Zinc safety net missing in diabetes
U. MICHIGAN (US) — A protein that normally pitches in to help with blood sugar regulation shows its dark side in people with type 2 diabetes, forming dense clumps that shut down insulin-producing...
View ArticleSeventh, eighth bases of DNA identified
UNC CHAPEL HILL (US) — Researchers have discovered the seventh and eighth bases of DNA, adding to the original four basic units—adenine, guanine, thymine, and cytosine—and two more that were discovered...
View ArticleMouse mirrors severe form of autism
U. BUFFALO (US) — The first transgenic mouse model of a rare and severe type of autism is expected to improve understanding of the disorder and help researchers design more targeted treatments.The...
View ArticleCells chatter to overcome wimpy ‘dial-up’
EMORY (US) — For the first time, scientists have quantified the data capacity of a biochemical signaling pathway and found a surprise—it’s way lower than even an old-fashioned, dial-up modem.Just as...
View ArticleBrainy robot gets an ‘A’ in biology
VANDERBILT / CORNELL (US) — Engineers have demonstrated for the first time that a computer can take raw experimental data and solve a complex biological modeling problem from scratch.The research is...
View ArticleProtein folding lags in early Parkinson’s
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — According to a new study, the protein “clumping” that sets off Parkinson’s disease is the result of a slower folding rate.A team of researchers led by Basir Ahmad, a postdoctoral...
View ArticleProtein’s arm controls iron-sulfur cluster
RICE (US) —Scientists have learned how a protein that plays a role in diabetes, cancer, and aging uses entwined arm movements to control a potentially toxic payload of iron and sulfur.“We scrutinize...
View ArticleNanobubbles-chemo mix targets cancer
RICE (US) — Delivering chemotherapy drugs with nanobubbles is up to 30 times more deadly to cancer cells than traditional drug treatment, a new study shows.Researchers are developing new methods to...
View ArticleFriction may drag down protein folding
UC SANTA BARBARA (US) —Internal friction may play a more significant role in protein folding than previously thought.An international team of researchers has reported a new understanding of this...
View ArticleNano-origami: RNA folding in real time
STANFORD (US) — Optical tweezers and sub-nanoscale precision have allowed biophysicists to follow the process—and the consequences—of RNA folding in real time.In a soundproofed, vibration-stabilized,...
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