For the first time, the structure of a DNA enzyme complex implicated in infertility and cancer has been obtained using cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM). A collaboration of researchers, led by ...

University of Cincinnati Cancer Center researchers looked billions of years into the past to learn more about the potential future of precision medicine. Led by first author Bibek R. Karki and senior ...

Researchers have found a way to trap telomerase, the enzyme cancer cells rely on for endless division, in a stalled and ...

Researchers at the University of Basel have repurposed a natural enzyme so that it catalyzes a highly challenging chemical reaction. Their approach opens new possibilities for synthesizing complex ...

Today's nearly $70 billion U.S. biofuels economy is powered by two technology toolboxes. Biochemical technologies—used to produce around 17 billion gallons of ethanol annually—leverage microorganisms ...

A metabolic enzyme found in the support cells surrounding tumors may hold the key to predicting which cancer patients will ...

A central question in molecular biology is how cells protect their chromosomes from damage during repeated cell division. At ...

Microtubules, the dynamic filaments that form the cell's internal scaffolding, have long been viewed as mere passive ...

Researchers discovered a kinase-driven phosphorylation switch that activates DNA packaging machinery, aligning nucleosomes at ...

Desert microbes yield enzymes with potential to improve pharmaceutical bioprocessing efficiency and resilience.