Researchers Identify a Vital Protein for Brain Development
Researchers from the Harvard Stem Cell Institute have identified a vital protein that can help determine embryonic development. A protein that is necessary for the…
cell biology
GC-1 Turns White Fat Into Brown Fat
New research shows that the experimental drug GC-1 dramatically increases the metabolic rate, essentially converting white fat into a fat like calorie-burning brown fat. San…
Merlin Protein Promotes Effective and Rapid Wound Healing
New research from the Max Planck Institute details how the protein merlin regulates collective cell movement, promoting effective and rapid wound healing. Cells also follow…
Scientists Discover a Gene for Brain Size
A team of researchers has identified for the first time a gene (ARHGAP11B) that is only present in humans and contributes to the reproduction of…
Key Process in Brain Development Identified
By studying miR-107 in zebrafish, Yale researchers have discovered that miR-107 plays a key role in early brain development, and perhaps in the development of…
Reducing Myc Gene Activity Significantly Increases the Healthy Lifespan of Mice
In a newly published study, scientists reveal that reducing Myc gene activity extended the lifespan of mice. The mice lived 15 percent longer on average…
Signal Molecule Gives Rise to New Blood Stem Cells in Embryos
A newly published study from the Max Planck Institute details how interferon gamma plays a key role in the development of blood stem cells during…
New Method for Detecting Unwanted DNA Breaks in Human Cells
Researchers at the Harvard Medical School have developed a new method for detecting unwanted DNA breaks across the entire genome of human cells induced by…
Scientists Create the First 3D Maps of Entire Folded Genomes
A team of researchers has created the first 3D maps of entire folded genomes, identifying approximately 10,000 folding loops in the human genome. In a…
A Pill to Shed Fat? Researchers Turn White Fat Cells Into Brown Fat Cells
Scientists from Harvard have created a system using human stem cells to screen for compounds that have the potential to turn white fat cells into…
New Research Details Why Typhoid Toxin Targets Only Humans
Scientists at Yale and UC San Diego have discovered why typhoid toxin targets only humans, revealing a single oxygen atom is the cause. The bacterium…
Yale Biologists Describe DNA’s Security System
In a newly published study, Yale biologists and colleagues describe a key quality control mechanism that protects new cells from inheriting defective nuclear pore complexes….
MIT Chemists Use Modified Anthrax Toxin to Deliver Cancer Drugs
In a newly published study, researchers from MIT show that a modified version of the anthrax toxin can be used to deliver antibody drugs to…
Yale Researchers Detail How Blood Vessels Stay Fit
In a newly published study, researchers from Yale University detail a key molecular fitness signal that prevents vessels from becoming narrow and developing dangerous plaques….
Salk Institute Discovers an On/Off Switch for Aging Cells
Researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have discovered an on-and-off “switch” in cells that may hold the key to healthy aging. In our…
Researchers Reset Human Pluripotent Stem Cells to a Fully Pristine State
A newly published study details how scientists were able to successfully ‘reset’ human pluripotent stem cells to a fully pristine state. Researchers at EMBL-EBI have…
Synthetic Materials Mimic Living Organisms
Biophysicists detail how they engineered synthetic materials that mimic the remarkable complexity of living organisms, successfully implementing a minimalistic model of the cell that can…
Biologists Grow a Living Organ from Lab-Created Cells
Scientists from the MRC Center for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Edinburgh have grown a fully functional organ from scratch in a living animal…