Every cell in our bodies is shaped by its outer coating, or biomembrane. This incredible, naturally created nanostructure wraps the
Biosensor technologies to offer more effective approaches to disease treatment
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Chemists develop new blood test to quickly detect liver damage
Chemist Vincent Rotello at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, with colleagues at University College London (UCL), U.K., announce today that
A new guide for explorers of the submicroscopic world inside us: It will help unlock body’s secrets, aid in battling cancer and other diseases
Researchers from the University of Virginia have established new guidelines for scientists mapping out the body molecule by molecule to
Profiling the genome hundreds of variations at a time: A CRISPR-Cas9 high-throughput strategy creates the possibility to rapidly profile and identify genes and DNA sequence variations key to different traits and diseases
Geneticists have been using model organisms ranging from the house mouse to the single-cell bakers’ yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, to study
Diagnosing breast cancer with an imaging pill
For women, mammograms are a sometimes uncomfortable, but necessary, annual ritual. But this procedure doesn’t always provide accurate results, and
Nanomedicine: Drugs can be made ‘smarter’
A new method has been developed to make drugs ‘smarter’ using nanotechnology so they will be more effective at reaching
‘Scaffolding’ method allows biochemists to see proteins in remarkable detail: Technique that uses cryo-electron microscopy should help scientists better understand disease-causing proteins
UCLA biochemists have achieved a first in biology: viewing at near-atomic detail the smallest protein ever seen by the technique
Using water molecules to read electrical activity in lipid membranes
Every human cell is encased in a five-nanometer-thick lipid membrane that protects it from the surrounding environment. Like a gatekeeper,