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Membrane Transport Protein
Membrane Transport Protein: is a membrane protein involved in the movement of ions, small molecules, and macromolecules, such as another protein, across a biological membrane.
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NOV 04, 2024Genetics & Genomics
In cells, there is a careful coordination of activity among molecules. Genes have to be expressed in the right cells at ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 17, 2024Genetics & Genomics
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Energy can come at a cost. In the body, as energy is produced in our cells, those essential chemical reactions also gene ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 28, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Protein production is essential for life; cells use DNA to transcribe active genes into RNA sequences, and ribosomes tra ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 24, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Some rare genetic disorders impair a critical molecule that has to be replaced, or serious disease or disability will oc ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 15, 2021Neuroscience
Cholesterol levels in the brain tightly regulate the production of amyloid-beta plaques in the brain, a key feature of A ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 28, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Though originally thought of as strictly a waste disposal system, extracellular vesicles (EVs) have been shown to have m ...MAY 21, 2021Chemistry & Physics
An engineering team from The University of Austin has collaborated with international scientists to develop a process th ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 28, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Glioblastoma is a very aggressive and lethal form of brain cancer that responds poorly to chemotherapy in children and a ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 27, 2020Microbiology
We have to share the world with microbes; they can grow almost anywhere, from hydrothermal vents deep in the sea, to the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 07, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Red blood cells are the most abundant type of cell in the blood. They contain a protein called hemoglobin and have incre ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 26, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have discovered something very unusual about a protein that is thought to be important to the development of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 14, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Molecular machines are small chemical structures that are capable of achieving mechanical tasks that's similar to th ...Written By: Daniel DuanAUG 29, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
"I like to call it 'the Chernobyl effect' -- you've turned the reactor on and now you can't turn it off," said senior au ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
NOV 04, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
In cells, there is a careful coordination of activity among molecules. Genes have to be expressed in the right cells at
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 17, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have found a link between manganese deficiency and both inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and increased inflam
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 11, 2023
Microbiology
There are some bacteria that researchers are very familiar with. Some of them are common environmental microbes with str
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 10, 2023
Microbiology
A few years ago, scientists discovered that a species of bacteria called Geobacter carried an appendage that could condu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 02, 2023
Microbiology
Nature has designed some spectacular micromachines, such as the flagella that propel bacterial cells, or microbial injec
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 18, 2023
Drug Discovery & Development
According to the American Cancer Society, breast cancer accounts for 30% of newly diagnosed invasive cancers in women. I
...
Written By:
Greta Anne
JAN 06, 2023
Immunology
T cells are a major component of the adaptive immune system, which forms a kind of memory of the pathogens it reacts to.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 21, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Over six million people have Parkinson's disease, and more are diagnosed every day. The neurodegenerative disease is cha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 08, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
Cystic fibrosis (CF) affects over 100,000 people worldwide and is caused by one of several known mutations in the CFTR (
...
Written By:
Anusha Naganathan
OCT 03, 2022
Microbiology
Microbial growth is everywhere. So can we use it to our benefit? Using the Caulobacter crescentus bacterium, researchers
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 04, 2022
Microbiology
Cells use oxygen when they generate energy, a process that's similar in most organisms. But scientists have found that i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 22, 2021
Microbiology
Though treatments are available, there is no cure or vaccine from HIV, which impacts about 38 million people worldwide.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 10, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Energy can come at a cost. In the body, as energy is produced in our cells, those essential chemical reactions also gene
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 28, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Protein production is essential for life; cells use DNA to transcribe active genes into RNA sequences, and ribosomes tra
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 24, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Some rare genetic disorders impair a critical molecule that has to be replaced, or serious disease or disability will oc
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 15, 2021
Neuroscience
Cholesterol levels in the brain tightly regulate the production of amyloid-beta plaques in the brain, a key feature of A
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 28, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Though originally thought of as strictly a waste disposal system, extracellular vesicles (EVs) have been shown to have m
...
MAY 21, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
An engineering team from The University of Austin has collaborated with international scientists to develop a process th
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 28, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Glioblastoma is a very aggressive and lethal form of brain cancer that responds poorly to chemotherapy in children and a
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 27, 2020
Microbiology
We have to share the world with microbes; they can grow almost anywhere, from hydrothermal vents deep in the sea, to the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 07, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Red blood cells are the most abundant type of cell in the blood. They contain a protein called hemoglobin and have incre
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 26, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have discovered something very unusual about a protein that is thought to be important to the development of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 14, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Molecular machines are small chemical structures that are capable of achieving mechanical tasks that's similar to th
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
AUG 29, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
"I like to call it 'the Chernobyl effect' -- you've turned the reactor on and now you can't turn it off," said senior au
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch