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The discovery of the 2.5-million-year-old Taung Child skull marked a turning point in the study of human brain evolution.
Present in every tissue of the body, ubiquitin appears to be involved in a dizzying array of functions, from cell cycle and division to organelle and ribosome biogenesis, as well as the response to viral infection. The protein plays at least two role
Is printing out your own lab equipment, molecular models, and drug compounds the wave of the future?
Microscopic sponges made entirely of RNA enable efficient gene silencing.
Synthetic biologists harness software to design genes and networks.
Making macrophages in atherosclerotic plaques digest spent organelles instead of dying may help keep plaques stable.
More than simply helping haul out a cell’s garbage, ubiquitin, with its panoply of chain lengths and shapes, marks and regulates many unrelated cellular processes.
With persistence and pluck, Leslie Vosshall managed to snatch insect odorant receptors from the jaws of experimental defeat.
Critics point out that cell therapy has yet to top existing treatments. Biotech companies are setting out to change that—and prove that the technology can revolutionize medicine.
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