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Sep 24, 2015

How molecules are speedily transported into and out of the cell’s nucleus
Now, researchers at The Rockefeller University, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and the New York Structural Biology Center have identified the molecular mechanism that makes both swift and...
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09 2015

Sep 24, 2015

Naturally occurring 'GM' butterflies produced by gene transfer of wasp-associated viruses
To reproduce, braconid wasps lay their eggs inside caterpillars and inject a 'giant virus' named bracovirus to circumvent the caterpillars' immune response. Bracoviruses can integrate into the ...
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Sep 24, 2015

Virus re-engineered to deliver therapies to cells
The study reported today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences breathes new life into the field of targeted delivery, the ongoing effort to fashion treatments that affect disea...
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09 2015

Sep 24, 2015

Targeting DNA: Protein-based sensor could detect viral infection or kill cancer cells
This system can be customized to detect any DNA sequence in a mammalian cell and then trigger a desired response, including killing cancer cells or cells infected with a virus, the researchers ...
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09 2015

Sep 24, 2015

Building a biofuel-boosting Swiss Army knife
The team has done in a year what has taken millions of years to evolve. In the current issue of Plant Cell, they describe how they fabricated a synthetic protein that not only improves the asse...
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Sep 24, 2015

Scientists create rice variety with high folate stability
Essential nutrient
　　The human body is unable to make vitamin B9, better known as folate. Adults need approximately 400 microgram of folates per day to remain healthy, a number which is incre...
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09 2015

Sep 24, 2015

Proteins assemble, disassemble on command
The advance was made by researchers at Duke University and is the first time that scientists have reported the ability to create biological structures that are readily programmed to assemble an...
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09 2015

Sep 24, 2015

Fish 'backpack' advances underwater research
Graciela Unguez, professor of biology in the College of Arts and Sciences, presented the device at the international conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society in Italy ...
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09 2015

Sep 24, 2015

Physiologists uncover a new code at the heart of biology
The human body is made up of tens of trillions of cells. Each cell contains thousands of proteins, which determine how the cell should form and what functions it needs to perform. Proteins, in ...
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Sep 24, 2015

Ultrafast lasers offer 3-D micropatterning of biocompatible hydrogels
The work is reported in a paper in PNAS Early Edition published September 15 online before print: "Laser-based three-dimensional multiscale micropatterning of biocompatible hydrogels for custom...