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Tag: proteins
Researchers successfully reverse aging — in a lab dish
The team is "very excited" about the findings.
Scientists manage to keep proteins ‘alive’ outside cells
The discovery paves the way for advanced materials that have the same functionality as living organisms.
Just two days of night-shift alter the activity of more than 100 blood proteins
Night workers beware.
Cosmonaut blood reveals that our immune systems grind to a halt in space
This is definitely Not Good™.
What is gluten and why some people have gluten intolerance
Gluten Morgen!
Cells nudge each other with proteins when moving to keep your body in one piece
Knowing how cells coordinate could let us improve healing speeds and fight cancers.
Sea slugs can’t remember their dreams — and here’s why you can’t, either
At least we have notebooks to write them down. Sea slugs? Not so much.
Bad news for cancer cells — your immune system immunity has been revoked
Scientists discovered how cancerous cells hide from immune system -- and how to make them targets again.
Research team grows “dinosaur legs” on a chicken for the first time
Researchers have manipulated the genome of chicken embryos so that they develop dinosaur-like bones in their lower legs.
Evolution selects the most effective genes — even by a hundredth of a percent
A new study measuring the forces that shape bacterial genomes determined that a difference in efficiency of hundredth of a ...
Key findings help unravel journey from inanimate chemistry to life
In the beginning, the Earth's surface was a lifeless, hot, but chemically rich place. In these harsh conditions, the first ...
Magnets could help make less foamy beer
There isn't a less dreaded sight in any respectable bar than a beer bottle gushing foam. It's not the bartender's ...
