Items tagged with Molecule

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Using RNA to Reprogram to Another Cell Type Friday, April 17th, 2009 - 16:33:26 - Anuradha Menon For the past decade, researchers have tried to tweak cells at the gene and nucleus level to reprogram their identity. Now, working on the idea that... read more

New Way to See Single RNA Molecules in Cells Wednesday, April 8th, 2009 - 16:36:09 - Anuradha Menon Biomedical engineers have developed a new type of probe that allows them to visualize single ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecules within live cells more... read more

Promiscuous Antibody Targets Cancer Sunday, March 22nd, 2009 - 18:40:00 - Sarah Gingichashvili Researchers have challenged an old immunological dogma — that an antibody can bind to only a single target or antigen — by engineering an antibody to... read more

Galactic Dust Bunnies Contain Carbon Friday, March 13th, 2009 - 18:21:07 - Anuradha Menon Using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, researchers have found evidence suggesting that stars rich in carbon complex molecules may form at the center... read more

RNA Interference Suppresses Ovarian Tumor Thursday, February 12th, 2009 - 14:05:59 - Anuradha Menon Small RNA molecules can effectively keep ovarian tumors from growing and spreading in mice, according to a team of researchers from MIT, the Lankenau... read more

The Smallest Possible Switches Friday, January 23rd, 2009 - 14:27:29 - Anuradha Menon The smallest mechanical switch plus an electronic switch of a type never seen before. That’s how physicist Marius Trouwborst sums up the results of... read more

Nano 'Tractor Beam' Traps DNA Thursday, January 1st, 2009 - 10:36:36 - Anuradha Menon Using a beam of light shunted through a tiny silicon channel, researchers have created a nanoscale trap that can stop free floating DNA molecules and... read more

Researching Viral Powerful 'Molecular Motor' Sunday, December 28th, 2008 - 13:48:26 - Ehud Rattner Researchers have discovered the atomic structure of a powerful "molecular motor" that packages DNA into the head segment of some viruses during their... read more

Ancient Bacteria Attacks Cystic Fibrosis Wednesday, December 17th, 2008 - 10:03:44 - Anuradha Menon MIT researchers have found that the pigments responsible for the blue-green stain of the mucus that clogs the lungs of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients... read more

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