Autoimmune diseases represent a wide range of disorders affecting specific organs or the entire body, all characterized by the immune system’s misrecognition of self-antigens. These conditions arise ...

Reduction in mitochondrial activity in multiple sclerosis contributes to Purkinje cell loss. Researchers at the University of California, Riverside (CA, USA) have demonstrated the role mitochondrial ...

Hormonal contraceptives are one of the most highly prescribed drug classes in the world. Despite their prevalence, research on how hormonal contraceptives impact the brain is lacking. Carina Heller ...

Original story from the National Research Council of Science & Technology (Sejong City, South Korea). A protein that plays a key role in mediating the health benefits of exercise has been discovered.

You enjoyed the 2024 reading list so much that we’re back with another! This time, we’re still asking you to look within – but with slightly wider parameters, think outside the box and step into the ...

In this issue of BioTechniques, we present a comparison of methods for quantifying protein concentration over time, a novel method for storing large intact DNA molecules for extended periods of time ...

Jan Baumbach is the Director of the Computational Systems Biology Institute (CoSy.Bio) at the University of Hamburg (Germany). He’s also a professor at the University of Hamburg, a part-time professor ...

Resilin – an insect protein that exhibits multi-stimuli-responsive behavior and is known for its outstanding resilience – makes a promising candidate for constructing an antibacterial surface to ...

Autoimmune diseases are a group of disorders that cause the immune system to mistakenly attack healthy cells, tissues or organs. Central to the process are cytokines, which exhibit dual functionality ...

Rakesh Jain (left) is the Andrew Werk Cook Professor of Radiation Oncology at Harvard Medical School (MA, USA) and the Director of the Edwin L. Steele Laboratories for Tumor Biology at Massachusetts ...

What’s new in biotech? Here is some of the latest biotech industry news, including products, partnerships and appointments. Read about the collaborations that are providing access to advanced imaging ...

A fluorescent probe for visualizing the signaling dynamics in metastatic cancer cells has been developed. A research team at the University of Turku (Finland), led by Johanna Ivaska and James Conway, ...