Amino Acids in Meteorites Provide a Clue to How Life Turned Left
By analyzing the amino acids in meteorites, NASA and University scientists have developed one possible explanation for why all known life uses only left-handed versions…
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Insects Help Scientists Understand the Predictability of Evolution
A newly published study by Cornell scientists details how they examined insect species that feed on plants containing powerful toxins called cardenolides to better under…
Medusoid, A Tissue-Engineered Jellyfish with the Ability to Swim
After thoroughly studying jellyfish propulsion, including the arrangement of their muscles, how their bodies contract and recoil, and how fluid-dynamic effects help or hinder their…
Genomic Analysis of Colon Cancer Reveals New Potential Drug Targets
A new genome-scale analysis to characterize somatic alterations in colorectal carcinoma is the largest analysis of its kind, involving more than 150 researchers at dozens…
First Whole-Cell Computational Model of the Life Cycle of an Organism
Using data from more than 900 scientific papers, a team of Stanford researchers produced the first whole-cell computational model of the life cycle of the…
Marine Reserves Enhance Resilience to Climatic Impacts & Aid in Ecosystem Recovery
A new study from scientists at Stanford University and the Monterey Bay Aquarium reveals scientific evidence suggesting that marine reserves enhance resilience to climatic impacts,…
Chitinase 3-like-1, A Key to Fighting Pneumonia
While working with mice, scientists at Yale University found that the protein Chitinase 3-like-1 (Chi3l1) was crucial in regulating the immune response to Streptococcus pneumonia,…
Previously Unknown Function for APJ Can Result in Heart Failure
A newly published study examines the dual function of APJ in heart health, finding that a previously unknown function for APJ can sense and respond…
Superoxide Reacts With Manganese to Aid in Environmental Cleanup
Newly published research describes how an Ascomycete fungus, Stilbella aciculosa, produces a superoxide that reacts with manganese (Mn), resulting in manganese oxides and aiding in…
Exosome Function Regulates Gene Expression
New research data from scientists at USC San Diego suggests that the human exosome maintains progenitor cell function, functioning as a surveillance system in cells…
KL001 Interacts With Cryptochrome, May Offer a New Way to Treat Diabetes
By affecting the activity of cryptochrome, a key protein that regulates the internal mechanisms of our daily night and day activities, KL001 provides a tool…
New Imaging Technique Reveals Possible Plan of Attack for Bacterial Diseases
By developing a new fluorescent labeling strategy and employing super-resolution light microscopy, researchers at UC Berkeley were able to examine the structure of bacterial biofilms…
Beige Fat May Have Therapeutic Potential for Treating Obesity
A team of researchers isolated and determined the unique genetic profile of beige fat for the first time, finding that beige fat is genetically distinct…
Ajuba Regulates Stem Cell Activity in the Heart
Using an animal model, scientists investigated the effects of a defective switch on cardiac development, finding that Ajuba plays a central role in regulating the…
Nanoparticle-Based System Advances Stem Cell Culture Techniques
By packaging Leukemia Inhibitory Factor (LIF) inside biodegradable nanoparticles, scientists developed a nanoparticle-based system to deliver growth factors to stem cells in culture, resulting in…
Molecular and Statistical Tools Analyze Complex Differences Between Genomes
To better understand the human genome and its variability from person to person, scientists at Harvard Medical School developed a set of molecular and statistical…
Arctic Biologist Alexander Semenov’s Striking Underwater Arctic Sea Life Photos
The White Sea Biological Station sits at latitude 66° N, just on the cusp of the Arctic Circle, and on the shores of the White…
New Algorithm Speeds Up Genome Sequencing
By developing a way to mathematically represent the genomes of different species, or of different individuals within a species, such that the overlapping data is…
