Protein Dynamics Are Predictable from The Amino Acid Sequence
Researchers from CNIO in Madrid and University College London have successfully predicted the movements a protein does to execute its functions. This remarkable advance...
Basic Research
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A Deep-Sea Bacterium Against Climate Change
An organism that lives at the bottom of the ocean could help in the fight against climate change. The bacterium, Thiomicrospira crunogena, lives in extremely hot...
Basic Research
New Biomarker Predicts Long-Term Risk of Infection and Death
GlycA levels in blood can tell whether a person has an increased risk of severe infection. The finding by researchers from the Universities of Oulu...
Bioinformatics
Genomic and Structural Big Data to Identify Cancer Drivers
A research team lead by the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) has identified more than 100 new cancer drivers using the power of...
Bioinformatics
Antibody-Activated Leukemia Cells Kill Their Sisters
A team of scientists from The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) has found a way to transform leukemia cells in Natural Killers (NK) that attack other...
Basic Research
Optogenetics Feedback Loop Refines Control of Neuronal Activity
Scientists from Georgia Tech and Emory University have developed an optogenetics technique that allows to fine-tune mice brain activity by receiving neuronal feedback in real...
Bioengineering
MinION Sequencer Reproducibility Tested in Depth by Five Labs
Researchers from five labs have tested in depth the performance of the MinION, the sequencer developed by Oxford Nanopore. The labs belong to the MinION Analysis...
Equipment
Placental Cells Obtained Directly from Skin Cells
Scientists from Hebrew University of Jerusalem have obtained functional placental cells from epitelial cells, without passing through a pluripotent state. Mouse skin cell nuclei were...
Bioengineering