Medical

Mechanisms for Autophagy Autophagy is a tightly regulated pathway with an important housekeeping role, allowing cells to eliminate damaged or harmful components through catabolism and…

A Novel Therapy against Malaria Youyou Tu from China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine used a compound from a traditional herbal medicine to tackle the…

Innate Immunity Innate (natural) immunity is so named because it is present at birth and does not have to be learned through exposure to an…

Prion Diseases Prion Diseases comprise several conditions. A prion is a type of protein that can trigger normal proteins in the brain to fold abnormally.…

Ion Channel Each living cell is surrounded by a membrane which separates the world within the cell from its exterior. In this membrane there are…

Regulation of Cholesterol Metabolism Cholesterol is an extremely important biological molecule that has roles in membrane structure as well as being a precursor for the…

MGE: Mobile Genetic Elements Mobile genetic element broadly any genetic element capable of moving itself, with or without duplication, from one site in a genome…

Dendritic Cell and Its Role in Adaptive Immunity Dendritic cells (DCs) are a heterogenous population of antigen-presenting cells that have crucial roles in promoting both…

IVF: In Vitro Fertilization In Vitro Fertilization or IVF is a complex series of procedures used to treat fertility or genetic problems and assist with…

HIV: Human Immunodeficiency Virus Human Immunodeficiency Virus is a virus that attacks the immune system, the body’s natural defense system. Without a strong immune system,…

Cell Mediated Immune Defence or Response The immune system distinguishes two groups of foreign substances. One group consists of antigens that are freely circulating in…

Split Genes or Interrupted Genes Split Genes is a gene that when transcribed results in pre-mRNA containing exons interrupted by introns. Splicing is generally performed…