In several disease conditions, including infections and cancers, innate immune activation and nutrient scarcity occur ...

The former dean of medicine and biological sciences was awarded the Walsh McDermott Medal for his lifelong dedication to ...

The protein, reverse transcriptase, has become an essential tool for making DNA copies of RNA.

The success of a transplant from a patient with only one copy of the protective gene might be a one-off, but may also allow ...

Ribosomes, the protein factories of the cell, are essential for all living organisms. They bind to mRNA and move along the ...

Hyperthermophilic archaea are true survival experts. They thrive in boiling hot springs and deep-sea vents—environments ...

New tools that create ultra-precise maps of our tissues are transforming our ability to diagnose and cure once-fatal ...

For example, naïve T cells increase in size before undergoing a burst of proliferation, while liver and fat cells enlarge or contract in response to nutrient availability. In these cases, size changes ...

Biochemistry is the study of the structure and function of biological molecules such as proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates and lipids. Biochemistry is also used to describe techniques suited to ...

In a study published in the journal Nucleic Acid Research, a research team at Karolinska Institutet has performed a ...

Inside the cell reside many tiny assembly factories and warehouses that gather together all of the proteins and RNAs-which ...

A Yale research team has created a new imaging technique that reveals the hidden connections between aging, disease, and ...