Tuberculosis, caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), is the world's deadliest single-agent infection, ...
A research team led by UMass Amherst has developed two new techniques to significantly speed up the search for effective ...
A small change in acidity can transform the world around us. A squeeze of lemon changes the taste of food. Vinegar preserves ...
Synthetic cell SpudCell, the first built from non-living components by University of Minnesota synthetic biologists Kate ...
A jellyfish no wider than a dime can do something human skin cannot. When its surface is torn, the wound can close in minutes ...
David Baker’s research team at the Institute for Protein Design has unveiled a new technique for sequestering membrane ...
Scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center, working with other U.S. researchers, have uncovered the structure of a key cell membrane protein in a bacterial model for Chlamydia trachomatis, the cause ...
The basis for the selective activity of saponins across organisms, and for plant self-resistance during their biosynthesis and storage, is not fully understood. Here, we show that membrane sterol ...
In this important study, the authors conducted extensive atomistic and coarse-grained simulations as well as a lattice Monte Carlo analysis to probe the driving force and functional impact of ...
Cell membranes are dynamic structures that protect cells while constantly adapting to environmental change. For years, their behavior seemed to contradict basic physical laws linking structure and ...
Using catalytic chemistry, researchers at Institute of Science Tokyo have achieved dynamic control of artificial membranes, enabling life-like membrane behavior. The work is published in the Journal ...