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Frog Egg Extracts Illuminate the Untangling Mechanism of DNA Knots

Research reveals how G-quadruplex DNA structures are untangled, highlighting a role for RNA in genome stability and potential cancer therapy strategies.

13 Jun 2025

Base Editing Breakthrough Brings Hope for Genetic Disease Treatment

You may have seen it in the news recently: a baby in Pennsylvania with a rare genetic disorder was healed with a personalized treatment that repaired his specific genetic mutation.

5 Jun 2025

Exploring the Metabolic Pathways of Cancer Cells

Research from the University of Cincinnati reveals how the MYC oncogene alters PRPS enzymes, impacting redox homeostasis and lymphoma progression.

30 May 2025

Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents Enhance Yield and Antibacterial Activity of Zanthoxylum bungeanum

NADES treatments significantly boost essential oil yield and antibacterial activity in Zanthoxylum bungeanum, offering a natural solution to food contamination.

23 May 2025

Compression Drives Aggressive Behavior in Liver Cancer Cells

Yale researchers are providing new insights into how physical forces, such as cells being compressed in physically restrictive environments, play key roles in cancer progression.

21 May 2025

Novel Molecule Inducing Ferroptosis for Metastatic Cancer Therapy

Scientists from Institut Curie, the CNRS, and Inserm have just created a novel class of molecules capable of destroying cancer cells that are resistant to current treatments and cause recurrence.

8 May 2025

Key Regulators of Mutant Huntingtin Protein in Neuronal Transport

Ten years ago, researchers from the University at Buffalo provided some insight into a long-standing neuroscience conundrum: How precisely does Huntington's disease result from a mutation in the huntingtin protein (HTT)?

6 May 2025

Lipid Peroxidation in Lysosomes Unleashes Ferroptosis in Tumors

The duplication and division of cells is critical to keeping all multicellular organisms alive. But the opposite process is equally important: cell death.

2 May 2025

The Future of Chicken? Scientists Grow Whole Cuts in a Bioreactor

This research introduces a hollow fiber bioreactor for cultured chicken meat, optimizing tissue engineering with enhanced perfusion and structural integrity.

25 Apr 2025

Researchers Create DNA Editing Technique to Improve Lactobacillus Strains

A Kobe University team was able to edit the DNA of Lactobacillus strains directly without a template from other organisms.

24 Apr 2025

New Protein Identified as Regulator of Mitochondrial Calcium Transport

Calcium transport into and out of mitochondria – the powerhouses of cells – is central to cellular energy production and cell death.

9 Apr 2025

QRICH1 Protein Found to Control T Cell Activation in Cancer and Autoimmune Diseases

In a study of the immune systems of mice, scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have found a new role for a protein, QRICH1, which could become a target for drugs to dial up or down the activation of T cells to fight cancers and autoimmune diseases.

9 Apr 2025