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A tick embedded into skin.
What Makes a Tick Stick?
Ticks form a stable structure around their mouth to stick to their hosts for days. Phase transitions of proteins in the tick saliva drive this adhesion.
What Makes a Tick Stick?
What Makes a Tick Stick?

Ticks form a stable structure around their mouth to stick to their hosts for days. Phase transitions of proteins in the tick saliva drive this adhesion.

Ticks form a stable structure around their mouth to stick to their hosts for days. Phase transitions of proteins in the tick saliva drive this adhesion.

Biochemistry

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Optimizing Tissue Dissociation for High-Yield Single Cell Recovery
The Scientist and Bertin Technologies | Dec 3, 2024 | 3 min read
Multi-tissue dissociation kits provide a versatile and robust solution for streamlining single-cell dissociation workflows.   
Scientist at lab bench holding a pipette with a microscope and glassware in the foreground.
Improving Drug Analysis with Supercritical Fluid Chromatography
Shimadzu | Dec 2, 2024 | 1 min read
Researchers easily separate chiral and achiral compounds for drug analysis and purification.
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A Beneficial Bacterium Helps Wounds Heal
Sneha Khedkar | Dec 2, 2024 | 5 min read
A bacterium found in the wound microbiome can accelerate healing, highlighting the potential for microbiota-based wound therapies.
A 3D rendered model of a glutamic acid molecule with other organic molecules floating around it.
Protein Makeover with Custom Amino Acids
Laura Tran, PhD | Dec 2, 2024 | 2 min read
With a plug-and-play strategy, researchers engineer proteins with new functions.
A bowl filled with various nuts, beans, seeds, avocado, oats, cheeses, and meat, is arranged by color to form a yin-yang symbol. The background is filled with cartoon images of cells.
A Keto Diet Could Enhance Cancer Drug Effectiveness
Paige Nicklas | Nov 29, 2024 | 4 min read
In mice, a ketogenic diet remodeled the translatome of pancreatic cancer cells, rendering them vulnerable to targeted therapy.
An illustration showing a DNA strand and a cancer cell. 
How Some Cancer Cells Survive Chemotherapy
Sahana Sitaraman, PhD | Nov 26, 2024 | 4 min read
Chemotherapy drugs can kill cancer cells by halting DNA replication, but a glucose-depleted environment can help cancer cells overcome this effect and resist death. 
An illustration of mRNA molecules.
Probing the Structure of mRNA Molecules
Shimadzu | Nov 25, 2024 | 1 min read
Learn how scientists examine mRNA quality using an easy-to-operate LC-MS system.
An orange Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacterium with white flagella on a blue background.
Pseudomonas Bacteria Escape Immunity by Disrupting Energy Production in Macrophages
Kamal Nahas, PhD | Nov 25, 2024 | 4 min read
Pseudomonas infections are tough to treat, but a new study reveals a chemical they use to subdue macrophages, suggesting new therapeutic avenues.
A pink and yellow protein held together by a gray circle pull a piece of blue DNA into a loop.
Combining Bacterial Systems Offers a New Approach to Gene Regulation
Shelby Bradford, PhD | Nov 22, 2024 | 4 min read
Researchers turned programmable proteins into a novel genetic tool, potentially enabling tighter control of gene expression.
A fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) sitting on a green grass blade with a green background.
How the Fly Brain Knows When to Release Insulin
Sneha Khedkar | Nov 21, 2024 | 4 min read
An enzyme synthesized in the fly gut travels to the brain, where it induces insulin-like peptide secretion.
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Streamlining NGS Sample Preparation with Automation 
The Scientist Staff | Nov 15, 2024 | 2 min read
Cutting-edge microfluidics enables full automation of NGS protocols.
Close up of ultraviolet light box during the preparation of an agarose electrophoresis gel used in DNA separation.
Automate and Illuminate Bioimaging Assays
The Scientist Staff | Nov 15, 2024 | 2 min read
Intuitive and automated chemiluminescence detection empowers scientists with accessible image acquisition and analyses.
Image of a cone snail, Conus geographus underwater.
A Sea Snail Toxin Could Inspire New Diabetes Drugs
Laura Tran, PhD | Nov 14, 2024 | 5 min read
Sea snails stun their prey with toxins that mimic glucose-regulating hormones.
Multiple green and blue protein structures on a black background
How Stem Cells Stay Young
Rohini Subrahmanyam, PhD | Nov 13, 2024 | 4 min read
Bone marrow stem cells defy typical aging, and it may be because they express the right proteins.
Photo of a brown soy pulp patty sitting in a cream sauce alongside a cucumber and tomato salad and baked yams.
How Can Fungi Address the Global Food Waste Problem?
Danielle Gerhard, PhD | Nov 12, 2024 | 8 min read
Scientists are reimagining the food system, turning to fungal fermentation as a sustainable method for transforming food byproducts into tasty treats.
An illustration of purple proteins on a dark background.
Exploring the Proteome in Search of New Biomarkers
SomaLogic | Nov 7, 2024 | 1 min read
Discover how a precise, high-throughput proteomics assay enables researchers to uncover previously unidentified biomarkers.
Optimizing Stem Cell Media for Cultured Meat Production
Optimizing Stem Cell Media for Cultivated Meat Production
The Scientist Staff | Nov 5, 2024 | 1 min read
In this webinar, Alex Rimmer, Samuel East, and Catriona Jamieson will discuss how they developed low-cost, animal-free culture media for cellular agriculture.
Explore How High-plex Protein Profiling Contributes to Disease Research
Using High-plex Protein Profiling to Discover Links Between Genes and Disease
SomaLogic | Nov 4, 2024 | 1 min read
Protein characterization can help scientists better understand how molecular events influence health and disease and identify causal factors for disease states.
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Next-Generation PCR Instruments Boost Workflows 
The Scientist Staff | Nov 1, 2024 | 2 min read
Modern, intuitive, and reliable thermal cyclers excel at optimizing sequencing, cloning, and genotyping throughput.
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