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Mapping Out the Mystery of Blood Stem Cells

November 26, 2020
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Toronto, ON — Princess Margaret scientists have revealed how stem cells are able to generate new blood cells throughout our life by looking at vast, uncharted regions of our genetic material that hold...

Grabbing Viruses Out of Thin Air

November 26, 2020
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Miyagi, Japan — The future could hold portable and wearable sensors for detecting viruses and bacteria in the surrounding environment. But we’re not there yet. Scientists at Tohoku University...

New Insights into How CRISPR Immune System Evolved

November 26, 2020
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Aarhus, Denmark — With new insights into how the genetic tool CRISPR – which allows direct editing of our genes – evolved and adapted, we are now one step closer to understanding the basis...

Tackling Metabolic Complexity

November 25, 2020
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Munich, Germany — Metabolic robustness, the ability of a metabolic system to buffer changes in its environment, is not always a welcome feature for microbiologists: it interferes with metabolic engineering...

Simple New Testing Method Aims to Improve Time-Release Drugs

November 25, 2020
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Riverside, CA — When you take a time-release drug, you count on it doing what the package says: release the drug slowly into your bloodstream to provide benefits over the specified period of time....

Psychosis Symptoms Linked to Impaired Information Spread in the Brain

November 24, 2020
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Paris, France — Altered white matter limits the brain’s conscious access to information, potentially contributing to delusions and other psychotic symptoms of mental health disorders, according...

Recording the Symphony of Cellular Signals that Drive Biology

November 24, 2020
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Chevy Chase, MD — A new imaging technology lets scientists spy on the flurry of messages passed within cells as they do . . . potentially everything. Until now, most scientists could visualize...

Scientists Regenerate Skin with Stem Cells to See How DNA Defects in Kids Cause Cancer

November 24, 2020
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Cincinnati, OH — Physicians and scientists at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center used new stem cell technology to regenerate and study living patient-specific skin in the lab, giving...

Researchers Use Cutting Edge Technology to Bioprint Mini-Kidneys

November 24, 2020
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Parkville, Australia — Researchers have used cutting edge technology to bioprint miniature human kidneys in the lab, paving the way for new treatments for kidney failure and possibly lab-grown transplants. The...

Did Early Life Need Long, Complex Molecules to Make Cell-Like Compartments?

November 24, 2020
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State College, PA — Protocell compartments used as models for an important step in the early evolution of life on Earth can be made from short polymers. The short polymers, which better approximate...

Drug Aprotinin Inhibits Entry of SARS-CoV2 in Host Cells

November 24, 2020
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Frankfurt, Germany — The surface of the SARS-CoV-2 virus is studded with spike proteins. The virus needs these in order to dock onto proteins (ACE2 receptors) on the surface of the host cell. Before...

Tarantula Toxin Attacks with Molecular Stinger

November 24, 2020
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Seattle, WA — Oversized, hairy tarantulas may be unsightly and venomous, but surprisingly their hunter toxin may hold answers to better control of chronic pain. A bird-catching Chinese tarantula...

Scientists Identify Brain Cells that Help Drive Bodily Reaction to Fear, Anxiety

November 24, 2020
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Chapel Hill, NC — Strong emotions such as fear and anxiety tend to be accompanied and reinforced by measurable bodily changes including increased blood pressure, heart rate and respiration, and dilation...

Proving Viability of Injection-Free Microneedle for Single-Administration of Vaccines

November 24, 2020
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Storrs, CT — A single-use, self-administered microneedle technology developed by UConn faculty to provide immunization against infectious diseases has recently been validated by preclinical research...

Making Sense of a Universe of Corn Genetics

November 24, 2020
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Ames, IA — Seed banks across the globe store and preserve the genetic diversity of millions of varieties of crops. This massive collection of genetic material ensures crop breeders access to a wealth...

Proteins in Motion

November 23, 2020
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München, Germany — Proteins are the essential substrate of learning and memory. However, while memories can last a life-time, proteins are relatively short-lived molecules that need to be replenished...

Alternative Gene Control Mechanism Based on Organization of DNA Within Nucleus

November 23, 2020
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Tokyo, Japan — Researchers at the University of Tokyo have identified how the architecture of the cell nucleus can change gene activity in plants. This discovery reveals fundamental knowledge about...

Glyphosate may Affect Human Gut Microbiota

November 23, 2020
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Turku, Finland — Glyphosate is the most commonly used broad-spectrum herbicide. Researchers from the University of Turku in Finland have developed a new bioinformatics tool to predict if a microbe,...

Biofriendly Protocells Pump Up Blood Vessels

November 23, 2020
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Bristol, UK — An international team comprising researchers from the University of Bristol, and Hunan and Central South Universities in China, have prepared biocompatible protocells that generate nitric...

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