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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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APR 22, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Could the epigenome provide a new avenue for gene therapies and guiding stem cell differentiation?
Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 20, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Fastening protein-based medical treatments to nanoparticles isn't easy.
With arduous chemistry, scientists ca ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 20, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
By combining two highly innovative experimental techniques, scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 16, 2015Cancer
Scientists have compiled some of the most sophisticated data yet on the elaborate signaling networks directing highly in ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 15, 2015Cancer
The human immune system is poised to spring into action at the first sign of a foreign invader, but it often fails to el ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 10, 2015Cardiology
Genetically engineered fibers of the protein spidroin, which is the construction material for spider webs, has proven to ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 08, 2015Immunology
Berkeley Researchers Report on CRISPR-Cas Surveillance Complex that Targets RNA.
A great deal of public atten ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 02, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A collaborative study between researchers from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Techno ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 02, 2015Genetics & Genomics
As a patient prepares to become the first in history to receive his own genetically engineered stem cells for sickle cel ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 27, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Traditionally, to understand how a gene functions, a scientist would breed an organism that lacks that gene - "knocking ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 24, 2015Earth & The Environment
Many strange creatures live in the deep sea, but few are odder than archaea, primitive single-celled bacteria-like micro ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 17, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Many animals, including humans, acquired essential ‘foreign' genes from microorganisms co-habiting their environment in ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 17, 2015Immunology
Researchers at the University of Arizona have discovered what causes and regulates collective cell migration, one of the ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 16, 2015Neuroscience
Researchers at MIT have developed a method to stimulate brain tissue using external magnetic fields and injected magneti ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 16, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at the University of Arizona have discovered what causes and regulates collective cell migration, one of the ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 13, 2015Chemistry & Physics
Researchers in Japan have created a protein that fluoresces and assembles into large crystals when placed inside a livin ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 12, 2015Plants & Animals
Their findings could help researchers engineer better cotton fibers, improve plant defense against insects, alter plant ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 11, 2015Neuroscience
A new study led by University of North Carolina School of Medicine researchers has found that a naturally-occurring prot ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 06, 2015Genetics & Genomics
When it comes to gene expression - the process by which our DNA provides the recipe used to direct the synthesis of prot ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 04, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientific debate has been hot lately about whether microbial nanowires, the specialized electrical pili of the mud-dwel ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 03, 2015Neuroscience
Highlighting a potential target in the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) and Alzheimer's disease, new research sugges ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 26, 2015Cancer
A study published in Science Translational Medicine showed that immune cells engineered to seek out and attack a type of ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 24, 2015Genetics & Genomics
There are some 1,900 locations in the human genome that produce microRNAs (miRNAs), the small and powerful non-coding mo ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 23, 2015Cardiology
The average heart beats 35 million times a year - 2.5 billion times over a lifetime. Those beats must be precisely calib ...Written By: Judy O'Rourke
APR 22, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Could the epigenome provide a new avenue for gene therapies and guiding stem cell differentiation?
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 20, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Fastening protein-based medical treatments to nanoparticles isn't easy.
With arduous chemistry, scientists ca ...
With arduous chemistry, scientists ca ...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 20, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
By combining two highly innovative experimental techniques, scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 16, 2015
Cancer
Scientists have compiled some of the most sophisticated data yet on the elaborate signaling networks directing highly in
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 15, 2015
Cancer
The human immune system is poised to spring into action at the first sign of a foreign invader, but it often fails to el
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 10, 2015
Cardiology
Genetically engineered fibers of the protein spidroin, which is the construction material for spider webs, has proven to
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 08, 2015
Immunology
Berkeley Researchers Report on CRISPR-Cas Surveillance Complex that Targets RNA.
A great deal of public atten ...
A great deal of public atten ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 02, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A collaborative study between researchers from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Techno
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 02, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
As a patient prepares to become the first in history to receive his own genetically engineered stem cells for sickle cel
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 27, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Traditionally, to understand how a gene functions, a scientist would breed an organism that lacks that gene - "knocking
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 24, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Many strange creatures live in the deep sea, but few are odder than archaea, primitive single-celled bacteria-like micro
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 17, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Many animals, including humans, acquired essential ‘foreign' genes from microorganisms co-habiting their environment in
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 17, 2015
Immunology
Researchers at the University of Arizona have discovered what causes and regulates collective cell migration, one of the
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 16, 2015
Neuroscience
Researchers at MIT have developed a method to stimulate brain tissue using external magnetic fields and injected magneti
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 16, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at the University of Arizona have discovered what causes and regulates collective cell migration, one of the
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 13, 2015
Chemistry & Physics
Researchers in Japan have created a protein that fluoresces and assembles into large crystals when placed inside a livin
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 12, 2015
Plants & Animals
Their findings could help researchers engineer better cotton fibers, improve plant defense against insects, alter plant
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 11, 2015
Neuroscience
A new study led by University of North Carolina School of Medicine researchers has found that a naturally-occurring prot
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 06, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
When it comes to gene expression - the process by which our DNA provides the recipe used to direct the synthesis of prot
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 04, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientific debate has been hot lately about whether microbial nanowires, the specialized electrical pili of the mud-dwel
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 03, 2015
Neuroscience
Highlighting a potential target in the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) and Alzheimer's disease, new research sugges
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
FEB 26, 2015
Cancer
A study published in Science Translational Medicine showed that immune cells engineered to seek out and attack a type of
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
FEB 24, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
There are some 1,900 locations in the human genome that produce microRNAs (miRNAs), the small and powerful non-coding mo
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 23, 2015
Cardiology
The average heart beats 35 million times a year - 2.5 billion times over a lifetime. Those beats must be precisely calib
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke