Revolving doors and efficient engines: How proteins escape a molecular tangle

Trying to untangle a knot in a mess of strings can be frustrating and time-consuming. But not so for molecular ...

Hormonal chain reaction may shed light on the causes of reproductive disorders

Researchers at the University of Ottawa and the Institute of Hydrobiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have discovered a new role for reproductive hormone secretoneurin (SN) and, for the first ...
University of California

Rewriting the story of estrogen

For example, right before females ovulate — when estrogen reaches its peak — they tend to be more physically active. The ...

Embryo epigenome follows universal physical rules, reshaping views of early cell fate

The development of an embryo is one of the most fundamental processes in biology. Early in this process, it is determined ...

Sweet discovery rewrites understanding of how our bodies store sugar

WEHI researchers have discovered a never-before-seen mechanism our bodies use to regulate sugar, in findings that rewrite the ...