Biology
Scientists have identified how a hormone turns on a series of molecular switches inside the pancreas that increases production of insulin.
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A strain of genetically enhanced bacteria created recently may mean new drugs and new ways of manufacturing medicines.
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Scientists have discovered how an enzyme “knows” where to insert a double bond when desaturating plant fatty acids.
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Monica Borucki, a Lawrence Livermore National Lab scientist, has won a 1-year contract to study how to better determine a virus' origin.
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An ORNL invention able to quickly predict the three-dimensional structure of proteins could have huge implications for drug discovery.
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The "synthetic" chromosome permits rapid, on-demand "evolution" of yeast and is helping researchers better understand genomes.
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The images were gathered using a powerful imaging technique in combination with a new method for slicing cell samples.
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Kansas State University researchers have been collaborating on an international project involving genomes of a model plant species.
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Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered a molecular mechanism that allows a signal from the target to return to the cell body.
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New technology helps scientists find for the first time that cell temperatures in humans don't stick to the familiar 98.6 F norm.
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The delivery system for certain proteins in cells can be fully replicated with a mere three components, according to a new study.
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The University of Washington is one of eight institutions recently funded to revolutionize DNA sequencing.
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