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Understanding the dynamics of amyloids is crucial to treat Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases

Even though specific amyloids are found to have a biological function, the formation of amyloids is often linked to Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases.

5 Aug 2020

How sweet-taste perception changes with age

Compared with adults, children are less sensitive to the sweet taste and need 40% more sucrose for them to detect the taste of sugar, a new study found.

4 Aug 2020

Study sheds new light on core regulatory networks that govern cell types in vertebrates

The FANTOM Consortium has shed new light into the main regulatory networks that govern the types of cells found in different vertebrate species.

29 Jul 2020

Gym equipment found to contain high levels of antibiotic-resistant pathogens

According to a study 43% of Staphylococcus bacteria harboring on exercise equipment in university gyms was resistant to ampicillin.

27 Jul 2020

New technology can speed up drug development for tuberculosis

A novel technology that integrates machine learning and high-throughput imaging could accelerate drug discovery to fight tuberculosis (TB).

27 Jul 2020

Evaluating the impact of sugary and acidic drinks on tooth enamel

Using atomic force microscopy, researchers have quantitatively assessed the effect of sugary and acidic drinks on human tooth enamel at the nanoscale level.

23 Jul 2020

Newly discovered protein could be an important target to prevent prostate cancer metastases

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have discovered that the protein BRD4 could be an important new target to prevent castration-resistant prostate cancer metastases.

21 Jul 2020

Researchers map non-coding, 'functional' genome in maize during early development

Growth and development of all organisms depends on coordinated regulation of gene expression in time and space, and this is largely controlled by non-coding sequences in the genome.

8 Jul 2020

Genome study opens pathway toward sustainable edible seaweed

Since the 1980s, in seaweed farms dotted along the coastline of the subtropical islands of Okinawa, farmers have cultivated the edible brown alga.

26 Jun 2020

Super-resolution technology helps visualize DNA replication in single human cells

DNA replication is a process of critical importance to the cell, and must be coordinated precisely to ensure that genomic information is duplicated once and only once during each cell cycle.

26 Jun 2020

Stem cell model sheds new light on neurodegeneration process

A new study published today in Neuron led by The New York Stem Cell Foundation Research Institute's Valentina Fossati, Ph.D., creates astrocytes - an integral support cell in the brain - from stem cells and shows that in disease-like environments, these normally helpful cells can turn into neuron-killers.

2 Jun 2020

Morphology News and Research

Understanding the dynamics of amyloids is crucial to treat Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases

How sweet-taste perception changes with age

Study sheds new light on core regulatory networks that govern cell types in vertebrates

Gym equipment found to contain high levels of antibiotic-resistant pathogens

New technology can speed up drug development for tuberculosis

Evaluating the impact of sugary and acidic drinks on tooth enamel

Newly discovered protein could be an important target to prevent prostate cancer metastases

Researchers map non-coding, 'functional' genome in maize during early development

Genome study opens pathway toward sustainable edible seaweed

Super-resolution technology helps visualize DNA replication in single human cells

Stem cell model sheds new light on neurodegeneration process

Genetic 'memory' of ancestral homelands helps organisms adapt to environmental change

Protein modification may cause long-term consequences

Def gene essential for maintaining liver homeostasis and regeneration capacity

A ‘virtual embryo’ for unprecedented single-cell studies

Researchers use ultrasensitive protein detection method to evaluate embryo quality

New correlative, 3D, super resolution imaging platform reveals unexpected findings in mammalian cells

Understanding bipolar disorder and its potential future developments

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