses of a rare disease have identified a gene mutation associated with […]Human Biology
Recording every cell’s history in real-time with evolving genetic barcodes: New technique enables creation of a full developmental lineage record for cells in vivo
Mapping the inner workings of a living cell: Imaging tool flags new proteins, lipids and DNA to track metabolic changes in animals
As we get parched, cognition can easily sputter, dehydration study says
New insight into the maturation of miRNAs
Biological switch reliably turns protein expression on at will
Molecular brake on human cell division prevents cancer
Deep data dive helps predict cerebral palsy
The world’s tiniest first responders: ‘Walking molecules’ haul away damaged DNA to the cell’s emergency room
Scientists unravel DNA code behind rare neurologic disease