People need to sleep, and sleep deprivation can cause many changes in the brain. But we have a poor understanding of why sleep is so crucial. New research has examined a fruit fly model to assess how ...
(Christoph Burgstedt/iStock/Getty Images Plus) The RNA world hypothesis posits that molecules made up of ribonucleic acids (RNA) are responsible for kickstarting evolution and all life on Earth – and ...
Elizabeth Bonner is a graduate student in the Molecular & Cellular Biology (UW MCB) program, which is offered jointly by the University of Washington and Fred Hutch Cancer Center. She is a PhD ...
An international team led by researchers at QUT has used artificial intelligence to create tiny "smart" proteins that switch on only when they detect a chosen target. Published in Nature Biotechnology ...