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White blood cell squeezing through endothelial cells (grey) on its way out of the blood vessel walls. The actin cytoskeleton of both cells is exposed; the white blood cell nucleus is shown in brown and the large actin rich extension that dismantles the endothelial actin is shown in yellow

Uncovering the Secrets of White Cell Power

26.01.2017
Nutrition, Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology
White blood cells push their way through barriers to get to infection sites
Malaria vaccine

Programmed Proteins Might Help Prevent Malaria

26.01.2017
Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Structural Biology, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs
A new approach to stabilizing protein structures could be key to an efficient vaccine
Snd2 was tagged with a green fluorescent protein, and the endoplasmic reticulum was marked with a red fluorescent protein. The overlap between the green and red microscopy signals indicates that the newly discovered Snd2 is a receptor on the endoplasmic reticulum membrane.

Outward-Bound Proteins Have a Third Way

22.01.2017
Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics
A newly discovered “shuttle” for proteins is a “safety net” for vital communication between cells
Upon infection, bacterial viruses (phages) release communication molecules that tell later phage generations whether it is preferable to attack their host cells or lie dormant

Viruses Overheard Talking to One Another

18.01.2017
Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology
Viruses that infect bacteria communicate to coordinate infection
Tamir Klein tree group

Dr. Tamir Klein Sees the Forest and the Trees

16.01.2017
Biochemistry, Environment, Plants and Agriculture, Climate
Between his lab, the greenhouses and nearby forests, Klein hopes to understand how trees adapt 
bats orient themselves to a destination

Bats Remember Directions

12.01.2017
Brain & Behavior
Researchers identify the cells that orient bats – and possibly humans – toward a destination
gene editing in single cells

Gene Editing Takes on New Roles

15.12.2016
Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics
A new combined method may finally give scientists a tool fine enough to probe life’s most nuanced processes  
Bacteria (red) in mouse intestines; intestinal cells (blue); and antibodies (green) in the mucus layer coating the intestines and preventing direct contact between the bacteria and the sterile mouse cells, photographed under a fluorescent microscope

Gut Bacteria Have Outsized Influence

12.12.2016
Biochemistry, Personalized Medicine, Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
A new study reveals how our microbiomes affect the timing of liver activity
drug cocktails

How to Mix the Perfect Cocktail

07.12.2016
Biochemistry, Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Systems Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs
A new model can predict drug interactions and side effects even between a large number of components
The green fluorescent label maps the distribution of calcium in sea urchin larvae. The label shows the elongated mineralized spicules and vesicles with large amounts of calcium

Making Spines from Sea Water

30.11.2016
Biochemistry, Evolution and Development
How do creatures like sea urchins take up the calcium they need to build hard structures? 

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The ions in the center of the cluster are cooled to the lowest temperatures, and can then be further accelerated in the ion beam trap

Colder and Colder

Humans and fish share about 70% of their protein-coding genes, but only about 0.5% of their regulatory long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs)

Genomic Recycling: Ancestral Genes Take On New Roles

Cancerous tumor tissue under a microscope:

Altitude Training for Cancer-Fighting Cells

Bacteria in cancer cells

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The ions in the center of the cluster are cooled to the lowest temperatures, and can then be further accelerated in the ion beam trap
18.09.2017
Colder and Colder
Humans and fish share about 70% of their protein-coding genes, but only about 0.5% of their regulatory long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs)
18.09.2017
Genomic Recycling: Ancestral Genes Take On New Roles
Cancerous tumor tissue under a microscope:
18.09.2017
Altitude Training for Cancer-Fighting Cells

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