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New chromatin tracing method unlocks DNA looping process in high resolution

Among the many marvels of life is the cell's ability to divide and thus enable organisms to grow and renew themselves.

24 Mar 2025

Advanced imaging technique reveals how nuclear pores regulate molecular movement

Just as cities must carefully manage the flow of cars in and out of downtown, cells regulate the movement of molecules into and out of the nucleus.

22 Mar 2025

First molecular movie captures DNA unzipping at atomic level

Scientists at the University of Leicester have captured the first detailed "molecular movie" showing DNA being unzipped at the atomic level – revealing how cells begin the crucial process of copying their genetic material.

21 Mar 2025

Breakthrough study unveils mechanics of DNA unwinding

For the first time, scientists have witnessed the very moment DNA begins to unravel, revealing a necessary molecular event for DNA to be the molecule that codes all life.

19 Mar 2025

Study uncovers how transposons use telomeres for survival in bacteria

Transposons, or "jumping genes" – DNA segments that can move from one part of the genome to another – are key to bacterial evolution and the development of antibiotic resistance.

7 Mar 2025

Study unveils protein complex critical for sperm morphology

The human body is full of checks and balances that ensure correct growth, development, and function of all our different systems. Now, researchers from Japan have reported a newly discovered protein interaction that regulates sperm development.

3 Mar 2025

New AI model revolutionizes cell structure segmentation in microscopy

Identifying and delineating cell structures in microscopy images is crucial for understanding the complex processes of life.

26 Feb 2025

Advancing microscopy to capture protein orientation in 3D

Two heads are better than one, as the saying goes, and sometimes two instruments, ingeniously recombined, can accomplish feats that neither could have done on its own.

22 Feb 2025

ETH Zurich team uncovers mechanism behind microbubble drug delivery

ETH Zurich researchers have investigated how tiny gas bubbles can deliver drugs into cells in a targeted manner using ultrasound.

22 Feb 2025

Research reveals concerning links between fitness apps and disordered eating

With New Year resolutions in full swing and health tracking apps at our fingertips, new research reveals concerning links between health and fitness apps and disordered eating, body image concerns and excessive exercise.

20 Feb 2025

Protein shuttling mechanism enables bacteria to survive exposure to antibiotics

A Cornell University-led collaboration has uncovered the equipment that enables bacteria to survive exposure to antibiotics: a shuttling mechanism that helps a complex of proteins pump out a wide spectrum of antibiotics along with other physiological substrates from the cell.

13 Feb 2025

EMBL researchers reveal new structural insights into minor spliceosome function

In human cells, only a small proportion of the information written in genes is used to produce proteins. How does the cell select this information? A large molecular machine called the spliceosome continuously separates the coding and non-coding regions of our genes – and it's doing this even as you read these lines.

12 Feb 2025

Protein identified as key to preventing fat build-up and related diseases

Accumulation of fat molecules is detrimental to the cell. Researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine), have made a breakthrough in understanding how our cells manage to stay healthy by recycling important fat molecules.

11 Feb 2025

Neuroscientists discover how the brain corrects visual distortions during movement

Why do our mental images stay sharp even when we are moving fast? A team of neuroscientists led by Professor Maximilian Jösch at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) has identified a mechanism that corrects visual distortions caused by movement in animals.

10 Feb 2025

Collagen's structural diversity may be greater than previously believed, study suggests

Collagen, the body's most abundant protein, has long been viewed as a predictable structural component of tissues.

7 Feb 2025

Researchers achieve a promising breakthrough in bee insemination

Researchers from the University of Liège, as part of the FreezeBEE project, have achieved a promising breakthrough in bee insemination.

7 Feb 2025

New technology unlocks secrets of bacterial gene expression

How do bacteria - harmless ones living in our bodies, or those that cause disease - organize their activities? A new study, combining powerful genomic-scale microscopy with a technical innovation, captured which genes bacteria turn on in different situations and in different spatial environments.

6 Feb 2025