Life Sciences

Fluorescent image of artificial cells on a chip. The differences in genetic composition between cells produced the different colors, which reveal stages in building parts of a virus

Artificial Cells Produce Parts of Viruses for Safe Studies

20.07.2020

Nanoscience, Materials Science, Viruses & Microorganisms, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

The Weizmann Institute of Science group demonstrated the production of protein assembly lines on a silicon chip

Lung cancer samples: Far left untreated. Lung cancer tissue failed to respond when exposed to a microtubule inhibitor drug (left) or to a drug that enhanced the apoptosis-inducing pathway (middle). But when the two drugs were applied together to the same tissue, the cancer cells died (right)

A New Approach to Tailoring Cancer Therapy: Tapping into Signaling Activities in Cancer Cells

16.07.2020

Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Systems Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Matching drugs to tumors may lead to personalized treatment and new therapies

Some bacteria love the smell of sulfur in hot gases

When the Heat Is On – Turn Up the Ac(4C)

15.07.2020

Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics

Heat-resistance tags on bacterial RNA hold clues to human diseases

Abstract image of DNA and human brain in blue tones

The Evolution Within

09.07.2020

Viruses & Microorganisms, Evolution and Development, Genetics

When fast and slow evolution happen together, the results defy the rules

zebra fish swimming

What the Fish Heart Knows

07.07.2020

Systems Biology

Researchers uncover a see-through secret to heart repair

test tubes

RNAs Take a Plunge

24.06.2020

Structural Biology, Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology

A shower of hyperpolarized water opens new avenues for the NMR study of biological molecules

Proteins with primitive arginine-based proteins (right) might have been capable of self-assembly and phase separation to create cell-like droplets

Which Came First?

22.06.2020

Biochemistry, Evolution and Development

An experiment in reconstructing primordial proteins solves a long-standing riddle

Abstract image of two mice

What Does the “Love Hormone” Do? It’s Complicated

15.06.2020

Biochemistry, Brain & Behavior

A study of mice in a semi-natural setting shows how the hormone oxytocin can amplify aggression as well as friendliness

bilharzia

Fewer Infections, More Allergies: Finding the Connection

03.06.2020

Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

“Packages” released by bilharzia parasites may hold the key to better diagnosis and treatment, and may point to new ways of treating autoimmune...

La Rinconada

Ticking at Extreme Altitudes

02.06.2020

Biochemistry, Systems Biology

A new study will assess the effects of low oxygen on the human body’s circadian cycles

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