ETH researchers have developed a new gene switch that can be activated using a commercially available nitroglycerine patch ...

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This important study demonstrates the potential of synthetic gene circuits to detect and target aberrant RAS activity in cancer cell lines. The circuit design is novel and the evidence supporting the ...

In addition to augmented cell survival, the PI3K/AKT signalling pathway directly amplifies contractility. [18] Thus, improved contractility through PI3K/AKT might be a possible explanation for the ...

Rice lab pioneers an assembly kit for synthetic sense-and-respond circuits in human cells. Rice University bioengineers have ...

On Wednesday at 3:10 p.m. the National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory valid from Thursday 4 a.m. until ...

A recent study published in eLife offers a new perspective on the development of Alzheimer’s disease, suggesting that the ...

The Trump administration’s assault on federal institutions and local funding is putting Philadelphia at risk of economic and ...

The receptors on the cell membrane are activated by binding of specific ligands, which triggers the signal cascade and enhances expression of downstream target genes, playing a role in bone metabolism ...

By targeting surface markers on cancer cells, engineered synthetic receptors expressed on immune cells can be directed to ...

The influenza A virus genome consists of eight segments of single-stranded, negative-sense viral RNA, which encode multiple ...

Scientists uncover an enzyme that boosts cancer cell metabolism to fuel growth. The enzyme, GUK1, supports metabolism in cancer cells to help tumors grow.