A new structure in human cells has been discovered by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden in collaboration with colleagues
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Researchers modify CRISPR to reorganize genome
Researchers at Stanford University have reworked CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology to manipulate the genome in three-dimensional space, allowing them to ferry
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How proteins meet on the cell membrane
Scripps Research scientists have uncovered the workings of a critical process in cell survival. Their study, published recently in the
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Fluorescence-activating beta-barrel protein made from scratch for first time: Advance makes possible creation of new beta-barrel proteins to precisely target small molecules
For the first time, scientists have created, entirely from scratch, a protein capable of binding to a small target molecule.
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Researchers explain how viral protein promotes deadly infection by Nipah and Hendra viruses
Researchers have identified how a viral protein, which plays a major role in causing deadly Nipah and Hendra virus infections,
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Measuring the tension of a cell with a molecule
The volume of cells can vary dramatically. Similarly to an inflating balloon, the volume increase of growing cells pushes on
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Finding the proteins that unpack DNA
A new method allows researchers to systematically identify specialized proteins that unpack DNA inside the nucleus of a cell, making
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Simpler model gets to the point with proteins: Scientists introduce technique to study dynamic processes with greater accuracy
Computational models have come a long way in their ability to simulate the most basic biological processes, such as how
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How immune cells kill bacteria with acid: Crucial protein for acidification of macrophage phagosome discovered
The first line of immune defense against invading pathogens like bacteria are macrophages, immune cells that engulf every foreign object
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Bacterial toxins wreak havoc by crippling cellular infrastructure: Study could lead to better tactics to fight antibiotic-resistant bugs, researchers say
Bacterial toxins can wreak mass havoc within cells by shutting down multiple essential functions at once, a new study has
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