A New Hope for Protection Against Flu Damage Inside the Lungs
New experimental data pinpoints a molecular component responsible for modulating the damage the flu can wreck on the lungs. The molecule, known as DAF, increases…
Cell Biology
New CRISPR/Cas9 Plant Genetics Technology to Improve Agricultural Yield and Resist the Effects of Climate Change
Scientists Develop the First CRISPR/Cas9-Based Gene Drive in Plants New technology designed to breed more robust crops to improve agricultural yield and resist the effects…
Protein “Big Bang” Reveals Molecular Makeup for Medicine and Bioengineering Applications
Proteins have been quietly taking over our lives since the COVID-19 pandemic began. We’ve been living at the whim of the virus’s so-called “spike” protein,…
RNA-Binding Proteins: Molecular Targeted Therapy for Difficult-to-Treat Breast Cancer
Studies using human cell lines and tumors grown in mice provide early evidence that inhibiting RNA-binding proteins, a previously overlooked family of molecules, might provide…
COVID-19 Mutation: SARS-CoV-2 Virus Can Find Alternate Route to Infect Cells
COVID-19 drugs, vaccines still effective against mutating virus. Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists identified how SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, gets inside cells…
Immunotherapy That Supercharges the Immune System’s Natural Killer Cells Shows Promise Against Melanoma
Effective against blood cancers, natural killer cells also may be effective against solid tumors. An immunotherapy based on supercharging the immune system’s natural killer cells…
Uncovering Genetic Traces to Discover How Humans Adapted to Historical Coronavirus Outbreaks
An international team of researchers co-led by the University of Adelaide and the University of Arizona has analyzed the genomes of more than 2,500 modern…
A Coronavirus Epidemic Broke Out in East Asia More Than 20,000 Years Ago
An international study has discovered a coronavirus epidemic broke out in the East Asia region more than 20,000 years ago, with traces of the outbreak…
Newly Discovered Sperm Movement Could Help Treat Male Infertility
University of Toledo research shows the centriole’s role in sperm evolved from a shock absorber to a transmission system. Scientists at The University of Toledo…
New Research Uncovers Dangers of Artificial Sweeteners – Potentially Leading to Serious Health Issues
Sweeteners could cause gut bacteria to invade the intestine. New research has discovered that common artificial sweeteners can cause previously healthy gut bacteria to become…
Potential New COVID-19 Treatment: A Tapeworm Drug
Charité conducts clinical trial to test potential new treatment against SARS-CoV-2. Researchers from the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin…
It’s True: Stress Does Turn Hair Gray – But It’s Reversible
Legend has it that Marie Antoinette’s hair turned gray overnight just before her beheading in 1791. Though the legend is inaccurate—hair that has already grown…
Toxicity of Protein Involved in Alzheimer’s Triggered by Chemical “Switch”
Spotlight on amino acids causing tau protein toxicity might lead to new therapies. Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have discovered that a specific chemical feature…
Researchers Find COVID-19 Virus Was “Highly Human Adapted” – Exact Origins Still a Mystery
Scientists using computer modeling to study SARS-CoV-2, the virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic, have discovered the virus is most ideally adapted to infect human…
Researchers Identify People That Are Missing a Critical Cell Process – Unique Insight Into Human Physiology
Patients with a unique cellular disorder are helping researchers understand a series of health complications better. For the first time, researchers led by Newcastle University,…
Mysteries of Epigenetics: There’s More to Genes Than DNA
Biologists in the UK and Austria have discovered 71 new imprinted genes in the mouse genome. Biologists at the Universities of Bath and Vienna have…
Sperm Evolution Becomes Supercharged Only When They Swim Inside Females
Sperm size varies dramatically among different animal species. But why is sperm size so variable when they share the same job — to fertilize eggs?…
Anti-aging Protein in Red Blood Cells Helps Prevent Mental Decline, Poor Memory and Hearing Deficits
Mice lacking ADORA2B in their blood exhibit accelerated aging, including poor memory and hearing deficits. Research conducted by Qiang et al has discovered a link…