It’s a complex yet efficient cleaning mechanism that works in every organ except the brain. “When cells are active, they produce waste metabolites, and this also happens in the brain.

The international team describes their results and the underlying molecular mechanism in Cell Metabolism. Ergothioneine is a natural compound found in certain fungi such as oyster or shiitake ...

A University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) study proves that the WIN55.212-2 drug protects the brain and reverses the initial cognitive damage caused by dementia, and explains how it works The ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Artificial motors have been developed to mimic muscle proteins, converting chemical energy into mechanical work. These nanoscale rotary motors, embedded in ...

"R-loops are generally bad news, so cells have many redundant mechanisms to prevent them from forming," says Seth Darst, head of the Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics. "We discovered that RapA ...

Stephan Nussberger, who is a co-author of this work. "It is extremely exciting that the functional mechanism of the DNA nanorobots on GUVs has no direct biological equivalent in living cells ...