Often described as the blueprint of life, DNA contains the instructions for making every living thing from a human to a house fly.
But in recent decades, some researchers have been putting the letters of the genetic code to a...
In a landmark discovery, researchers at Tel Aviv University have unraveled the metastatic mechanism of melanoma, the most aggressive of all skin cancers.
According to a paper published today in the journal Nature Cell Biology, the scientists discovered that before...
Across the animal kingdom there is a strong trend for females to be more caring parents. Why? Researchers at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland and the Australian National University have now expanded upon previous theories to better explain why...
A UCLA study is the first to show that Latinos age at a slower rate than other ethnic groups. The findings, published in the current issue of Genome Biology, may one day help scientists understand how to slow the...
76 different species included in the miBC collection, including 15 hitherto unknown taxa. Credit: Nature Microbiology
Mouse models are extensively used in pharmaceutical and medical research, and it is known that the communities of microbes in their intestine can have...
Planarians possess remarkable ability to regenerate any lost body part. Here, a planarian (top) cut into several pieces (middle) regenerates new worms from every piece in a process depicted at the bottom.Credit: Jordi Solana/MDC
The transient form of genetic information,...
A new study, published in Biochemistry this week, examines the biomechanics of sugar-seeking proteins. Specifically, it delves into galectin-3's interaction with glycosaminoglycans (GAG) and proteoglycans. Tarun Dam, an associate professor of chemistry at Michigan Technological University, led the study.
"Seeing...
Mitochondria.Credit: National Institutes of Health
There is new evidence that the "mother's curse" -- the possibility that moms may transmit genes to their children that harm their sons but not their daughters -- holds true in animals.
Such a possibility arises...
The sculpture "Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss" by Antonio Canova. Credit: Joe deSousa, public domain
Since time immemorial, older generations have fretted over the sexual habits of young people. In today's world, however, elders might just be wondering why young...
The DNA double helix (shown on the left) can contort itself into different shapes to absorb chemical damage to the basic building blocks (A, G, C and T, depicted by a black dot) of genetic code. In contrast, an...
The chemical structure of newly discovered antibiotic Lugdunin. Also in the photograph: the two lead authors Alexander Zipperer (left) and Martin Christoph Konnerth (right).Credit: Martin Christoph Konnerth
A potential lifesaver lies unrecognized in the human body: Scientists at the University...
