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Mutant cells that can't copy DNA keep dividing when they shouldn't
Researchers at USC have developed a yeast model to study a gene mutation that disrupts the duplication of DNA, causing massive damage to...
Aug 10, 20152 min read
Powering the intracellular railway
Motor proteins power the internal logistics of all cells, and affect all aspects of the organism from the cellular right up to the whole...
Jun 25, 20156 min read
Scientists Create Synthetic Membranes That Grow Like Living Cells
Chemists and biologists at UC San Diego have succeeded in designing and synthesizing an artificial cell membrane capable of sustaining...
Jun 24, 20152 min read
Seeking rare cells
Christopher Love uses microscale technology to isolate rare cells, yielding insight into human disease. In a blood sample taken from a...
Jun 24, 20154 min read
Squares, triangles, circles: regardless of their form, bacteria can figure out where to split (... w
The E.coli bacterium, a very common resident of people’s intestines, is shaped as a tiny rod about 3 micrometers long. For the first...
Jun 22, 20153 min read
Argonne confirms new commercial method for producing medical isotope
The effort to secure a stable, domestic source of a critical medical isotope reached an important milestone this month as the U.S....
Jun 16, 20153 min read
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