Medical research

Human cells building 'molecular highways' captured for first time

Researchers at the Center for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona and the Spanish National Cancer Research Center (CNIO) in Madrid have captured the world's first high-resolution images of the earliest moments of microtubule ...

Neuroscience

How a highly unstable protein may lead to neurodegeneration

EPFL scientists have reproduced key features of pathological protein aggregates found in the brain of patients with Lou Gehrig's disease and other neurological diseases, providing insight into the underlying mechanism and ...

Medical research

Protein may protect against neurodegenerative diseases

Cells translate their genetic material at rapid rates with exquisite precision to reproduce, repair damage or even combat disease. But the process can deregulate and give rise to disease. Byproducts of errant processes can ...

Immunology

Immune cells cast nets to save us from harm

Our immune cells can undergo a spectacular form of cell death, using their own DNA to make nets that kill infectious microbes. Now for the first time, advanced microscopy techniques have allowed scientists to visualise details ...

Medical research

Detailed picture of how myoV 'walks' along actin tracks

A new study in the Journal of General Physiology uses state-of-the-art fluorescence microscopy to provide a striking 3-D picture of how class V myosins (myoV) "walk" along their actin track.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Scientists reveal how 35B5 antibody neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 Omicron

Since November 2021, the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron has spread expeditiously all over the world and gradually superseded the previous attention-capturing the SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOCs). The Omicron variant harbors more ...

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