Bacteriophage P74-26 structure illustration. Phage tails come in varying lengths and styles. The P74-26 bacteriophage has a tail ten times longer than most phages, measuring…
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A human interactome to prioritize drug discovery. Credit: Karen Arnott/EMBL-EBI Scientists at Open Targets, the European Molecular Biology Laboratory’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), and GSK…
The research team reconstructed an ancestral enzyme by searching databases for corresponding modern enzymes, using the obtained sequences to calculate the original sequence, and introducing…
Tardigrades, also known as water bears, evolved over 500 million years ago. Researchers improve their understanding of the toughness of tardigrades. Researchers at the University…
New techniques developed by the Huang Lab give researchers a way to understand diseases at the sub-cellular level, potentially opening the door for new treatments.…
Researchers have recently successfully treated Type 1 diabetes by transplanting insulin-producing pancreas cells into the patient. University of Missouri scientists are partnering with Harvard and…
Scientists are deciphering the nuclear pore complex in incredible detail. Credit: Valerie Altounian Many of us learned the basic cell structure at some point and…
Illustration of human cancer cells. A team of researchers led by Yale UniversityEstablished in 1701, Yale University is a private Ivy League research university in…
Artist interpretation of the enzyme Credit: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Researchers discover that a spot of molecular glue and a timely twist help a bacterial…
Cell nucleus illustration. University of California Riverside-led study identifies how blood stem cells maintain their fate. Understanding the molecular mechanisms that specify and maintain the…
Scientists at EMBL Barcelona have recapitulated in the laboratory for the first time how the cellular structures that give rise to our spinal column form…
Origin of life artist’s conception. Experiment sheds light on the molecular evolution of RNA. Researchers at the University of Tokyo have for the first time…
After More Than 20 Years, Scientists Have Finally Solved the Full-Length Structure of a Janus Kinase
After More Than 20 Years, Scientists Have Finally Solved the Full-Length Structure of a Janus Kinase
When a cytokine (green) binds to receptors (teal), two parts of the Janus kinase protein (pink) come together, activating it to send signals inside a…
New findings shed more light on the mitochondria and challenge current exercise recommendations. New research has uncovered how mitochondria – the energy powerhouse of our…
New research led by the Doherty Institute has found the SARS-CoV-2Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the official name of the virus strain…
Legionella bacteria illustration. Researchers at Uppsala University have discovered that the ancestors of legionella bacteria infected eukaryotic cells as early as two billion years ago.…
Photoactive chloride pumping through the cell membrane captured by time-resolved serial crystallography: Chloride ions (green spheres) are transported across the cell membrane by the NmHR…
Mosquitoes are seeing red: These new findings about their vision could help you hide from these disease vectors. Beating the bite of mosquitoes this spring…
The Roswell Molecular Electronics Chip uses single molecules as universal sensor elements in a circuit to create a programmable biosensor with real-time, single-molecule sensitivity and…