First Cells

First Cells

Aug 21, 2017 | Non classé

Videos of forming embryonic blood vessels reveal the presence of unusual cells and the unexpected role of a well-known gene in creating blood 14.08.2017 The early heart tube of a chick embryo: Cardiac and endothelial cells are made visible by specifically expressing...
Nanomaterials Offer a New Approach to Correcting Color

Nanomaterials Offer a New Approach to Correcting Color

Aug 8, 2017 | Non classé

Computer designed nanostructures do away with the need for multiple lenses 07.08.2017 Lenses made of gold (left), silver (center) and aluminum (right) nanoparticles. Each layer of the lens focuses light of a different color, each to the same point. Scale: 35 μm The...
Antibiotic Resistance in 3D

Antibiotic Resistance in 3D

Aug 4, 2017 | Non classé

Understanding how the bacteria gets around a common drug may help develop new ones to combat a growing threat 03.08.2017 A cross section of the large subunit of a bacterial ribosome. Yellow: the ribosome’s protein exit tunnel. Red: the binding pocket for erythromycin...
Expanding the Reach of the Genome’s Guardian

Expanding the Reach of the Genome’s Guardian

Aug 1, 2017 | Non classé

An Institute study finds a whole new role for one of the most famous proteins in cancer research 31.07.2017 Colonies of mouse embryonic stem cells, viewed with a microscope: the cells differentiated properly when their genome contained an intact copy of the p53 gene...