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Blood for all: Making universal blood through enzymes
Making universal blood. Image provided by Stephen Withers and David Kwan. Universal blood is an appealing notion because it could be transfused into anyone regardless of blood type. Researchers have...
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An unexpected finding in prehistoric bison bones
Cranial bone sample from Bison latifrons. On October 14, 2010, construction workers excavating a site for a reservoir dam near Snowmass Village in Colorado, stumbled across bones. The bones belonged to...
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Science runs in the family
Claes (left) and Henrik (right) Dohlman at a banquet honoring the elder Dohlman in 2010. Henrik Dohlman credits his father for being a major influence. Some scientists credit schoolteachers or...
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Super-fast spins hurt lipoproteins
Spinning lipoproteins extremely fast in ultracentrifuges may do more harm than good. Image from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beckman-Coulter_ultracentrifuge_XL-100K_-01.jpg Sometimes the...
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An artificial ribosome that doesn’t need to fall apart to work
By joining the RNA of the large and small ribosomal subunits into one molecule, researchers engineered a functional, tethered ribosome (Ribo-T). Ribo-T proves that reversible dissociation and...
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A rare horse disease has similarities with human neurodegenerative disorders
’Horse with chronic grass sickness, showing marked weight loss and narrow stance. Photo provided by Bruce McGorum. Each year in the U.K., about 2 percent of horses die from grass sickness. No one knows...
View ArticleMechanically gated channels help pollen during plant sex
Pollen, which consists of grains with the plant male gametes tucked inside, dries as it matures to increase its chances of survival. When carried over to neighboring plants, for example by insects or...
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Proteins get their own periodic table
An interactive periodic table of protein complexes. Image credit: EMBL-EBI / Spencer Phillips Much like Legos, proteins can come together in a number of ways to create complex structures. The various...
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New enzyme discovered in mammals
Mammals, there’s a new enzyme in town. In a paper just published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, scientists report the discovery of a new enzyme called glycerol-3-phosphate...
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Pedi for the cure: Alleviating ulcerative dermatitis in lab mice
A mouse having its nails trimmed. Photo credit: Sean Adams Many of us can attest to the rejuvenating effects of a manicure or a pedicure. The same applies to mice, as recently determined by Stanford...
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