- Nano-Biotechnology
- By Tudor Vieru
- August 20th, 2009
Experts Learn to Control Proteins with Light
This could lead to breakthroughs in treating cancer
- Health
- By Tudor Vieru
- August 19th, 2009
How Meningitis Passes the Blood-Brain Barrier
How it leaves the bloodstream has been a mystery thus far
- Nano-Biotechnology
- By Tudor Vieru
- August 18th, 2009
Artificial Molecules Protect Cells Against HIV
They mimic the shape and structure of proteins
- Microbiology/Genetics
- By Tudor Vieru
- August 16th, 2009
New Methods to Inhibit Viral Replication Created
They rely on specific proteins
- Microbiology/Genetics
- By Tudor Vieru
- August 16th, 2009
New Stem Cell Gene Splicing Method Created
It works best for human embryonic stem cells
- Behavior/Humans
- By Tudor Vieru
- August 16th, 2009
Early Risers Wake Up Faster Due to Genetic Mutations
They are efficient only after a few hours of sleep
- Microbiology/Genetics
- By Tudor Vieru
- August 14th, 2009
How the Genome Protects Itself from Intruders
A specific enzyme triggers an alarm signal
- Microbiology/Genetics
- By Tudor Vieru
- August 14th, 2009
How Molecules Dictate Superstructural Arrangements
Scientists find how mirror-image molecules gain control over each other
- Microbiology/Genetics
- By Tudor Vieru
- August 14th, 2009
Experts Cure Patients Blind from Birth
They can now see lights
- History
- By Tudor Vieru
- August 13th, 2009
DNA Test Reveals Neanderthals Could Sense Bitter Tastes
They were like us in most aspects pertaining to taste
- Health
- By Tudor Vieru
- August 12th, 2009
New Treatment Annihilates Multiple Sclerosis
It completely cured mouse models in the lab
- Nano-Biotechnology
- By Tudor Vieru
- August 11th, 2009
Scientists Create Nanowire Structures that Operate as Nerve Cells
They are made of silicon nanowires enclosed in a cell-like membrane
- Microbiology/Genetics
- By Tudor Vieru
- August 10th, 2009
Experts Devise Counterintuitive Method of Producing iPS
It annihilates a genetic pathway thought essential against cancer
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- August 10th, 2009
How Birds Know When Spring Comes
Proteins are responsible for this ability
- Microbiology/Genetics
- By Tudor Vieru
- August 6th, 2009
Establishing the Architecture of HIV
It also plays an important role in infections
- Microbiology/Genetics
- By Tudor Vieru
- August 6th, 2009
Premature Aging May Be Caused by Unstable Proteins
Especially those synthesized int the cellular mitochondria
- History
- By Tudor Vieru
- August 1st, 2009
T. Rex Proteins Survive for 68 Million Years
The finds have been backed by an independent group