How chromosomes shape up for cell division: Scientists reveal DNA loop formation mechanisms
Among the many marvels of life is the cell's ability to divide and thus enable organisms to grow and renew themselves. For ...
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Scientists Freeze Time to Capture DNA’s Hidden Unwinding Process
Scientists have finally captured footage of the microscopic machinery that allows our cells to copy DNA—a fundamental process ...
A Protein Borrowed From Tardigrades Could Give Us Radiation Body Armor
The strangely adorable and resilient tardigrade, or water bear, just might hold the key to making cancer treatment a lot more (water-) bearable. That’s because a team of researchers just found ...
Researchers identify promising drug candidates for previously “undruggable” cancer target
Researchers from the University of Bath have developed an irreversible inhibitor of the transcription factor cJun, which drives certain difficult-to-treat cancers.
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DNA origami suggests route to reusable, multifunctional biosensors
"That means it can fit 70 reporters on a single molecule and keep them away from the surface before binding ... large proteins. In the new paper, the team showed that the two short DNA strands ...