Genetics

mRNA molecules for making insulin are found closer to the cell center

While Waiting for Food: The Surprising Fetal Gut Cells That Make Insulin

09.12.2021

Nutrition, Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

The discovery opens up new avenues for developing future diabetes therapies

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Bacteria and Plants Fight Alike

01.12.2021

Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Evolution and Development, Genetics, Environment, Plants and Agriculture

A bacterial mechanism for sensing infection may help boost plant defenses

(l-r) Dr. Rita Manco and Prof. Shalev Itzkovitz who developed the "ClumpSeq" approach

Clump Together

03.11.2021

Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics

New approach developed for studying rare cells that may play an important role in not so rare diseases

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The Body’s Daily Jam Session

11.10.2021

Nutrition, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics

How are the body’s day-night cycles orchestrated between different organs, tissues and cells?

Lymphatic vessels (green) and bones (red) in a one-month-old zebrafish

Blocking Distraction: How Growing Blood Vessels Do It All

05.10.2021

Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics

A study of the genetic basis of blood vessel growth finds a surprise player helping cells ace this complex feat

The nucleus of a fruit fly larva’s muscle cell. The long chains of DNA (red) are attached to the nuclear lamina (green) – the inner layer of the nuclear membrane

On the Outskirts of the Nucleus

05.09.2021

Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics

A novel imaging method reveals a surprising arrangement of DNA in the cell’s nucleus

SARS-CoV-2 infected cells

Making Cells Talk Again

26.08.2021

Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Genetics

How SARS-CoV-2 jams an important cellular communications channel and what can be done to restore it

Illustration: Yuval Robichek

Calling through the DNA Wire

05.08.2021

Structural Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms, Genetics

Proteins communicating through the DNA molecule constitute a newly discovered genetic "switch"

(l-r) Prof. Amos Tanay, Dr. Yoav Mayshar, Dr. Markus Mittnenzweig and Dr. Yonatan Stelzer. Orchestrated ensembles

Life’s Moving Picture

29.07.2021

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Stem Cells, Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development, Genetics

Reconstructing the intricate process of embryonic development one cellular frame at a time

Gene editing. Image: Shutterstock

Cracking the Code of a Natural RNA Editor

27.07.2021

Personalized Medicine, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

Newly discovered editing rule may be exploited to correct genetic defects

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