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Nature-Inspired Approach Accelerates Folding of Cysteine-Rich Peptides for Drug Discovery

Certain types of peptides and microproteins for drug discovery research can be made more efficiently and quickly using a reaction solvent that helps mimic nature's way.

25 Mar 2024

U of T Researchers Develop Groundbreaking Platform for Protein-Based Disease Treatment

Researchers at the University of Toronto and Sinai Health have created a new platform to identify proteins that can be co-opted to control the stability of other proteins -; a new but largely unrealized approach to the treatment of disease.

25 Mar 2024

Cells Harvested From Urine May Have Diagnostic Potential for Kidney Disease

Genes expressed in human cells harvested from urine are remarkably similar to those of the kidney itself, suggesting they could be an important non-invasive source of information on the kidney.

20 Mar 2024

Targeting T Cell Metabolism to Boost Cancer Therapies

Recent findings from the lab of Jessica Thaxton, PhD, MsCR, in the UNC School of Medicine's Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, as well as associates in the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center's Immunotherapy Group, have provided new insights into T-cell metabolism that may improve immunotherapies that depend on T cells to combat cancer.

18 Mar 2024

Baby Gut Bacteria Found to Play Crucial Role in Immune Development

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have shown that certain bacteria invade the stomach soon after birth and produce serotonin, a neurotransmitter that helps teach gut immune cells.

18 Mar 2024

Investigating the Antibacterial Effects of T1-Spanin on Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

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13 Mar 2024

The Evolution of Plant Cell Analysis with RevGel-seq Technique

Plant cell analysis has been completely transformed by recent advances in single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA), such as the recently created “RevGel-seq” technique.

13 Mar 2024

uLIPSTIC Tool: Tracking Cell-to-Cell Interactions

Gaining an understanding of how various cell types cooperate to form tissues, organs, and organ systems is one of the main objectives of basic biology.

8 Mar 2024

New Research Supports Concept of "RNA World"

The Salk Institute’s most recent research offers new perspectives on the beginnings of life and strong evidence in favor of the RNA World theory.

5 Mar 2024

UC Davis Researchers Identify a Promising New Fungicide to Fight Devastating Crop Diseases

A promising new fungicide to fight devastating crop diseases has been identified by researchers at the University of California, Davis.

1 Mar 2024

Researchers Unveil a Key Gene with a Central Role in Learning and Memory Across Mammalian Brain Cells

Discoveries in mice could guide the quest for treatments aimed at addressing brain developmental disorders in children with SYNGAP1 gene mutations.

1 Mar 2024

Researchers Create Groundbreaking RNA and DNA Solutions to Shield Plants from Viral Attacks

Customized RNA or DNA molecules have been shown to effectively combat viral infections in plants, as demonstrated in a recent study conducted by Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and published in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

1 Mar 2024

Scientists Discover Dual Challenges in DNA Replication Process

Half a century ago, scientists Jim Watson and Alexey Olovnikov independently realized that there was a problem with how our DNA gets copied.

29 Feb 2024

Study unveils how our cells outsmart invaders without turning against us

The human immune system is a sophisticated network of cells and proteins created to defend against dangerous infections, and cells continuously repel invaders in a microscopic war raging inside human bodies.

29 Feb 2024

UMass Amherst Study Shows Promise in Retraining Immune Cells for Targeting Aplastic Anemia

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently released a first-of-its-kind study that focuses on the rare autoimmune disorder aplastic anemia to understand how a subset of cells might be trained to correct the overzealous immune response that can lead to fatal autoimmune disorders.

28 Feb 2024

Enzyme News and Research

Nature-Inspired Approach Accelerates Folding of Cysteine-Rich Peptides for Drug Discovery

U of T Researchers Develop Groundbreaking Platform for Protein-Based Disease Treatment

Cells Harvested From Urine May Have Diagnostic Potential for Kidney Disease

Targeting T Cell Metabolism to Boost Cancer Therapies

Baby Gut Bacteria Found to Play Crucial Role in Immune Development

Investigating the Antibacterial Effects of T1-Spanin on Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

The Evolution of Plant Cell Analysis with RevGel-seq Technique

uLIPSTIC Tool: Tracking Cell-to-Cell Interactions

New Research Supports Concept of "RNA World"

UC Davis Researchers Identify a Promising New Fungicide to Fight Devastating Crop Diseases

Researchers Unveil a Key Gene with a Central Role in Learning and Memory Across Mammalian Brain Cells

Researchers Create Groundbreaking RNA and DNA Solutions to Shield Plants from Viral Attacks

Scientists Discover Dual Challenges in DNA Replication Process

Study unveils how our cells outsmart invaders without turning against us

UMass Amherst Study Shows Promise in Retraining Immune Cells for Targeting Aplastic Anemia

Retrotransposon-Based PRINT Technique Holds Potential for Precise Gene Insertion

UV Pasteurisation Technology Brings Significant Savings to Dairy’s Energy Bill

Invasive Weed Could Be Turned into a Viable Economic Crop

Study Identifies Novel Enzyme Crucial for Bacterial Cell Wall Integrity

Telomerase's Double-Edged Sword: Preventing DNA Repair Mishaps

Expert Insights: HiMedia Labs on Advancing Nucleic Acid Extraction Across Industries

Quorum Bio: Where Synthetic Biology Meets Sustainable Farming

Diagnostic Biochips: Pioneering Brain Research Tools for the Future

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