A team of German researchers created a new multimodal system for rapid, noninvasive in vivo skin cancer screening is presented, combining optical coherence tomography (OCT) and optoacoustic (OA) modalities to provide precise tumor depth determination with a Raman spectroscopic modality capable of detecting the lesion type and, thus, providing diagnostic capability.
“DNA makes RNA makes protein”? After transcription, mRNAs undergo a series of ‘post‐transcriptional’ regulatory processes to be finally translated into functional proteins. Changes in these regulatory processes are important driving forces underlying the evolution of phenotypic differences across different species.
In their article published in BioEssays, Masahide Oku and Yasuyoshi Sakai present three distinct types of microautophagy.
A simple optical imaging technique for biomarker analysis for critical diseases.
A new inhibitor of glutamate transporter enzymes can be turned ‘on’ and ‘off’ using different wavelengths of light.
This non-viral CRISPR-Cas9 delivery vector is ten times as effective at genome modification as the standard plasmid transfection techniques, down-regulating Plk1 expression over 70% to inhibit tumor growth.
A smart cell-targeting approach for potential use in specific cell ablation.
A 3D imaging approach that enables prolonged functional assessment of the mouse oviduct (or fallopian tube) in vivo.
Discussing the historical roots of the stem cell concept and the definition generally adopted today.
Ribosome production is a considerable energy investment for the cell—rRNAs and ribosomal proteins (RPs) are among the most abundant classes of RNAs and proteins—and their production must, therefore, be synchronized temporally and stoichiometrically to ensure efficient ribosome assembly.
Titanium-based metamaterial unlocks strength beyond nature
An anti-inflammatory peptide may hold the key to low-back pain relief
Materialism matters: The role of philosophy in science
Researchers uncover a fundamental driver behind osteoarthritis
Ibuprofen’s effect on red blood cells: A prickly affair
Quantum entanglement visualized for the first time ever
The dramatic story behind general relativity’s Nobel Prize snub
How the brain protects itself from the negative effects of CBD
New anti-aging ingredient pulled from medicinal herb
Scientists discover breakthrough light-matter hybrid