Painted Turtle Genome Reveals Clues to Extraordinary Adaptations
In a newly published study, a large team of biologists describe the genome of the western painted turtle, discovering clues how the painted turtle may…
Cell Biology
New Form of Radiation Cancer Therapy Has No Side-Effects
Researchers at the University of Missouri have developed a new form of radiation therapy that successfully put cancer into remission in mice without the harmful…
Single Antibody is Broadly Effective Against a Variety of Human Cancer Tumors
In a new study, a team of scientists have shown that a single antibody shrinks variety of human tumors transplanted into mice, finding that anti-CD47…
Scientists Successfully Map Telomerase, Discover Risk of Various Cancers
For the first time, researchers have successfully mapped telomerase, finding that differences in the telomeric gene are associated both with the risk of various cancers…
Human Cells Enhance Synaptic Plasticity and Learning in Adult Mice
In a new study, researchers transplanted human glial progenitor cells (GPCs) into mice, finding that the transplanted mice were more rapid learners and acquired new…
Lazarus Project Produces Cloned Embryos of an Extinct Frog
By using a laboratory technique known as somatic cell nuclear transfer, scientists have produce cloned embryos of the extinct frog Rheobatrachus silus. The genome of…
Scientists Eliminate Lung Tumors by Inhibiting Myc
In a pre-clinical mouse model, VHIO scientists eliminated lung tumors by inhibiting the protein Myc. Previous studies had already shown that Myc was a key…
Stressed VWF Proteins Can Cause Blood Clots
Focusing on a protein called von Willebrand factor (VWF), a team of scientists discovered how stresses of blood flow in small blood vessels of the…
UCSF Researchers Discover a New Type of Pluripotent Cell in Breast Tissue
Scientists at UC San Francisco discovered that rare somatic cells extracted from human breast tissue are pluripotent cells that could play an important role in…
Understanding How Cells Package Fat
A newly published study suggests that fat is stored in the body in two distinct ways and may lead to ways to prevent cells from…
Natural Toxins Combined with Synthetic Drugs Could Disarm Cancer, Drug-Resistant Bacteria
Researchers at Rice University believe that combining natural toxins with man-made mirror drugs will create the drug equivalent of a one-two punch, “confusing” bacteria and…
Key Differences in Seemingly Synonymous Parts of the Genetic Code
A new study from researchers at Harvard University shows that rates of protein synthesis are affected by environmental perturbations, resulting in certain sequences that manufacture…
Chemical Model Shows How First Life Forms Might Have Packaged RNA
Using polymers, scientists at Penn State created primitive cell-like structures that they infused with RNA, demonstrating how the molecules would react chemically under conditions that…
SSRL Validates Anti-Flu Protein Design
A team of scientists designed proteins from scratch to have a high affinity and high specificity for targets on flu viruses, validating the two best…
Proteins from Black Mamba Venom Could Yield New Painkillers
The venom of the black mamba snake can kill humans within 20 minutes, but among those deadly compounds are two snake proteins, called mambalgins, that…
Link between Lou Gehrig’s Disease and Spinal Muscular Atrophy Discovered
A newly published study from Harvard scientists is the first to link amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) on a molecular level…
Overcoming Barriers to Stem Cell-Based Regenerative Medicine
In a newly published paper, a team of researchers from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and their collaborators at UC San Diego found that…
Study Reveals How Lis1 Regulates Dynein Motility
By using common baker’s yeast as a model system, Harvard researchers discovered how the key motor protein dynein interacts with a molecule called Lis1. Molecular…