Biochemistry Research News
April 27, 2024
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Apr. 24, 2024 — A new way of quickly distinguishing between illegal elephant ivory and legal mammoth tusk ivory could prove critical to fighting the illegal ivory trade. A laser-based approach could be used by customs worldwide to aid in the enforcement of illegal ...
Apr. 23, 2024 — Bioluminescence first evolved in animals at least 540 million years ago in a group of marine invertebrates called octocorals, according to the results of a new study. The study focuses on an ancient group of marine invertebrates that includes soft ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — New research has highlighted the profound link between dietary choices and brain ...
Apr. 18, 2024 — Researchers have identified a potential new treatment for persistent neurological symptoms of Lyme disease, commonly seen even after antibiotic use. The study found that fibroblast growth factor receptor inhibitors, previously studied in cancer, ...
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Apr. 26, 2024 — Fungal disease Fusarium head blight (FHB) is on the rise due to increasingly humid conditions induced by climate change during the wheat growing season, but a fundamental discovery could help reduce ...
Apr. 25, 2024 — Many surgeons remove the bursa when repairing rotator cuff injuries, but a new animal study suggests that the small tissue helps with ...
Apr. 25, 2024 — The results suggest that internal -- not external -- factors are the primary drivers of variation in the types of carbon yeasts can eat, and the ...
Apr. 25, 2024 — Scientists have successfully replaced half of the fishmeal protein in the diets of farmed Asian seabass with a 'single cell protein' cultivated from ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — The beginning of life is shrouded in mystery. While the intricate dynamics of mitosis is well-studied in the so-called somatic cells -- the cells ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — Their first vocalizations help young zebra finch males to memorize the songs of ...
Apr. 25, 2024 — Due to the changing climate, young herring arrive in the Wadden Sea earlier and earlier in ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — Researchers have created a new vaccine candidate to treat staph and MRSA ...
Apr. 11, 2024 — Researchers have discovered the neural circuitry in the spinal cord that allows brain-independent motor learning. The study found two critical groups of spinal cord neurons, one necessary for new ...
Apr. 25, 2024 — Chemokines are signalling proteins that orchestrate the interaction of immune cells against pathogens and tumors. To understand this complex network, various techniques have been developed to ...
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Apr. 25, 2024 — What happens in the body when we are hungry and see and smell food? A team of researchers has now been able to show in mice that adaptations in the liver mitochondria take place after only a few ...
Apr. 25, 2024 — Cichlid fishes exhibit differing degrees of curiosity. The cause for this lies in their genes, as reported by researchers. This trait influences the cichlids' ability to adapt to new ...
Apr. 25, 2024 — Mice lacking an olfactory system have had their sense of smell restored with neurons from rats, the first time scientists have successfully integrated the sensory apparatus of one species into ...
Apr. 25, 2024 — Our bodies are made up of trillions of different cells, each fulfilling their own unique function to keep us alive. How do cells move around inside these extremely complicated systems? How do they ...
Apr. 25, 2024 — How do birds fly in a coordinated and seemingly effortless fashion? Part of the answer lies in precise, and previously unknown, aerodynamic interactions, reports a team of mathematicians. Its ...
Apr. 25, 2024 — Researchers have developed a web-based platform that offers an unprecedented view of the human body at the cellular level. The aim is to create an invaluable resource for researchers worldwide to ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — Scientists are using artificial intelligence software to analyze plant root systems, laying out a protocol that can be applied to gather data on crop and model plant phenotypes (physical ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — Conditions such as diabetes, heart attack and vascular diseases commonly diagnosed in people with spinal cord injuries can be traced to abnormal post-injury neuronal activity that causes abdominal ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — Cells constantly navigate a dynamic environment, facing ever-changing conditions and challenges. But how do cells swiftly adapt to these environmental fluctuations? A new study is answering that ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — Researchers have made a breakthrough for evolutionary biology of the Solanaceae family, which includes peppers, potatoes and ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — Every cuckoo is an adopted child -- raised by foster parents, into whose nest the cuckoo mother smuggled her egg. The cuckoo mother is aided in this subterfuge by her resemblance to a bird of prey. ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — The single-celled organism Naegleria fowleri ranks among the deadliest human parasites. Researchers have now discovered viruses that infect this harmful microbe. Named Naegleriavirus, these belong to ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — The enzyme PI3K plays a critical role in cell migration. Scientists have long understood this function. But researchers have recently unveiled that a subunit of this enzyme also has the ability to ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — A new study sheds light on how parasites, often overlooked, can dramatically affect the balance between predator and prey populations. Researchers developed a groundbreaking mathematical framework ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — Researchers explain the genomic and developmental basis of the patagium, the thin skin membrane that allows some mammalian species to soar through the ...
Apr. 23, 2024 — Researchers describe the steps they took to manipulate DNA and proteins -- essential building blocks of life -- to create cells that look and act like cells from the body. This accomplishment, a ...
Apr. 23, 2024 — A research team has synthesized a lysin that during in vitro experiments targets bacteria responsible for producing odors in human ...
Apr. 23, 2024 — Palaeontologists have solved a hundred-year-old mystery of how some fossil frogs preserve their fleshy parts -- it's all down to their skin. Palaeontologists studied 45-million-year-old fossil ...
Apr. 23, 2024 — A new study has revealed breeding less-flatulent cows and restoring agricultural land could significantly reduce rising methane emission levels, which play a considerable role in climate ...
Apr. 22, 2024 — New study finds microbes may influence the taste of mustard ...
Thursday, April 25, 2024
- Food in Sight? The Liver Is Ready!
- Curiosity Promotes Biodiversity
- With Hybrid Brains, These Mice Smell Like a Rat
- Synthetic Droplets Cause a Stir in the Primordial Soup
- How Do Birds Flock? Researchers Do the Math to Reveal Previously Unknown Aerodynamic Phenomenon
- Advanced Cell Atlas Opens New Doors in Biomedical Research
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
- Artificial Intelligence Helps Scientists Engineer Plants to Fight Climate Change
- After Spinal Cord Injury, Neurons Wreak Havoc on Metabolism
- Cells May Possess Hidden Communication System
- Researchers Uncover 'parallel Universe' In Tomato Genetics
- Color Variants in Cuckoos: The Advantages of Rareness
- Giant Viruses Infect Deadly Parasite
- Researchers Unveil PI3K Enzyme's Dual Accelerator and Brake Mechanisms
- How Parasites Shape Complex Food Webs
- Scientists Unveil Genetics Behind Development of Gliding
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
- Researchers Create Artificial Cells That Act Like Living Cells
- Odor-Causing Bacteria in Armpits Targeted Using Bacteriophage-Derived Lysin
- Fossil Frogs Share Their Skincare Secrets
- No Bull: How Creating Less-Gassy Cows Could Help Fight Climate Change
Monday, April 22, 2024
- The Spiciness of Mustard May Depend on Soil Microbes
- AI Tool Creates 'synthetic' Images of Cells for Enhanced Microscopy Analysis
- Liquid Droplets Shape How Cells Respond to Change
- Scientists Discover the Cellular Functions of a Family of Proteins Integral to Inflammatory Diseases
- Switching Off the Light to See Better
- Protein Network Dynamics During Cell Division
- The Enemy Within: How Pathogens Spread Unrecognized in the Body
- Breakthrough Rice Bran Nanoparticles Show Promise as Affordable and Targeted Anticancer Agent
Friday, April 19, 2024
- 'Itinerant Breeding' In East Coast Shorebird Species
- Lemur's Lament: When One Vulnerable Species Stalks Another
- Surf Clams Off the Coast of Virginia Reappear -- And Rebound
- New Research Defines Specific Genomic Changes Associated With the Transmissibility of the Monkeypox Virus
- Light Show in Living Cells
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Thursday, April 18, 2024
- Why Can Zebrafish Regenerate Damaged Heart Tissue, While Other Fish Species Cannot?
- Octopus Inspires New Suction Mechanism for Robots
- When Thoughts Flow in One Direction
- Metabolic Health Before Vaccination Determines Effectiveness of Anti-Flu Response
- Marine Microbial Populations: Potential Sensors of the Global Change in the Ocean
- RNA's Hidden Potential: New Study Unveils Its Role in Early Life and Future Bioengineering
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
- Calorie Restriction Study Reveals Complexities in How Diet Impacts Aging
- Honey Bees Experience Multiple Health Stressors out-in-the-Field
- Probiotic Feed Additive Boosts Growth, Health in Poultry in Place of Antibiotics
- New Class of Antimicrobials Discovered in Soil Bacteria
- Mountain Chickadees Have Remarkable Memories. A New Study Explains Why
- Solving a Mini Mystery of Cell Division
- Marine Plankton Behavior Could Predict Future Marine Extinctions
- Plant Sensors Could Act as an Early Warning System for Farmers
- Dog Attacks on Mountain Tapirs Highlight a Growing Threat to Endangered Wildlife
- How Soil Microbes Survive in Harsh Desert Environments
- E-Tongue Can Detect White Wine Spoilage Before Humans Can
- Copper Beads in Pig Feed Reshape Swine Gut Microbiome
- Tracking a Protein's Fleeting Shape Changes
- Research Explores How a Father's Diet Could Shape the Health of His Offspring
- Making Crops Colorful for Easier Weeding
- Storks Fly With a Little Help from Their Friends
- Researchers Uncover Human DNA Repair by Nuclear Metamorphosis
- New Butterfly Species Created 200,000 Years Ago by Two Species Interbreeding
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
- Coral Reef Microbes Point to New Way to Assess Ecosystem Health
- Reproductive Success Improves After a Single Generation in the Wild for Descendants of Some Hatchery-Origin Chinook Salmon
- Real-Time Detection of Infectious Disease Viruses by Searching for Molecular Fingerprinting
- Older Males out-Compete Young Males Outside Breeding Pairs, Bird Study Shows
- New Tagging Method Provides Bioadhesive Interface for Marine Sensors on Diverse, Soft, and Fragile Species
- Florida Wildlife Corridor Eases Worst Impacts of Climate Change
- Biodiversity Is Key to the Mental Health Benefits of Nature
- Twisted Pollen Tubes Induce Infertility
- 'One Ring to Rule Them All': How Actin Filaments Are Assembled by Formins
- Can Animals Count?
- Newly Sequenced Genome Reveals Coffee's Prehistoric Origin Story -- And Its Future Under Climate Change
Monday, April 15, 2024
- Take It from the Rats: A Junk Food Diet Can Cause Long-Term Damage to Adolescent Brains
- How Tardigrades Can Survive Intense Radiation
- How Blue-Green Algae Manipulate Microorganisms
- Unlocking the 'chain of Worms'
- Millions of Gamers Advance Biomedical Research
- Green-to-Red Transformation of Euglena Gracilis Using Bonito Stock and Intense Red Light
- Researchers Resolve Old Mystery of How Phages Disarm Pathogenic Bacteria
- Even the Simplest Marine Organisms Tend to Be Individualistic
- Carbon Beads Help Restore Healthy Gut Microbiome and Reduce Liver Disease Progression
Friday, April 12, 2024
- Starving Cells Hijack Protein Transport Stations
- Team Demonstrates Miniature Brain Stimulator in Humans
- Cell's 'garbage Disposal' May Have Another Role: Helping Neurons Near Skin Sense the Environment
- Bonobos Are More Aggressive Than Previously Thought, Study Shows
- How Seaweed Became Multicellular
- Microbial Food as a Strategy Food Production of the Future
- Decoding the Language of Cells: Unveiling the Proteins Behind Cellular Organelle Communication
- Iconic Savanna Mammals Face Genetic Problems Due to Fences and Roads
- Innovative Antiviral Defense With New CRISPR Tool
- Africa's Iconic Flamingos Threatened by Rising Lake Levels
- Scientists Uncover a Missing Link Between Poor Diet and Higher Cancer Risk
Thursday, April 11, 2024
- Researchers Identify New Genetic Risk Factors for Persistent HPV Infections
- First Step to Untangle DNA: Supercoiled DNA Captures Gyrase Like a Lasso Ropes Cattle
- New Approach for Combating 'resting' Bacteria
- Genetic Underpinnings of Environmental Stress Identified in Model Plant
- Geobiology: New Placozoan Habitat Discovered
- Method to Extract Useful Proteins from Beer-Brewing Leftovers
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
- Ants in Colorado Are on the Move Due to Climate Change
- New Drug Prevents Flu-Related Inflammation and Lung Damage
- The Genesis of Our Cellular Skeleton, Image by Image
- Researchers Discover How We Perceive Bitter Taste
- Scientists Identify Pro-Aging 'sugar Signature' In the Blood of People Living With HIV