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Protein Engineering
Protein Engineering: is the process of developing useful or valuable proteins. It is a young discipline, with much research taking place into the understanding of protein folding and recognition for protein design principles.
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AUG 26, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers created a phase diagram to describe how the components of a cell experience the cytoplasm in which they are ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 02, 2017Microbiology
Go-go-gadget phage-enhanced nanoparticles! Researchers at Rice University and the University of Science and Technology o ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUL 28, 2017Cancer
Broccoli, the polarizing cruciferous vegetable, is back in the headlines again. This time, researchers were inspired by ...JUL 22, 2017Cancer
Cancer cells evolved to have cunning strategies to protect themselves against the body’s defenses. One of these st ...JUL 17, 2017Cancer
Scientists are putting a target on cancer’s back, and immune cells are being trained to track down and kill that t ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 17, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Bisphenol A (BPA) is used frequently in food packaging, and it has gotten into our bodies. New research could help repla ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 11, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Mitochondria carry a small amount of their own DNA. If there are mutations in that DNA, they can cause serious disease.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 24, 2017Chemistry & Physics
On June 7, four workers were accidentally exposed to a large amount of nuclear fuel material at the Oarai Research and D ...Written By: Daniel DuanJUN 14, 2017Microbiology
An international team of researchers engineered a fungus to kill mosquitoes. Mosquitoes spread serious human dise ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUN 12, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists are taking a new approach in the fight against the flu. They have engineered a protein that acts to stop the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 11, 2017Microbiology
Cyanobacteria are everywhere in our environment, and researchers have now learned more about them, and a special microma ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 06, 2017Chemistry & Physics
Molecular motors are molecule-sized machines that are capable of transforming an energy source (chemical, light, heat, e ...Written By: Daniel DuanJUN 05, 2017Health & Medicine
Why can’t cardiac tissue repair itself? Maybe if Baylor College of Medicine scientists can figure it out, they can ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 03, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers hope to relieve the symptoms of severe allergies by targeting the overactive immune system instead of just t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 02, 2017Microbiology
Bacteria have huge potential as specialized factories that can synthesize precious molecules.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 31, 2017Immunology
Drug-resistant bacteria have made curing some infections challenging, if not nearly impossible. By 2050, it's e ...Written By: Invisiverse PuccioMAY 31, 2017Health & Medicine
Activating the body's own immune system to fight cancer is the goal of immunotherapy. It's less toxic ...Written By: Invisiverse PuccioMAY 25, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Water has many unique characteristics; scientists have now found another one.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 13, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
It has been known for some time that folic acid is vital to a healthy pregnancy, although researchers have been unsure e ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 10, 2017Neuroscience
Addiction, whether to drugs or alcohol, has its roots in the brain. Brain chemistry and activity is significantly altere ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 01, 2017Genetics & Genomics
The first low-cost, easy-to-use optogenetics hardware platform will let biologists who have little or no training in eng ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 17, 2017Microbiology
Researchers at MIT have reported a method they’ve developed for generating very high-resolution tissue sample imag ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 15, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
The expansion of bacterial colonies depends on the availability of sustenance, and when nutrients are good quality, micr ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 07, 2017Microbiology
Researchers at Rice University are putting bacteria to work as biosensors of gut inflammation. Gut inflammation i ...Written By: Kerry Evans
AUG 26, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers created a phase diagram to describe how the components of a cell experience the cytoplasm in which they are
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 02, 2017
Microbiology
Go-go-gadget phage-enhanced nanoparticles! Researchers at Rice University and the University of Science and Technology o
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUL 28, 2017
Cancer
Broccoli, the polarizing cruciferous vegetable, is back in the headlines again. This time, researchers were inspired by
...
JUL 22, 2017
Cancer
Cancer cells evolved to have cunning strategies to protect themselves against the body’s defenses. One of these st
...
JUL 17, 2017
Cancer
Scientists are putting a target on cancer’s back, and immune cells are being trained to track down and kill that t
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 17, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Bisphenol A (BPA) is used frequently in food packaging, and it has gotten into our bodies. New research could help repla
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 11, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Mitochondria carry a small amount of their own DNA. If there are mutations in that DNA, they can cause serious disease.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 24, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
On June 7, four workers were accidentally exposed to a large amount of nuclear fuel material at the Oarai Research and D
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JUN 14, 2017
Microbiology
An international team of researchers engineered a fungus to kill mosquitoes. Mosquitoes spread serious human dise
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUN 12, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists are taking a new approach in the fight against the flu. They have engineered a protein that acts to stop the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 11, 2017
Microbiology
Cyanobacteria are everywhere in our environment, and researchers have now learned more about them, and a special microma
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 06, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
Molecular motors are molecule-sized machines that are capable of transforming an energy source (chemical, light, heat, e
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JUN 05, 2017
Health & Medicine
Why can’t cardiac tissue repair itself? Maybe if Baylor College of Medicine scientists can figure it out, they can
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 03, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers hope to relieve the symptoms of severe allergies by targeting the overactive immune system instead of just t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 02, 2017
Microbiology
Bacteria have huge potential as specialized factories that can synthesize precious molecules.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 31, 2017
Immunology
Drug-resistant bacteria have made curing some infections challenging, if not nearly impossible. By 2050, it's e
...
Written By:
Invisiverse Puccio
MAY 31, 2017
Health & Medicine
Activating the body's own immune system to fight cancer is the goal of immunotherapy. It's less toxic
...
Written By:
Invisiverse Puccio
MAY 25, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Water has many unique characteristics; scientists have now found another one.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 13, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
It has been known for some time that folic acid is vital to a healthy pregnancy, although researchers have been unsure e
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 10, 2017
Neuroscience
Addiction, whether to drugs or alcohol, has its roots in the brain. Brain chemistry and activity is significantly altere
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 01, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
The first low-cost, easy-to-use optogenetics hardware platform will let biologists who have little or no training in eng
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 17, 2017
Microbiology
Researchers at MIT have reported a method they’ve developed for generating very high-resolution tissue sample imag
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 15, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
The expansion of bacterial colonies depends on the availability of sustenance, and when nutrients are good quality, micr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 07, 2017
Microbiology
Researchers at Rice University are putting bacteria to work as biosensors of gut inflammation. Gut inflammation i
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans