Multiple sclerosis: Cell-catching implant helps identify successful treatment in mice
A sponge-like implant in mice has helped guide a treatment that slowed or stopped a degenerative condition similar to ...
High-speed microscopy reveals real-time protein translocation across a bacterial membrane
Protein translocation is an essential, nano-scale dynamic process that facilitates the movement of proteins across cellular ...
Cellular clean-up: Solving the mystery of how cells initiate their recycling process
A new discovery from an international collaborative research team has solved the mystery of how cells turn on their recycling ...
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Peering into the future of material characterisation
As someone whose PhD was in solid-state materials chemistry, and who spent a lot of time characterising those materials, the ...
HIV protein switch may help virus squeeze into host cell nucleus
Supercomputer simulations have revealed how changes in the shape of the HIV-1 capsid protein may help the virus squeeze its ...
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How to Detect Mycoplasmas in Your Cell Cultures
Mycoplasma contamination often comes from infected cultures shared between research labs. It can also sneak in through cell culture media and animal products used in cell culture. Even the lab team ...