A team has investigated how a protein of the dynamin family deforms the inner mitochondrial membrane. The results also shed…
Designer proteins form wires and lattices on mineral surface
This research is a fundamental discovery of how to engineer proteins onto non-biological surfaces. Artificial proteins engineered from scratch have…
Neural sleep patterns emerged at least 450 million years ago
Researchers have found that neural signatures in sleeping zebrafish are analogous to those of humans, suggesting that the brain activity…
Repair of aged tissue can be enhanced by inhibiting signals from neighboring cells
Researchers have discovered how regenerative capacity of intestinal epithelium declines when we age. Targeting of an enzyme that inhibits stem…
Cancer killing capability of lesser-known immune cells
Researchers have identified, for the first time in esophageal cancer, the cancer killing capability of a lesser-known type of immune…
Getting to zero malaria cases in Zanzibar
New research suggests that a better understanding of human behavior at night — when malaria mosquitoes are biting — could…
Scientists discover previously unknown subtypes of liver cells in health and disease
The cellular composition of the liver is incompletely understood. Researchers have created a comprehensive map of all cell types in…
In UK’s third largest city intervention program helps reduce childhood obesity
Childhood obesity has reached epidemic proportions, and continues to rise globally, particularly for children living in poverty. But Leeds, England…
Impaired learning linked to family history of Alzheimer’s
Adults with a first-degree relative with Alzheimer’s disease perform more poorly on online paired-learning tasks than adults without such a…
How the mosquito immune system fights off the malaria parasite
A new study describes the way mosquito immune systems fight malaria parasites using various waves of resistance. The study could…