Life Sciences

Thin transparent plates give this sea sapphire its iridescent color

A Marine Creature’s Magic Trick Explained

01.09.2015

Lasers & Optics, Nano Physics, Biochemistry, Materials Science, Structural Biology

Crystral structures on the sea sapphire's back appear differently depending on the angle of reflection

Single-stranded DNA (orange) interacts with the negatively (red) and positively (blue) charged parts of the protein molecule, as well as with its amino acid structures called aromatic groups (green)

Bracing Up DNA

27.07.2015

Systems Biology, Genetics, Structural Biology, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

When DNA splits apart, the single strands get double the help to stay in shape

Ubiquitin, labeled with a fluorescent marker (yellow), has been successfully delivered into cells.

The Real Thing

27.07.2015

Molecular and Cell Biology, Structural Biology

What do proteins look like in their natural environment?

alagal bloom in the North Sea

The Winds of Viral Change

13.07.2015

Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Environment, Environment, Climate

Sea breezes may play an unwitting role in the decimation of giant algal blooms

bone loss_galectin

A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galectins

13.07.2015

Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

A protein ties osteoporosis to high blood sugar and the spread of cancer to the bone

New lung cells are continuously created to replace the damaged ones: Lung tissue six weeks after stem cell transplantation (left) and 16 weeks after transplantation (right). Cells that originated in the transplanted stem cells are green, as opposed to the uncolored host lung cells. Photon-2 microscope image

Stem Cells Might Heal Damaged Lungs

13.07.2015

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

Transplanted cells made their way to the lungs in mice and began producing healthy tissue

Metastatic melanoma cells. Image: NIH

Melanoma Mutations Mapped

08.07.2015

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

Scientists can now begin to make sense of the way a deadly cancer develops

PYK2 (red) and the cell-surface receptor (green) that triggers the cellular transition to a pro-metastatic state are found in the same membrane compartment (yellow) from which the transition signal is transmitted

Up Against a Triple Negative

08.07.2015

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

A signal stuck in the “on” position may hasten metastasis in certain breast cancers

Cultured colorectal cancer cells. Top: Cells that have become resistant to certain forms of chemotherapy and continue to thrive. Bottom: The same cells, which have had the LIP gene inserted and are then treated with chemotherapy drugs

Opposite Effects

02.07.2015

Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology

What makes cancer cells survive chemotherapy?

The olfactory fingerprint of the person in the middle remains consistent, even after 30 days (right), but is very different from that of another person (left)

Fingerprinting Our Sense of Smell

29.06.2015

Brain & Behavior

Weizmann Institute Scientists develop an “olfactory fingerprint” test that may do more than just identify individuals

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