Molecular Biology News
March 25, 2025
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Mar. 24, 2025 — Biomedical researchers have decoded how mechanical forces drive cell behavior in ...
Mar. 24, 2025 — Antibiotic-resistant bacteria is a serious public health threat. Understanding the biology of these bacteria--such as how they synthesise their protective capsules--is essential for developing new ...
Mar. 24, 2025 — Scientists used light to control how a starfish egg cell jiggles and moves during its earliest stage of development. Their optical system could guide the design of synthetic, light-activated cells for wound healing or drug ...
Mar. 24, 2025 — For successful cell division, chromosomal DNA needs to be packed into compact rod-shaped structures. Defects in this process can lead to cell death or diseases like cancer. A new study has shown how chromosomes change shape during cell division. ...
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Mar. 18, 2025 — In the microscopic world of bacteria, gene transfer is a powerful mechanism that can alter cellular function, drive antibiotic resistance and even shape entire ecosystems. Now an interdisciplinary ...
Mar. 20, 2025 — The research field of 'cellular IRESes' lay dormant for decades, as there was no uniform standard of reliable methods for the clear characterization of these starting points for the ribosome-mediated ...
Mar. 20, 2025 — Mitochondria are the powerhouses in our cells, producing the energy for all vital processes. Using cryo-electron tomography, researchers have now ...
Mar. 19, 2025 — The cells that make up the walls of the finest of all lymphatic vessels have a lobate, oak leaf-like shape that makes them particularly resilient to changes in fluid volume. A similar cell shape also ...
Mar. 21, 2025 — In a groundbreaking study on the synthesis of cellulose -- a major constituent of all plant cell walls -- a team has captured images of the ...
Mar. 21, 2025 — Scientists have uncovered details of the protective layer that surrounds the fine protrusions of ...
Mar. 21, 2025 — Who were our earliest ancestors? The answer could lie in a special group of single-celled organisms with a cytoskeleton similar to that of complex organisms, such as animals and ...
Mar. 21, 2025 — Researchers have developed eye drops that extend vision in animal models of a group of inherited diseases that lead to progressive vision loss in humans, known as retinitis ...
Mar. 20, 2025 — Advances in the gene-editing technology known as CRISPR-Cas9 over the past 15 years have yielded important new insights into the roles that specific ...
Mar. 20, 2025 — While researchers have long been familiar with the surface structure of lymphatic vessels, a groundbreaking study has now focused on their jigsaw puzzle-like pattern. This arrangement helps cells ...
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Mar. 20, 2025 — Scientists have captured the first detailed 'molecular movie' showing DNA being unzipped at the atomic level -- revealing how cells begin the crucial process of copying their genetic ...
Mar. 20, 2025 — Fruit fly mutants that have severe sleep deficits perform better at olfactory learning and memory tasks, according to a new study. The paradox of enhanced memory despite sleep loss could be explained ...
Mar. 20, 2025 — Feathers, essential for thermoregulation, flight, and communication in birds, originate from simple appendages known as proto-feathers, which were present in certain dinosaurs.By studying embryonic ...
Mar. 19, 2025 — Organelles in cells were originally often independent cells, which were incorporated by host cells and lost their independence in the course of evolution. Biologists are now examining the way in ...
Mar. 18, 2025 — New RNA-based active agents reliably protect plants against the Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV), the most common virus in agriculture and horticulture. They were developed by researchers at the Martin ...
Mar. 18, 2025 — The discovery sheds light on how certain bacteria -- including strains that cause food poisoning and anthrax -- form spores for ...
Mar. 18, 2025 — New active ingredients such as antibodies are usually tested individually in laboratory animals. Researchers have now developed a technology that can be used to test around 25 antibodies ...
Mar. 18, 2025 — A significant amount of the milk used in a popular cooking cheese can be substituted with plants, all while maintaining its taste and texture. Researchers have demonstrated this by creating a hybrid ...
Mar. 18, 2025 — Lurking within the genomes of nearly all species--including plants, fungi, and even humans--are genes that are passed from generation to generation with no clear benefit to the organism. Called ...
Mar. 18, 2025 — A research team has developed a groundbreaking deep learning-based method for analyzing the cytoskeleton -- the structural framework inside cells -- more accurately and efficiently than ever before. ...
Mar. 17, 2025 — With the long-term goal of creating living cells from non-living components, scientists in the field of synthetic biology work with RNA origami. This tool uses the multifunctionality of the natural ...
Mar. 17, 2025 — A team of scientists have elucidated an ancient mechanism of cellular respiration. To that end, they studied bacteria that feed on the gases carbon dioxide and hydrogen, and turn them into acetic ...
Mar. 17, 2025 — Trial of strength at the cellular level: Cells are in constant competition with each other and so eliminate diseased or unwanted cells. Cell competition is therefore a central principle for ...
Mar. 17, 2025 — It has long been thought that only nerve and heart cells use electric impulses to communicate, while epithelial cells -- which compose the linings of our skin, organs and body cavities -- are mute, ...
Mar. 14, 2025 — Researchers have discovered that cancer cells suppress 'poison exons' -- genetic elements that act as an off switch for protein production -- in a key gene called TRA2 , promoting tumor ...
Mar. 13, 2025 — A new study shows how pathogens control changes in their cell surface to evade the immune ...
Mar. 12, 2025 — In developing hearts, cells shuffle around, bumping into each other to find their place, and the stakes are high: pairing with the wrong cell could mean the difference between a beating heart and one ...
Mar. 11, 2025 — Scientists are using artificial intelligence to better capture how healthy cells surrounding tumors influence cancer cell behavior and how those interactions can inform ...
Mar. 11, 2025 — An innovative new technique uses a novel DNA barcode system to track hundreds of RNA and protein molecules in single cells within thick biological samples, providing researchers with a full picture ...
Mar. 10, 2025 — The herb rosemary has long been linked with memory: 'There's rosemary, that's for remembrance,' says Ophelia in Shakespeare's Hamlet. So it is fitting that researchers would ...
Thursday, March 20, 2025
- Breakthrough Molecular Movie Reveals DNA's Unzipping Mechanism With Implications for Viral and Cancer Treatments
- Insomniac Fruit Fly Mutants Show Enhanced Memory Despite Severe Sleep Loss
- From Dinosaurs to Birds: The Origins of Feather Formation
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
- Protecting Crops: Researchers Open Up New Avenue to Combat a Widespread Plant Virus
- Scientists Discover Protein Key to Bacteria's Survival in Extreme Environments
- Efficient Development of Drugs With Fewer Mice
- Popular Cooking Cheese Made With Peas Yields Same Taste and Texture
- Scientists Uncover Principles Underlying the Toxicity of 'selfish' Genes
- Deep Learning Revolutionizes Cytoskeleton Research
Monday, March 17, 2025
- RNA Origami: Artificial Cytoskeletons to Build Synthetic Cells
- Without Oxygen: How Primordial Microbes Breathed
- Neighborhood Dispute Among Cells: Whichever Successfully Exerts Force Wins
- Slow, Silent 'scream' Of Epithelial Cells Detected for First Time
Friday, March 14, 2025
Thursday, March 13, 2025
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
- Scientists Create a Type of Catalog, the 'colocatome,' Of Non-Cancerous Cells' Influence on Cancer
- New Method Uses DNA Barcodes for High Throughput RNA and Protein Detection in Deep Tissue
Monday, March 10, 2025
- Compound Found in Common Herbs Inspires Potential Anti-Inflammatory Drug for Alzheimer's Disease
- Cold Temperatures May Trigger Shapeshifting Proteins
- Cryo-Electron Microscopy Reveals Hidden Mechanics of DNA Replication, Sheds New Light on Cancer Target
- Gut Bacteria Heal the Colon
Friday, March 7, 2025
Thursday, March 6, 2025
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
- Researchers Use a 'Trojan Horse' Approach to Develop New Antimalarial Drugs
- Damaged but Not Defeated: Bacteria Use Nano-Spearguns to Retaliate Against Attacks
- A Method to Purify Proteins With Light: Gentler and More Efficient Than Previous Procedures
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
- Breakthrough With Biofuel: How Alcohol Damages Microbes That Produce It
- White Blood Cells Use Brute Force to Dislodge Bacteria
- Study Establishes 'ball and Chain' Mechanism Inactivates Key Mammalian Ion Channel
Monday, March 3, 2025
- How a Crucial DNA Repair Protein Works -- And What It Means for Cancer Treatment
- Naturally Occurring Mechanism Hampers Fertility
Thursday, February 27, 2025
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
- Missing Protein Keeps Mice Slim, Even on a High-Fat Diet
- Droplet Forming Power Is Key for Cells to Attach Properly
- Comprehensive Resource Describes Functions of More Than 20,000 Human Genes
- Genomics Approach to Metabolism Reveals How Reactions Flow
- Bacteria Consumed by Immune Cells Become Part of the Cell
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
- Automatic Cell Analysis With the Help of Artificial Intelligence
- Role of Hormone in Influencing Brain Reward Pathway and Food Preferences
- New Insights Into How Gut Cells Respond to Bacterial Toxins
Monday, February 24, 2025
Friday, February 21, 2025
- New Microscope Can Image, at Once, the Full 3D Orientation and Position of Molecules in Cells
- Stealth Virus: Zika Virus Builds Tunnels to Covertly Infect Cells of the Placenta
Thursday, February 20, 2025
- Biologists Discover a New Type of Control Over RNA Splicing
- Digging Into a Decades-Old Hepatitis B Mystery Suggests a New Potential Treatment
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
- From Plants to People: How Amino Acid, Vitamin Balance Links Plant Immunity to Epilepsy
- A Treatment-Resistant, Severe Type of Asthma Successfully Modeled in Mice
- Biomedicine Shows the Way to Future Food Crops
- Biologists Transform Gut Bacteria Into Tiny Protein Pharmacies
Friday, February 14, 2025
- Marine Mystery Solved: How Anemonefish Avoid Stings from Their Sea Anemone Hosts
- Mouse Study Finds Impaired Cell Development: Intermittent Fasting Could Be Unsafe for Teenagers
- Protective Role of Mitochondrial Protein Mitofusin 2 in Cellular Health Revealed
Thursday, February 13, 2025
- Guardian Molecule Keeps Cells on Track -- New Perspectives for the Treatment of Liver Cancer
- How Mitochondria Drive Autophagy
- Fungus 'hacks' Natural Immune System Causing Neurodegeneration in Fruit Flies
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
- Splicing Twins: Unraveling the Secrets of the Minor Spliceosome Complex
- Protein Shuttling Mechanism Helps Bacteria Pump out Antibiotics
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
- Inability of Cells to Recycle Fats Can Spell Disease
- Engineering Biological Reaction Crucibles to Rapidly Produce Proteins
- 'Junk' RNA Segments Play Role in Protein Production, Cell Stress Response
Monday, February 10, 2025
Friday, February 7, 2025
- An Unexpected Mechanism Regulates the Immune Response During Parasitic Infections
- Mitochondria May Hold the Key to Curing Diabetes
- Spliceosome: How Cells Avoid Errors When Manufacturing mRNA
Thursday, February 6, 2025
- Uncovering How Developmental Genes Are Held in a Poised State
- Mercury Content in Tuna Can Be Reduced With New Packaging Solution
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Monday, February 3, 2025
- Hijacking of Plasmin by Dengue Virus for Infection
- Octopuses Have Some of the Oldest Known Sex Chromosomes
Friday, January 31, 2025
Thursday, January 30, 2025
- Unveiling the Critical Role of the Exocyst Complex in Mouse Oocyte Growth
- New Light-Tuned Chemical Tools Control Processes in Living Cells
- Potential in Cultivation of a Special Nutritious Microalga
- Zika Uses Human Skin as 'mosquito Magnet' To Spread Virus Further
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
- New Microscopy Technique Reveals Dynamic Escherichia Coli Membrane Stiffness
- New Ways to Modulate Cell Activity Remotely
- New Insights Into the Perception of Coffee Taste -- Genetic Predisposition Plays a Role
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Monday, January 27, 2025
Friday, January 24, 2025
- Evolution Without Sex: How Mites Have Survived for Millions of Years
- Protein Labeling of Tens of Millions of Densely Packed Cells in Organ-Scale Tissues
Thursday, January 23, 2025
- Uncovering the Role of Y Chromosome Genes in Male Fertility in Mice
- Curiosity Driven Experiment Helps Unravel Antibiotic-Resistance Mystery
- The Secret to Robust and Reversible Underwater Adhesion: The Answer Lies in Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF) Domain
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
- Bioluminescent Cell Imaging Gets a Glow-Up
- AI in Cell Research: Moscot Reveals Cell Dynamics in Unprecedented Detail
- Final Synthetic Yeast Chromosome Unlocks New Era in Biotechnology
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
- Can DNA-Nanoparticle Motors Get Up to Speed With Motor Proteins?
- Structural Insights Reveal Drug Target in Trypanosome Parasites