Life Sciences

Using a Wrench to Hammer Nails

Using a Wrench to Hammer Nails

08.09.2020

Systems Biology, Plants and Agriculture

A step in the biochemical pathway for soapy plant compounds comes from the “wrong” set of tools

How the “Sixth Sense” Shapes the Skeleton

How the “Sixth Sense” Shapes the Skeleton

03.09.2020

Systems Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Evolution and Development

The findings point to a surprising origin for scoliosis and hip dysplasia

Potential Heart-Repair Protein Advances to a New Stage

Potential Heart-Repair Protein Advances to a New Stage

01.09.2020

Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Pre-clinical studies suggest a protein, Agrin, could limit scarring and promote natural repair mechanisms after a heart attack

immune cells in cancer

Opening Cancer to Attack

31.08.2020

Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology

A possible cause for cancer resistance to immunotherapy could be reversed

Folded, but Not Insolvent

Folded, but Not Insolvent

26.08.2020

Structural Biology, Biochemistry

Could protein segments be more “exposed” when they’re folded?

TOOKAD

Shining a Light on Laser-Based Therapy

24.08.2020

Cancer, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

Researchers reveal early response of tumor vessels to anti-cancer therapy

Two-photon microscope image of a direction-selective cell in a mouse retina (the cell and its dendritic tree are in red) and the starburst (green) cells surrounding that mediate the computation of motion direction

Changing Direction

18.08.2020

Brain & Behavior

Direction-selection cells in the retina can flip their orientations

Having Their Fortress and Leaving It Too

Having Their Fortress and Leaving It Too

18.08.2020

Viruses & Microorganisms

Humble amyloids have many uses – for bacteria, at least – aiding both migration and antibiotic resistance

Reprogrammed cells: β cells expressing insulin (green) and the closely related δ cells expressing somatostatin (red). Blue staining shows cell nuclei. Many reprogrammed cells contain two nuclei (a unique feature of some exocrine cells) demonstrating their exocrine cell origin

No REST for Beta Cells

18.08.2020

Stem Cells, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Why is reprogramming cells to cure diabetes so difficult?

pain response

Targeting a Chronic Pain Gateway Could Bring Relief

14.08.2020

Biochemistry, Personalized Medicine, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

A new approach to chronic pain treatment targets a molecule that moves pain messages into nerve cell nuclei

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