Biology

Linking Additional Molecules to DNA Sequences with Desired Functions: A Simple and Affordable Method

Linking Additional Molecules to DNA Sequences with Desired Functions: A Simple and Affordable Method

The creation of novel medication classes based on DNA and RNA is progressing quickly. The COVID-19 mRNA vaccines are just one of many DNA/RNA-based medicines…
Alzheimer’s Disease Can Be Diagnosed Earlier Thanks to a Peptide “Fingerprint”

Alzheimer’s Disease Can Be Diagnosed Earlier Thanks to a Peptide “Fingerprint”

When proteins or peptides fold incorrectly (misfold), their spatial structure is altered, leading to neurodegenerative disorders including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. This is the outcome of…
SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Capture and Deactivation Medical Face Mask Membrane

SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Capture and Deactivation Medical Face Mask Membrane

Dibakar Bhattacharyya, Ph.D., and Rollie Mills, a Ph.D. student in his lab at the University of Kentucky, have assembled a team of scientists to create…
World Wine Drinkers, Rejoice! New Research Uncovers Solution to Billion-Dollar Issue

World Wine Drinkers, Rejoice! New Research Uncovers Solution to Billion-Dollar Issue

GTDs, also known as grapevine trunk diseases, are the misery of vineyard owners everywhere, causing more than $1.5 billion in annual economic losses as of…
New Marine Heatwave Global Predictions Predict Ecological and Economic Effects

New Marine Heatwave Global Predictions Predict Ecological and Economic Effects

Marine heatwaves sudden, noticeable spikes in ocean temperature that can have a significant impact on ocean ecosystems can now be projected globally with up to…
Researchers Discover the Mechanism behind the Development of Fruit and Seed in Flowering Plants

Researchers Discover the Mechanism behind the Development of Fruit and Seed in Flowering Plants

The world’s growers have a harder time producing food as a result of rising global temperatures and declining pollinator populations. This question is addressed in…
Research on Bacteria: Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide Storage via an Electron Highway

Research on Bacteria: Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide Storage via an Electron Highway

A team of microbiologists from Goethe University Frankfurt, lead by Professor Volker Müller, identified the uncommon enzyme hydrogen-dependent CO2 reductase HDCR in a bacteria that…
Studies Connect COVID-19 to the Sale of Wildlife at Chinese Markets and Find that Alternative Scenarios are Highly Improbable

Studies Connect COVID-19 to the Sale of Wildlife at Chinese Markets and Find that Alternative Scenarios are Highly Improbable

The COVID-19 epidemic, which has claimed 6.4 million lives since it started almost three years ago, was most likely caused by live animals sold at…
Researchers Create a Greener, More Effective Process for Making Next-Generation Antibiotics

Researchers Create a Greener, More Effective Process for Making Next-Generation Antibiotics

A technique for modifying one class of antibiotics has been devised by an international team of researchers using microscopic organisms that naturally manufacture these chemicals.…
The Targeted Transport of Molecules into Living Mammalian Cells Using a New Peptide System

The Targeted Transport of Molecules into Living Mammalian Cells Using a New Peptide System

The University of Bayreuth and the University of Bristol have created a novel peptide that is ideally suited for the targeted delivery of compounds, such…
According to New Research, Protein Components must Wiggle and Jiggle to Function Properly

According to New Research, Protein Components must Wiggle and Jiggle to Function Properly

Researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have looked at the atomic structure of proteins to contribute to the growing body of evidence showing proteins’…
More Species than Previously Thought are Threatened with Extinction, According to a Biodiversity Survey

More Species than Previously Thought are Threatened with Extinction, According to a Biodiversity Survey

Biodiversity is a complicated subject due to the millions of plant and animal species that are dispersed over all of the world’s biomes. To bring…
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