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Spare Parts Might “Jump-Start” Protein Design

26.09.2017
Biochemistry, Systems Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
Including “non-ideal” components in the designs may be key to functional artificial proteins  
Bacteria in cancer cells

How Bacteria Hinder Chemotherapy

20.09.2017
Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Systems Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
Scientists find bacteria in pancreatic tumors that metabolize a common drug 
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

18.09.2017
Systems Biology, Evolution and Development, Genetics
How some genes lost the ability to make proteins - and gained regulatory powers 
Cancerous tumor tissue under a microscope:

Altitude Training for Cancer-Fighting Cells

18.09.2017
Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology
Oxygen starvation could toughen up immune T cells for cancer immunotherapy 
Fluorescently labeled actin in a cell exhibiting circular ruffled membrane structures

Reshaping the Surface: Wave Fronts Ruffle the Cell Membrane

28.08.2017
Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Structural Biology
A new model for the formation of crucial membrane structures revises the picture of cell dynamics 
filaments

Lego Proteins Revealed

23.08.2017
Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development, Nanoscience, Structural Biology
Self-assembling protein complexes based on a single mutation could provide scaffolding for nanostructures
single-celled lining of the intestines under a microscope

Cell Economics 101

14.08.2017
Biochemistry, Nutrition, Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
The lining of our intestines uses an approach known to business to quickly process food 
Beet-colored tomatoes

Rhapsody in Red Violet

14.08.2017
Biochemistry, Nutrition, Systems Biology, Plants and Agriculture
Pigments made by beets may help boost resistance to disease and the nutrition value of crops
Embryonic cardiovascular cells

First Cells

14.08.2017
Stem Cells, Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development, Genetics
Videos of forming embryonic blood vessels reveal the presence of unusual cells and the unexpected role of a well-known gene in creating blood
Yonath and resistant ribosome

Antibiotic Resistance in 3D

03.08.2017
Biochemistry, Systems Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Structural Biology
Understanding how the bacteria gets around a common drug may help develop new ones to combat a growing threat

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