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Researchers investigate key component in bacteria

September 19, 2019 0 Comments Bacteria, Biology, Biotechnology, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Cell Biology, Genetics, Microbiology, Molecular Biology

A protective protein that detects newly-made incomplete protein chains in higher cells is found to have a relative in bacteria. There, the protein also plays a central role in quality control which ensures that defective proteins are degraded. The functional mechanism of these Rqc2 proteins must therefore have already existed several billion years ago in the so-called last universal common ancestor. Scientists have experimentally investigated the bacterial Rqc2 relative's function.

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Scientists develop technique to observe radiation damage over femtoseconds

September 19, 2019 0 Comments Biology, Chemistry, Gene Therapy, Genetics, Medical Imaging, Molecular Biology, Nature of Water, Organic Chemistry, Vitamin D

Scientists have developed a technique to observe how radiation damages molecules over time-frames of just one quadrillionth of a second — or a femtosecond.

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Using unconventional materials, like ice and eggshells, as scaffolds to grow tissues

September 18, 2019 0 Comments Biology, Biotechnology, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Genetically Modified, Genetics, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Veterinary Medicine

Researchers explore recent efforts to use everyday materials like ice, paper, and spinach as tissue scaffolds. These unconventional materials, they argue, are more functional, more sustainable, and less expensive, as well as being available around the globe and applicable to many areas of biomedical research.

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Studying proteins moving (relatively) slowly

September 18, 2019 0 Comments Biology, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Cystic Fibrosis, Human Biology, Molecular Biology, Pharmaceuticals, Pharmacology

Proteins keep our organs functioning, regulate our cells and are the targets for medications that treat a number of diseases, including cancers and neurological diseases. Proteins need to move in order to function. But, because the technology they used to watch proteins doesn't allow it, scientists still know very little about such motions at speeds slower than a nanosecond. That changed last month.

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Scientists construct energy production unit for a synthetic cell

September 18, 2019 0 Comments Biochemistry, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Cell Biology, Human Biology, Immune System, Materials Science, Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry, Stem Cells

Scientists have constructed synthetic vesicles in which ATP, the main energy carrier in living cells, is produced. The vesicles use the ATP to maintain their volume and their ionic strength homeostasis. This metabolic network will eventually be used in the creation of synthetic cells – but it can already be used to study ATP-dependent processes.

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A Matter of concentration

September 17, 2019 0 Comments Biology, Biotechnology, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Cell Biology, Cloning, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology

Researchers are studying how proteins regulate the stem cells of plants.

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Environmental toxin produced by algae may lead to ALS

September 17, 2019 0 Comments Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Chronic Illness, Genes, Genetics, Human Biology, Molecular Biology

A computer generated-simulation allowed researchers to see how a toxin produced by algal blooms in saltwater might cause Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).

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Synthetic cells capture and reveal hidden messages of the immune system

September 17, 2019 0 Comments Biology, Biotechnology, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Immune System, Lymphoma, Medical Topics, Molecular Biology, Stem Cells

New research is highly relevant to how antibodies are made in response to infections, vaccines and in autoimmunity due to the its analysis of a signal that is associated with hyper IgM syndrome, a genetic deficiency of CD40 ligand (CD40L) that results in profound immunodeficiency.

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How nitrogen-fixing bacteria sense iron

September 17, 2019 0 Comments Bacteria, Biology, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Cell Biology, Fungus, Molecular Biology, Organic, Soil Types

New research reveals how nitrogen-fixing bacteria sense iron – an essential but deadly micronutrient. The findings are an important piece in the puzzle of how life deals with iron, a nutrient it cannot do without but one it must also avoid having in excess.

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Short-term study suggests vegan diet can boost gut microbes related to body weight, body composition and blood sugar control

September 17, 2019 0 Comments Biotechnology, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Diabetes, Diet and Weight Loss, Fitness, Food, Molecular Biology, Obesity

New research suggests that a 16-week vegan diet can boost the gut microbes that are related to improvements in body weight, body composition and blood sugar control.