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Showing posts with label Biochemistry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Biochemistry. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Researchers decipher mechanism that prevents the loss of brown adipose tissue activity during ageing

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From left to right, Tania Quesada-López, Francesc Villarroya, Albert Blasco-Roset, Marta Giralt, Alberto Mestres-Arenas, Joan Villarroya, Al...

UQ scientists uncover secrets of yellow fever

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Dr Summa Bibby Photo Credit: The University of Queensland University of Queensland researchers have captured the first high-resolution image...
Monday, November 3, 2025

Scientists Produce Powerhouse Pigment Behind Octopus Camouflage

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An octopus camouflages itself with the seafloor. UC San Diego scientists have discovered a new way to produce large amounts of xanthommatin,...

New switch for programmed cell death identified

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During the analysis work: Prof. Franz Hagn (left) and Dr. Umut Günsel Photo Credit: Astrid Eckert / TUM  In the fight against disease, progr...
Monday, October 27, 2025

Researchers decipher a mechanism that determines the complexity of the glucocorticoid receptor

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Above, from left to right, Pilar Montanyà-Vallugera, José Luis Torbado-Gardeazábal, Inés Montoya-Novoa and Montse Abella-Monleón. Below, fro...
Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Nanopore signals, machine learning unlocks new molecular analysis tool

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Illustration of voltage-matrix nanopore profiling. The artistic rendering depicts proteins (colored shapes) being analyzed by solid-state na...
Friday, October 17, 2025

In a surprising discovery, scientists find tiny loops in the genomes of dividing cells

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MIT experiments have revealed the existence of “microcompartments,” shown in yellow, within the 3D structure of the genome. These compartmen...
Thursday, October 16, 2025

The Many FACES of Lipid Research

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Subcellular lipid distributions (magenta) in mitochondria (green) revealed using FACES and super-resolution structure illuminated microscopy...
Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Why women's brains face higher risk: scientists pinpoint X-chromosome gene behind MS and Alzheimer's

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Image Credit: Scientific Frontline / AI generated New research by UCLA Health has identified a sex-chromosome linked gene that drives inflam...
Friday, October 10, 2025

Cholesterol-lowering drugs could reduce the risk of dementia

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Low cholesterol can reduce the risk of dementia, a new University of Bristol-led study with more than a million participants has shown. The ...
Thursday, October 9, 2025

Programmable proteins use logic to improve targeted drug delivery

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Therapies that are sensitive to multiple biomarkers could allow medicines to reach only the areas of the body where they are needed. The dia...
Tuesday, October 7, 2025

DNA nanospring measures cellular motor power

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Experimental design for the force measurement of KIF1A. An inert protein known as KIF5B serves as the anchor from which KIF1A pulls the nano...
Monday, September 29, 2025

Cell death in microalgae resembles that in humans

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Under the microscope, it is possible to see for the first time how microalgae undergo the same type of programmed cell death as animal cells...
Wednesday, September 24, 2025

Early changes during brain development may hold the key to autism and schizophrenia

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Photo Credit:  Michal Jarmoluk Researchers at the University of Exeter have created a detailed temporal map of chemical changes to DNA throu...
Friday, September 19, 2025

Possible breakthrough in the development of effective biomaterials

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Professor Dr. Shikha Dhiman from the Department of Chemistry of JGU Photo Credit: © Ankit Sakhuja When model cell membranes bind to biomater...
Monday, February 10, 2025

Purdue biochemists discover self-repair function in key photosynthetic protein complex

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Sujith Puthiyaveetil and Steve McKenzie look at a plant thylakoid in a lab at the biochemistry building at Purdue University. Photo Credit: ...
Sunday, February 9, 2025

Research Pinpoints Weakness in Lung Cancer’s Defenses

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A microscope image of lung cancer cells (purple) containing the activated form of a metabolic enzyme called GUK1 (brown) that supports cance...
Friday, February 7, 2025

Discovery of unexpected collagen structure could ‘reshape biomedical research’

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Jeffrey Hartgerink is a professor of chemistry and bioengineering at Rice. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Jeffrey Hartgerink / Rice University Co...

Spliceosome: How Cells Avoid Errors When Manufacturing Mrna

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Quality control during splicing: When an error in the precursor mRNA is detected, the spliceosome is blocked, the recruited control factors ...
Saturday, February 1, 2025

New light-tuned chemical tools control processes in living cells

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Jun Zhang, Laura Herzog and Yaowen Wu have found a way to control proteins in living cells. Photo Credit: Shuang Li A research group at Umeå...