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Why Hearts Bounce Back

09.07.2019
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Theoretical Physics, Structural Biology, Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology
Applying physics to studying heart cells reveals a spring-and-treadmill-like mechanism that keeps them beating
Scorpions

Through Thick and Thin

11.03.2019
Nanoscience, Materials Science, Structural Biology
Not all pincers are created the same. New research explains the difference in scorpion pincers
SO2 molecules line up

Making Molecules Stand in Formation

07.03.2019
Lasers & Optics, Chemistry, Structural Biology
A new method for aligning molecules could advance the field of x-ray crystallography
cholesterol crystals

The Killer Crystal

13.11.2018
Materials Science, Organic Chemistry, Structural Biology, Biochemistry, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
How does a helpful substance like cholesterol turn deadly? 
A Binding Relationship

A Binding Relationship

11.10.2018
Structural Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
A Weizmann Institute of Science study shows how a deadly virus gets into cells
(l-r) Hisham Mazal, Dr. Inbal Riven, Prof. Gilad Haran, Menahem Pirchi and Yoav Barak

Random Acts of Enzyme-ness

04.06.2018
Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Structural Biology
An ultrahigh time-resolution study of biological machinery reveals never-before-seen details of molecular dynamics  
scallop

Mirror Images

04.12.2017
Lasers & Optics, Nanoscience, Materials Science, Structural Biology
The optics of a unique underwater visual system are revealed
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
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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A stem cell–derived human embryo model at a developmental stage equivalent to that of a human embryo at day 12 has all the compartments typical of this stage. The top sphere contains the part that will become the embryo itself, capped by the amnion; the bottom sphere is the yolk sac; the interface between them is a critical structural feature of human embryonic development. The two spheres are encapsulated by a cellular layer that will become the placenta

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Peripheral sensory neurons in a laboratory dish

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A stem cell–derived human embryo model at a developmental stage equivalent to that of a human embryo at day 12 has all the compartments typical of this stage. The top sphere contains the part that will become the embryo itself, capped by the amnion; the bottom sphere is the yolk sac; the interface between them is a critical structural feature of human embryonic development. The two spheres are encapsulated by a cellular layer that will become the placenta
06.09.2023
Human Embryo Models Grown from Stem Cells
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