Gene editing and many other useful biotechnology tools came from studies of bacteria fighting off viral invaders. But ...

The research indicates that the limitations on the size of proteins has been a crucial trigger in the development of life ...

We created novel artificial cells by encapsulating a riboswitch-gene fusion with wheat germ extract in liposomes. These ...

However, all such sensors reported to date are based on prokaryotic cell-free systems and therefore do not function well at room temperature. There are also problems with riboswitch design that ...

Edited by Wilfred van der Donk, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL; received November 27, 2024; accepted February 21, 2025 ...

What Is B-Cell Lymphoma? B-cell lymphoma is a cancer that forms in your white blood cells called lymphocytes. These cells are made by your lymphatic system, which plays an important role in immunity.

This was a mighty challenge. The cells kept dying. Paleontologist Kyoko Hagino of Kochi University tried for twelve years until she finally cracked it with a cousin of the original organism.

The 2005 finding of cells and blood vessels in dinosaur bone launched a systematic search for fossil remnants of biomolecules, creating innovations in methods and applications. Jasmina Wiemann is ...

Working with mouse cells, the researchers developed a conversion method that is highly efficient and can produce more than 10 neurons from a single skin cell. If replicated in human cells, this ...