Laminin Alpha 5 is Crucial to Adolescent Brain Maturation
New research from Yale University reveals that the laminin alpha 5 molecule is crucial to the maturing of the adolescent brain. For a decade, the…
Biochemistry News
Researchers Discover a New Compound That Makes Cancer Cells Self-Destruct
A team of researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine reveals the first compound that directly makes cancer cells commit suicide while sparing healthy…
Researchers Pinpoint Molecular Mechanism Behind Breast Cancer Risk
More than 20 years after scientists revealed that mutations in the BRCA1 gene predispose women to breast cancer, Yale scientists have pinpointed the molecular mechanism…
DNA2 Molecule Helps Repair Chromosome Rearrangements Linked to Cancer
Researchers from Yale University have identified how the molecule DNA2 helps begin the complex process of repairing breaks in DNA that can cause chromosome rearrangements…
Scientists Develop New Cell-Analysis Method for Screening Biodiversity
A team of researchers has created a microfluidic system for ultra-high-performance screening in double emulsion droplets. This breakthrough development can be used when studying the…
‘NoBody’ – A Microprotein on a Mission
Using a technique that has revealed more than 400 new proteins too tiny to be found by other means, scientists from Yale University have helped…
Climate Change Threatens Boreal Coniferous Forests
New research from the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry reveals that Boreal coniferous forests could see increased occurrences of fire as a result of global…
Biologists Extend Lifespan in Mice by 35 Percent
A team of biologists from the Mayo Clinic have shown that senescent cells – cells that no longer divide and accumulate with age – negatively…
Biochemists Identify Another Piece of the Parkinson’s Disease Pathology Puzzle
An international team has discovered that the LRRK2 kinase regulates cellular trafficking by deactivating Rab proteins. This finding illuminates a novel route for therapeutic development…
UCLA Nanoscientists Develop a Better Way to Remove Pollutants from Water
By using nanoparticles filled with enzymes, researchers from UCLA have developed a safer and faster way to remove pollutants from water. A team of researchers…
Scientists Reveal Previously Unknown Subunits of Telomerase
Scientists from UCLA have produced the clearest-ever images of telomerase. This new research could lead to new strategies for treating disease, aging, and cancer. An…
Organic Semiconductor Breakthrough Could Literally Reshape Solar Cells
A team of materials scientists have discovered a way to make organic semiconductors more powerful and more efficient, growing organic semiconductor crystals vertically for first…
Researchers Decode Root Structure of Muscular Disease
In a newly published study, a team of scientists from Rice University and Baylor College reveal the structural details of a protein seen as key…
Scientists Reveal Chemical Code for Nitrogen Fixation
A team of scientists from Yale University reveal part of the chemical code that allows nature to transform nitrogen from the air into usable nitrogen…
High Density Wind Farms Generate Less Electricity Than Thought
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry show that large wind farms with a high density of installed capacity slow down the wind and…
Yale Scientists Shed Light on the Warburg Effect
A newly published study details how two Yale scientists used magnetic resonance measurements to answer the puzzle of the “Warburg Effect.” Given plenty of glucose…
Yale Study Reveals Why BRCA Gene Resists Cancer Treatment
A newly published study from Yale University reveals how biochemists might be able to decrease drug resistance to existing therapies that target ovarian and breast…
A New Timetable of Evolution – Reappraisal of Hydrocarbon Biomarkers in Archean Rocks
New data show that the first single-celled organisms with a nucleus originated more than a billion years later than biogeochemical evidence had previously indicated. Contaminated…
