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New Synthetic Polypeptides Prevent Freezer Burn and Preserve Biological Medicines

Anyone who has experienced freezer burn knows that ice crystals can be a problem at low temperatures.

8 Oct 2025

Intergenerational Transmission of Exercise Benefits Mediated by Sperm MicroRNAs

n a recent study published in Cell Metabolism, a collaborative research team led by Chen-Yu Zhang, Xi Chen, and Di-Jun Chen from Nanjing University, together with Tao Zhang from Nanjing Medical University, reported groundbreaking findings in their paper entitled "Paternal exercise confers endurance capacity to offspring through sperm microRNAs."

7 Oct 2025

EZH2 Inhibition Restores Order in Cancer Cell Division and Reduces Metastasis

Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is one of the most aggressive and hardest forms of breast cancer to treat, but a new study led by Weill Cornell Medicine suggests a surprising way to stop it from spreading.

6 Oct 2025

Golden Broccoli Aptamer Enables Real-Time Measurement of Glycine

The amino acid glycine is an important neurotransmitter that regulates memory, reflex and brain development, and it may also be a biomarker for bacterial virulence.

6 Oct 2025

Understanding the Impact of Phytohormones on Plant Adaptation in Extreme Environments

Which plant hormones are critical in responding to drought conditions? How do plant hormone responses adjust to environmental changes?

3 Oct 2025

Hormones Activate Aggression Neurons in Mouse Mothers

A new study has found a system in the brain that explains why female mice, who are not normally aggressive, suddenly exhibit this behavior after becoming pregnant and giving birth.

3 Oct 2025

Human Kidney Organoids Offer New Insights into APOL1-Mediated Kidney Disease

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) impacts over 700 million individuals globally and arises from a combination of genetic and environmental influences, along with pre-existing health conditions.

3 Oct 2025

New Insights Into How Pathogens Build Protein Machinery for Survival in the Gut

A new study, led by researchers at the University of Liverpool, has revealed how pathogenic bacteria construct tiny protein-based compartments, known as Eut microcompartments, which enable them to digest ethanolamine - a nutrient commonly found in the gut.

3 Oct 2025

Scientists Derive Authentic Embryonic Stem Cells From Chickens and Other Birds

Egg whites may be perfect for a health-conscious breakfast, but egg yolks turned out to be the key ingredient for cultivating bird embryonic stem cells (ESCs) in the lab.

30 Sep 2025

Actin Scaffold Protects Cancer Cell Nuclei Under Mechanical Stress

Researchers from the Cluster of Excellence CIBSS have demonstrated that an actin scaffold stabilizes the cell nucleus upon mechanical stress.

30 Sep 2025

Scientists Discover Genetic Switch that Controls Candida's Toxin Production

The yeast fungus Candida albicans employs the toxin candidalysin not only to cause infections but also to inconspicuously colonize the oral mucosa—though only in precisely regulated amounts.

29 Sep 2025

Chromosome Zippers Rely on DNA Junctions to Safeguard Fertility

Every new life begins after a genetic shuffle. When organisms make eggs or sperm, maternal and paternal chromosomes pair up and swap pieces of DNA in a process called crossing over.

26 Sep 2025

RyR1-Mediated CICR Plays Minimal Role in Normal Skeletal Muscle Contraction

Researchers engineered mice with a mutation (E3896A) in the RyR1 calcium-binding site, eliminating calcium-induced calcium release (CICR) without affecting depolarization-induced calcium release.

26 Sep 2025

Study Reveals How Lymphatic Cells Preserve Immune Memory

A study published today in Nature Communications describes how lymphatic endothelial cells assist in generating robust immune memory, offering new insights into how the immune system functions.

26 Sep 2025

Protein Networks Expose New Therapeutic Targets for Alzheimer's

A recent study conducted by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai provides one of the most thorough insights to date regarding the interactions of brain cells in Alzheimer’s disease, illustrating protein networks that expose communication breakdowns and highlight potential new therapeutic avenues for treatment.

26 Sep 2025

Discovery Reveals Spinal Neurons as Active Players in Sexual Behavior

For decades, it was thought that while the brain orchestrated male sexual behavior – arousal, courtship, and copulation – the spinal cord merely executed the final act: ejaculation. But a study from the Champalimaud Foundation (CF) challenges that tidy division.

25 Sep 2025