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Need for Better Characterized Genomes for Clinical Sequencing Mar. 1, 2016 Challenges in benchmarking difficult, but clinically important regions of the genome have been reported. The results underscore the need to extend benchmarking references against which sequencing ... read more A New Way to Stretch DNA Mar. 1, 2016 Researchers have recently developed a new way to controllably manipulate materials, in this case biomolecules that are too small to see with the naked eye. By stretching molecules like DNA and ... read more Female Fertility Is Dependent on Functional Expression of the E3 Ubiquitin Ligase Itch Feb. 29, 2016 Protein ubiquitination is known to result in its proteasomal degradation or to serve as a signal for tissue-specific cellular functions. Here it is reported that mice with a mutant form of the E3 ... read more Cell Biology: Nuclear Export of Opioid Growth Factor Receptor Is CRM1 Dependent Feb. 29, 2016 The opioid growth factor receptor (OGFr) interacts with a specific opioid growth factor ligand (OGF), chemically termed [Met5]-enkephalin, to maintain homeostasis in a wide variety of normal and ... read more Making Better Enzymes and Protein Drugs Feb. 29, 2016 Natural selection results in protein sequences that are only soluble to the level that is required to carry out its physiological function. However, in biotechnological applications, we need these ... read more Feb. 29, 2016 The development of every animal in the history of the world began with a simple step: the fusion of a spermatozoon with an oocyte. Despite the ubiquity of this process, the actual mechanisms through ... read more Preventing Protein Unfolding Feb. 26, 2016 A computational model shows that polymers can reinforce proteins to prevent them from unfolding under mechanical ... read more Feb. 26, 2016 There is no treatment for infection with the dangerous hantavirus. Scientists have now identified the three-dimensional structure of a hantavirus protein that is essential for replication of the ... read more Researchers Find Association Between Oral Bacteria and Esophageal Cancer Feb. 26, 2016 Researchers have found a bacterial species responsible for gum disease, Porphyromonas gingivalis, is present in 61 percent of patients with esophageal squamous cell ... read more Proofreading Molecules Tug on RNA to Ensure Protein Production Accuracy Feb. 25, 2016 Scientists have discovered how two enzymes play a critical role in ensuring quality control during splicing. In a new study, they found these molecules most likely apply physical tension to RNA to ... read more Feb. 25, 2016 A research group has identified a Pac-Man-like enzyme called 'Trimmer' involved in the generation of a class of small RNAs, which protect the genome of germ cells from unwanted genetic ... read more Feb. 25, 2016 New genetic tools have identified links between early establishment traits and biomass yield in Miscanthus. This marker-assisted selection technique could save years of waiting for Miscanthus plants ... read more Feb. 25, 2016 Bioengineers have tweaked Escherichia coli genes so that they pump out thebaine, a morphine precursor that can be modified to make painkillers. The genetically modified E. coli produces 300 times ... read more Ancient Chimpanzee Adam Lived Over One Million Years Ago, Research Reveals Feb. 25, 2016 Researchers compare human male - and female- line genealogies with those of our closest animal ... read more Feb. 24, 2016 Researchers have found the molecular marker -- a pattern in the plant's natural DNA -- for calcium in potatoes. This will save time in breeding high-quality, high-calcium potatoes that resist ... read more Simpler Technique Yields Antibodies to a Range of Infectious Agents Feb. 24, 2016 An innovative means of investigating membrane proteins produced by a pair of highly pathogenic organisms has been the focus of recent study. The research team showed that DNA-based genetic ... read more Feb. 24, 2016 Just like other crops, trees can also be genetically modified in order to introduce new, useful characteristics. Although such trees offer many socio-economic and environmental benefits, complex and ... read more Stress Wakes Up Sleeping Herpes Viruses but How? Feb. 24, 2016 Hiding their DNA genome inside the nucleus of the infected cells, the herpes viruses establish a lifelong infection in humans, and they are known to reactivate in response to different kinds of ... read more Feb. 24, 2016 A new visual readout method to count individual nucleic acid molecules within a sample can be performed by any cell-phone camera, report ... read more Social Sunbathing in the Mint-Sauce Worm Feb. 24, 2016 Self-organizing social behavior in the so-called plant-animal, a 'solar-powered' species of marine flat worm that gains all its energy from the algae within its own body, has been ... read more

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