Study Shows How Quickly New Fat Cells Are Created
New research from Yale University looks at the creation and expansion of white fat cells, and how these fat cells are created. Once fat cells…
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Antifreeze Protein Fights Frostbite in Mice
A new study from Yale University shows that a protein that protects ticks from freezing temperatures also prevents frostbite when introduced in mice. This is…
Painkillers with Fewer Side Effects
Scientists at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory are paving the way for a new generation of pain relievers with reduced dependency. Researchers have long sought…
Scientists Find Link in How Cells Start Process Necessary for Life
While exploring whether a structured RNA molecule from a virus that infects eukaryotic cells could function in bacteria, scientists found that it could initiate protein…
Genomically Recoded Organisms Ensure GMOs Can Be Safely Confined in the Environment
New research details the construction of a series of genomically recoded organisms (GROs) whose growth is restricted by the expression of multiple essential genes that…
Yale Researchers Develop Method to Attack Cancer at Its Source
A team of researchers at Yale University has developed a therapeutic molecule that both targets the acidic microenvironments of tumors and penetrates cells to deliver…
Researchers Discover a New Signaling Pathway to Combat Excess Body Weight
An international team of researchers has discovered a new signaling molecule capable of activating brown fat cells. The number of overweight persons is greatly increasing…
Scientists Turn Diseased Cells Against Themselves
Scientists from the Scripps Research Institute have adapted a chemical approach to turn diseased cells into unique manufacturing sites for molecules that could potentially treat…
Yale and Columbia Biologists Shed New Light on Cell Division
A team of scientists from Yale and Columbia universities has shed new light on the mechanics of the division of cells that makes life possible….
Researchers Show Potential Basis for the Treatment and Prevention of Parkinson’s Disease
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics show that two products of the gene DJ-1 can stop and even counteract…
Scientists Coax Human Embryonic Stem Cells to Organize
Using geometry, scientists from the Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology and Molecular Embryology at Rockefeller University have coaxed human embryonic stem cells to organize themselves….
Yale Researchers Create a 21st Amino Acid
Using bacteria, Yale researchers rewrite most of the genetic instructions that encode all 20 amino acids, creating a specific 21st amino acid. Yale researchers have…
Researchers Develop Peptoid Nanosheets that Mimic Natural Antibodies
A team of researchers from the Berkeley Lab have developed peptoid nanosheets that mimic the way natural antibodies recognize viruses and toxins. Taking inspiration from…
Scientists Create an Organism with a New Genetic Code
For the first time, scientists have fundamentally changed the genetic code of an organism, raising the possibility that researchers might be able to retool nature…
New Research Changes the View about the Genetics of Leukemia Risk
In a new study, researchers identified the agents that could be responsible for many leukemias without TET2 mutation. This finding could help doctors develop a…
Researchers Identify Molecular Factors that Push the Domino of Life into Motion
In a newly published study, Yale University geneticists report that three factors — Nanog, Pou5f1 (or Oct4) and SoxB1 — are indeed needed to push…
Penn State Researchers Discover the Origins of Genomic “Dark Matter”
In a newly published study, researchers from Penn State University detail the discovery of the origins of genomic “dark matter.” A duo of scientists at…
Scientists Grow Human Brain Tissue in a 3D Culture System
By using a new method, which modified an established approach to generate so-called neuroectoderm, scientists were able to grow human brain tissue in a three-dimensional…
