Protein therapies are often more potent and selective toward their biochemical targets than other types of drugs, particularly small molecules.
Earth has remained continuously habitable for billions of years partly due to luck, according to computer simulations of climate evolution for 100,000 randomly generated planets.
A conceptual framework for examining the role of novelty and innovation in evolution--and their differences--is the subject of a comprehensive article in the journal Biological Reviews, published Aug. 31, 2020.
When bacteria reproduce their chromosome pairs and the DNA contained within them must separate and then faithfully reproduce copies of themselves.
Utilizing X-ray imaging techniques, researchers at Penn State, MIT and cooperating institutions recently made a breakthrough in understanding the synthesis of thiostrepton, a powerful antibiotic with the potential to target even specific breast cancer cells.
Injecting patients with a gel that would dissolve over several months could replace the need to administer daily or weekly shots. But to make this possible, researchers first had to create a Jello-like substance that could defy one of the fundamental laws of nature.
Waiting to get care is dangerous, OHSU co-author emphasizes
A research team from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel reviews the different types of antibody tests for COVID-19, and their importance, in a January 2021 preprint of Cell Reports Medicine.
European eels have long fascinated biologists because of their complex life cycle and diverse habitats, ranging from above the polar circle to North Africa in the south, the Azores in the west to the Black Sea in the east.
A clinical trial of a drug that targets the interleukin 17 family of cytokines could lead to a preventive treatment for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in COVID-19.
What drove the explosion of diversity in an East African cichlid freshwater fish that radiated into more than 2,000 species in the last few million years?