3+ week, 2+ day ago   (221+ words) Mirage News All living things have a fleet of tiny copy machines that turn instructions from DNA into RNA, the molecules responsible for helping build proteins that keep organisms alive. One of those nanoscale machines, called eukaryotic RNA polymerase II,…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (485+ words) Scientists have found how phages, viruses that infect bacteria, orchestrate an explosion of protein modifications inside host cells that helps them evade the bacteria's immune systems As antimicrobial resistance grows around the world, novel therapies to counter it become increasingly…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (220+ words) In this new study, Afek's team sought to characterize where in the genome repair enzymes succeed and where they are less effective. To do this, they developed a chip with thousands of short DNA molecules attached to it, all carrying…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago   (612+ words) Research has shed intriguing new light on the genetics underlying the diverse plant organ shapes we see in agriculture and nature. Despite more than a century of scientific investigation into the role of inner and outer tissues, there is still…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (483+ words) Policymakers and scientists from Egypt, Kenya, Morocco, Pakistan and the UK gathered in London for a mutual policy learning exercise on the regulation of biotechnology with potential to improve hunger and food security. Professor Cristóbal Uauy director of the John…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (417+ words) To survive in the human bloodstream, the African trypanosome parasite wears a "cloak" made of proteins known as a variant surface glycoprotein (VSG). The study, published in Nature Microbiology, identifies the protein that allows the parasite to fine-tune this "cloak…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (470+ words) In their landmark 1961 paper of the lac operon, Nobel laureates François Jacob and Jacques Monod speculated that RNA might control gene activity in bacteria through base-pairing interactions. But once protein transcription factors were discovered, the idea was tossed aside. Sixty…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (748+ words) When you reach into a bucket of ice, step outside on a snowy day, or feel the tingle of menthol toothpaste, a protein in your nerve cells called TRPM8 springs into action, opening like a tiny gate to send a "cold…...