Researchers have developed a cost-effective, multi-cancer blood test that can detect a protein, LINE-1-ORF1p, produced by cancer cells, potentially leading to early detection. This protein…
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Genetic mutations are changes or variations in an organism’s DNA sequence, which can have a range of effects on its traits and characteristics. Some mutations…
Arginine is an amino acid that is found in many foods including meat, poultry, fish, dairy, nuts, and beans. Arginine has a number of important…
A subunit of a yeast mitoribosome (pink) compared to that of a human mitoribosome (purple). Although different, the two developing subunits have an assembly factor…
A scientific study recently demonstrated that fatty acids emanating from the skin may create a heady perfume that mosquitoes can’t resist. It’s can be impossible…
New research may explain why some people with COVID-19 only experience minor, flu-like symptoms and others have severe disease that can result in death. It…
The study shed new light on the process of memory recall. Recalling memories requires the cooperation of several brain regions. When you have a memorable…
Once chemically adjusted for use in animals, cilagicin consistently and safely eliminated Gram-positive bacteria in the lab, did not damage human cells, and successfully cured…
Researchers in Japan have developed a vaccination strategy in mice that promotes the production of antibodies that can neutralize not only SARS-CoV-2Severe acute respiratory syndrome…
[embedded content]The neuroactivity of one million neurons in the mouse brain, at unprecedented resolution. Credit: Alipasha Vaziri New microscopy technique reveals activity of one million…
With every new variant of SARS-CoV-2Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the official name of the virus strain that causes coronavirus disease (COVID-19).…
Tardigrades walk in a manner closely resembling that of insects 500,000 times their size. Credit: Jasmine Nirody Plump and ponderous, tardigrades earned the nickname “water…
Fueled faster, better computing for decades, ever-increasing silicon chip density nears physical limit. Researchers at The Rockefeller University have shed new light on “Moore’s Law”…
The channel pore (blue) of an olfactory receptor dilates (pink) when an odor molecule binds the receptor. Credit: Laboratory of Neurophysiology and Behavior at The…
Inflamed mouse stem cells located in the basal layer (red) of the epidermis and FOS (green), a near-universal stress response factor essential to inflammatory memory.…
Scientists have long searched in vain for a class of brain cells that could explain the visceral flash of recognition that we feel when we…
The MSCS channel protein (pink) with its associated lipids (dark green, light green, red) embedded in a nanodisc (grey). Credit: Laboratory of Molecular Electron Microscopy…
Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs), composed of DNA (blue), Cit-H3 (red), and MPO (green), in the lung of a patient who succumbed to COVID-19. Credit: ©…
Two essential enzymes coordinate to read and copy SARS-CoV-2 genetic material (shown as blue spheres). Credit: Rockefeller University Exactly how viruses replicate is a complex…