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Image of the Day: Chromatin Forest
Emily Makowski | Jan 14, 2020 | 1 min read
The DNA-protein complex has branches that fold back on themselves.
Image of the Day: Repairing Hearts
Emily Makowski | Jan 7, 2020 | 2 min read
A growth factor treatment helps improve cardiac functioning after heart attack in pigs.
Former FDA Commissioner Frank Young Dies
Jef Akst | Dec 2, 2019 | 2 min read
The physician-researcher laid the groundwork for genetic cloning and led the US Food and Drug Administration as the country faced the AIDS crisis in the 1980s.
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Oct4, Considered Vital for Creating iPSCs, Actually Isn’t Needed
Emma Yasinski | Nov 8, 2019 | 3 min read
Dropping the transcription factor from the four so-called Yamanaka factors reduces the efficiency of inducing the production of stem cells, but the resulting cells are of greater quality.
Opinion: Develop Organoids, Not Chimeras, for Transplantation
John D. Loike and Robert Pollack | Oct 1, 2019 | 4 min read
Scientists are devising human-animal hybrids for harvesting human organs, but lab-derived mini-organs are a less ethically fraught solution to meeting the need for transplantation.
Potential Causes of Irreproducibility Revealed
Abby Olena, PhD | Jul 11, 2019 | 4 min read
Five independent groups got different results in a drug-response experiment, despite sharing protocols, reagents, and cell lines. The researchers identify technical variables that could be to blame.
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Image of the Day: Design Challenge
Chia-Yi Hou | Jul 9, 2019 | 1 min read
An online video game helps researchers create strategies for creating RNA.
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Image of the Day: Gut Response
Chia-Yi Hou | Jun 24, 2019 | 1 min read
Immune functions in the mouse intestine differ by segment.
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Image of the Day: Handheld Science
Chia-Yi Hou | Jun 18, 2019 | 1 min read
Researchers create a 3-D printed, portable centrifuge that can be affordably produced for science classrooms.
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Drug Discovery Techniques Open the Door to RNA-targeted Drugs
Amber Dance | Jun 1, 2019 | 8 min read
New ways to search for druggable RNAs and matching small molecules
Quantum Biology
Quantum Biology May Help Solve Some of Life’s Greatest Mysteries
Catherine Offord | Jun 1, 2019 | 10+ min read
From the remarkable speed of enzyme-catalyzed reactions to the workings of the human brain, numerous biological puzzles are now being explored for evidence of quantum effects.
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Image of the Day: Sticky Telomeres
Chia-Yi Hou | May 16, 2019 | 1 min read
Telomeres in cancer cells exposed to oxidative stress got shorter and stickier.
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Image of the Day: 3-D Tissues
Chia-Yi Hou | May 13, 2019 | 1 min read
Scientists create an atlas of Arabidopsis cell and tissue reconstructions in three dimensions.
Boosting Plants’ Uptake of Vitamins and Minerals
Ashley Yeager | Feb 1, 2019 | 4 min read
With genetic tweaks, researchers can coax corn and other cereals to take in more iron, but sometimes the plants rebel.
Opinion: The Central Dogma of Mitochondrial Genetics Needs Rewriting
John D. Loike | Dec 12, 2018 | 3 min read
The recent discovery of 17 people who have inherited maternal and paternal lines of mitochondrial DNA has major ramifications for medical and ancestry research.
The Cell’s Integrated Circuit: A Profile of Lucy Shapiro
Anna Azvolinsky | Aug 1, 2018 | 9 min read
Shapiro helped to found the field of systems biology.
Magnetic Microrobots Deliver Cells Into Living Animals
Sukanya Charuchandra | Jun 27, 2018 | 1 min read
The miniscule carriers successfully transported and released live cells at a particular location within living mice.
Image of the Day: Infection Imaging
The Scientist and The Scientist Staff | Mar 22, 2018 | 1 min read
A new technique could allow researchers to better understand bacteria-host interactions over the course of an infection.
Targeting Sodium Channels for Pain Relief
Catherine Offord | Jan 1, 2018 | 10+ min read
The race to develop analgesic drugs that inhibit sodium channel NaV1.7 is revealing a complex sensory role for the protein.
Infographic: A Painful Pathway
Catherine Offord | Dec 31, 2017 | 2 min read
Since the mid-2000s, the voltage-gated sodium channel NaV1.7 has emerged as a promising target for a new class of analgesics.
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