Serotonin transporter structure revealed
At a Glance Researchers determined the 3-D structure of the serotonin transporter and visualized how 2 common antidepressants interact...
Scientists unveil the ‘most clever CRISPR gadget’ so far...
For all the hoopla about CRISPR, the revolutionary genome-editing technology has a dirty little secret: it’s a very messy business....
Gene-editing surges as US rethinks regulations Committee begins study to guide oversight of modified
The industry that has blanketed more than 181 million hectares of the world’s farmland with genetically modified (GM) crops is in the...
CRISPR: Transformative and Troubling
A researcher, seen through a window, prepares DNA in a laboratory at the Bioaster Technology Research Institute in Lyon. (Photo: Robert...
Zika virus structure revealed
At a Glance The Zika virus surface is similar to that of dengue and related viruses at the near-atomic level, researchers found, but with...
Newly Discovered Hormone Explains Neonatal progeroid syndrome (NPS) Disease
Patients with neonatal progeroid syndrome lack a glucose-releasing hormone, while people with insulin resistance have an abundance. ...
Tumor-Shrinking Triple-Helices
A braided structure and some adhesive hydrogel make therapeutic microRNAs both stable and sticky. MicroRNAs (miRs) are small, noncoding...
Viral ‘fossils’ in our DNA may help us fight infection
You are up to 8% virus, at least as far as your genome is concerned. Up to 100,000 pieces of ancient viral DNA live among our genes, yet...
Advances in Immunotherapy: Tackling CAR T-cell Therapy Resistance
In a study published in the AACR’s journal Cancer Discovery in December, a team of researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine and...
Eat This, Not That: The Problem with Superfoods Reporting
Pop quiz! What’s the fruit proven to prevent ulcers, diabetes, and obesity, that also decreases your blood pressure? If you guessed...
