J ohn Moult remembers the time he was floored by an algorithm. Moult, one of the organizers of the Critical Assessment of Protein Structure Prediction (CASP) competitions and a computational biologist ...
This past year, we explored a lot of new cell biology research—from cancer to plants to microbes, and more! It’s hard to believe what can fit in a year. Yet as we say goodbye to 2025, we want to take ...
Scientists have transformed enigmatic cell structures, called vaults, into storage units for messenger-RNA molecules made in ...
The lab has developed ultra-small DNA nanodevices that can function inside living cells, illuminating biological processes.
Synthetic biology holds promise but requires careful oversight to ensure that its development causes minimal to no harm, according to experts. This discipline aims to apply engineering principles to ...
There are hundreds of cell types in the human body, each with a specific role spelled out in their DNA. In theory, all it ...
Scientists have uncovered a new way embryonic cells divide when conventional mechanisms fail. Cell division underpins all ...
For successful cell division, chromosomal DNA needs to be packed into compact rod-shaped structures. Defects in this process can lead to cell death or diseases like cancer. A new study has shown how ...
Many winners of the annual Lasker Awards have gone on to win a Nobel Prize in medicine or other fields. Lucy Shapiro of Stanford University was honored for her 55-year career investigating how ...
The human cell is a miserable thing to study. Tens of trillions of them exist in the body, forming an enormous and intricate network that governs every disease and metabolic process. Each cell in that ...
Researchers at Colorado State University have determined how to use artificial intelligence to modify antibodies so they act ...
REDWOOD CITY — For the past decade, Dr. Priscilla Chan and her husband Mark Zuckerberg have focused part of their philanthropy on a lofty goal — “to cure, prevent or manage all disease” — if not in ...