Vitamin A Receptor Helps Protect Lungs from Smoke Exposure and Viral Infections
New research shows that vitamin A that plays a key role in lung development and maintenance, and may play a protective role in lung injury…
New research shows that vitamin A that plays a key role in lung development and maintenance, and may play a protective role in lung injury…
New research from Yale University reveals a new pathway for passing genetic messages between cells. A Yale-led research team has described a novel pathway for…
Researchers from Yale University are using CyTOF, which stands for cytometry by time-of-flight, to explore the mysteries of the immune system. Why do some individuals…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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….
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…