For years, ETH researchers have been investigating a molecular complex that plays a key role in protein synthesis. They have ...

The protein factories in our cells – so-called ribosomes – have a central task: during a process known as translation, amino acids are linked together ...

Researchers at ETH Zurich recently explained the role of a molecular complex that orchestrates the production of proteins in ...

At the microscopic edge of biology, researchers have uncovered an organism so stripped down that it forces a rethink of what ...

Breakthrough method boosts stem cells’ ability to share mitochondria, offering hope for treating aging, heart disease and ...

Background: Glioma, the most prevalent primary brain tumor, exhibits dysregulated ribosome biogenesis closely linked to malignant behavior. However, the role of ribosome biogenesis in glioma and ...

Like a chest of drawers, our cells are organised into “compartments” where specific functions are carried out. There are two main types of compartments in cells. Some are enclosed by membranes — for ...

Based on several lines of interesting data, the authors conclude that FMRP, though associated with stalled ribosomes, does not determine the position on the mRNAs at which ribosomes stall. Although ...

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The latest short science news items from C&EN. These antibiotics “bind to the active site of the ribosome and make the ribosome incapable of doing what it’s supposed to do. So it becomes impossible ...

Researchers at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa have made an exciting discovery: a virus found in the ocean called FloV-SA2 carries the genetic instructions for making part of a ribosome—a crucial ...

Researchers recently discovered that a virus, FloV-SA2, encodes one of the proteins needed to make ribosomes, the central engines in all cells that translate genetic information into proteins, the ...