Original story from Penn State University (PA, USA). The molecular mechanisms driving honey bee fate have been revealed. Despite having identical genetic instructions, female honey bee larvae can ...

Original story from the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science (PA, USA). A toxic fungus has been transformed into a potent cancer-fighting compound. Penn-led researchers ...

Hormonal contraceptives are one of the most highly prescribed drug classes in the world. Despite their prevalence, research on how hormonal contraceptives impact the brain is lacking. Carina Heller ...

In this issue of BioTechniques, we present a comparison of methods for quantifying protein concentration over time, a novel method for storing large intact DNA molecules for extended periods of time ...

Reduction in mitochondrial activity in multiple sclerosis contributes to Purkinje cell loss. Researchers at the University of California, Riverside (CA, USA) have demonstrated the role mitochondrial ...

Original story from the National Research Council of Science & Technology (Sejong City, South Korea). A protein that plays a key role in mediating the health benefits of exercise has been discovered.

Autoimmune diseases are a group of disorders that cause the immune system to mistakenly attack healthy cells, tissues or organs. Central to the process are cytokines, which exhibit dual functionality ...

Jan Baumbach is the Director of the Computational Systems Biology Institute (CoSy.Bio) at the University of Hamburg (Germany). He’s also a professor at the University of Hamburg, a part-time professor ...

Autoimmune diseases represent a wide range of disorders affecting specific organs or the entire body, all characterized by the immune system’s misrecognition of self-antigens. These conditions arise ...

Autoimmune diseases are a group of diverse and complex disorders that arise from misrecognition of self-antigens by the immune system. These diseases can involve immune cells, cytokines and protein ...

Autoimmune diseases arise from a complex interplay of immune dysregulation, characterized by the loss of self-tolerance and chronic inflammation. Central to these processes are cytokines – soluble ...

Original story from the Swiss Federal Technology Institute of Lausanne (EPFL). A method for engineering ultra-selective aptamers for biomedical diagnostics and treatments has been developed. We have ...