If nonliving materials can produce rich, organized mixtures of organic molecules, then the traditional signs we use to ...

Scientists have uncovered a previously unknown type of molecular motion inside DNA-based droplets: instead of spreading randomly, guest molecules advance in an organized wave. This surprising ...

For more than a century, fossils meant bones, shells and the occasional imprint of a leaf. Now, a wave of research is showing ...

Open the Youtube video Biology has always been an unruly science. Cells divide when they want to. Genes switch on and off ...

Cells use the genetic information contained in DNA to generate proteins, which carry out many of the processes of life. RNA is the intermediate molecule; it is transcribed from DNA, then edited, ...

Scientists decoded basic molecular processes in metabolism, investigated premenstrual chocolate cravings, and figured out how ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich.---In the quest for new approaches to treating and preventing disease, one appealing route involves turning genes on or off at will, directly intervening in ailments such as cancer and ...

William Bentley receives funding from the National Science Foundation, the US Department of Agriculture, and the Department of Defense (the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, DTRA). Gregory Payne ...

Drawing on rich natural product resources, the field of small molecules is rapidly developing in China. Here, Yongjun Dang, director of the newly established Center for Novel Target and Therapeutic ...

Application of single-molecule methods to assay genome-wide mRNA and protein levels in single bacteria provides a systems-level view of their relationship. In biology, working with large samples of ...

Small Molecules Mimic Natural Gene Regulators Date: June 4, 2009 Source: University of Michigan Summary: In the quest for new approaches to treating and preventing disease, one appealing route ...