• 新生儿何时首次感觉到寒冷?

    10-06-18 Cold sensing neural circuits(神经回路) in newborn mice take around two weeks to become fully active, according to a new study. The finding adds to understanding of the cold sensing protein TRPM8 (pronounced trip-em-ate), first identified in a Natu...

  • 参与艾滋病毒形成的蛋白质结构图完成

    10-06-10 Researchers at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) have created a three-dimensional picture of an important protein that is involved in how HIV -- the virus responsible for AIDS -- is pr...

  • 便于蛋白质研究的合成酶问世

    10-04-29 Using a rare metal that's not utilized(利用) by nature, Rice University chemists have created a synthetic(合成的) enzyme that could help unlock the identities of thousands of difficult-to-study proteins, including many that play key roles in can...

  • 有机分子层脑信息处理模型问世

    10-04-26 Information processing(信息处理,信息加工) circuits in digital computers are static(静态的,静力的) . In our brains, information processing circuitsneuronsevolve continuously to solve complex problems. Now, an international research team from Ja...

  • 昆虫的味觉或与某种蛋白质有关

    10-04-25 A Johns Hopkins team has identified a protein in sensory cells(感觉细胞) on the tongues of fruit flies that allows them to detect a noxious(有害的,有毒的) chemical and, ultimately, influences their decision about what to eat and what to avoid....

  • 亨廷顿舞蹈病可能由蛋白质突变导致

    10-04-12 In a step towards a possible treatment for Huntington's disease, scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have shown for the first time that the accumulation of a mutated(变化,突变) protein may explain damaging cell...

  • 某关键性蛋白质可有助于DNA修复

    10-04-12 Scientists have shown in multiple contexts that DNA damage over our lifetimes is a key mechanism behind the development of cancer and other age-related diseases. Not everyone gets these diseases, because the body has multiple mechanisms for repairin...

  • 肿瘤可模仿淋巴结以逃过人体免疫系统

    10-03-28 A new mechanism explaining how tumors escape the body's natural immune surveillance(免疫监督) has recently been discovered at EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fdrale de Lausanne) in Switzerland. The study shows how tumors can create a tolerant microenvir...

  • 科学家检测出“猪流感”病毒的蛋白质结构

    10-03-25 A team of scientists from The Scripps Research Institute and other institutions has solved the structure of a key protein from the virus that caused last year's swine flu influenza epidemic. The structure reveals that the virus shares many features...

  • 科学家发现可诱发癌症的人体细胞缺陷

    10-03-17 UCSF researchers have discovered that a key cellular defect(缺点,缺陷) that disturbs the production of proteins in human cells can lead to cancer susceptibility(感情,敏感性) . The scientists also found that a new generation of inhibitory(禁止...