In the treatment of tumors, microenvironment plays an important role. It often contains immune cells that are so changed that they promote tumor growth. Scientists have introduced a method by which ...

(Phys.org)—Sodium ions are key regulators in cellular processes. The fluids in cells, whether it is water, blood plasma, or nutrients, are regulated by the sodium concentration in cells. If scientists ...

The fluorescent light-up aptamer RhoBAST, which binds and activates the fluorophore–quencher conjugate tetramethylrhodamine-dinitroaniline with high affinity, super high brightness, remarkable ...

A type of novel molecular voltage sensor makes it possible to watch nerve cells at work. The principle of the method has been known for some time. However, researchers at the University of Bonn and ...

Nucleic acids have been actively applied to various sensing tools and future biodevices because of their high biocompatibility, as well as their programmable properties and functions. In this review, ...

A type of novel molecular voltage sensor makes it possible to watch nerve cells at work. The principle of the method has been known for some time. However, researchers have now succeeded in ...

When cancer cells migrate through the body, they navigate by chemically and mechanically sensing their environment. Recently, researchers have begun to focus on mechanical sensing, hoping to intervene ...

Protein kinases are enzymes that transfer a phosphoryl group to serine, threonine, or tyrosine side chains of a target protein, thereby changing its activity. Dysregulation of protein kinases has been ...

The gold standard for nucleic acid detection uses PCR to amplify the nucleic acid followed by gel electrophoresis or fluorescent label for detection. As such, PCR is not suitable for in situ ...

There is a war going on to win over the hearts and minds of molecular biologists: Radioactive isotopes-long the gold standard for tagging and later detecting RNA and DNA strands- are being challenged ...