The Protein that Puts Staphylococcus Ribosomes to Sleep

The Protein that Puts Staphylococcus Ribosomes to Sleep

Paired ribosomes temporarily stop producing proteins. New research suggests a way to prevent this pairing so that antibiotics can make the stoppage permanent 21.12.2017 Electron microscope image of paired ribosomes taken from gram-negative bacteria Ribosomes – the...
How Malaria Tricks the Immune System

How Malaria Tricks the Immune System

The new study suggest a possible defense in the battle against this deadly disease 07.12.2017 Nanovesicles released from red blood cells infected by Plasmodium falciparum, viewed under an electron microscope. Scale bar: 100 nm Global efforts to eradicate malaria are...
Autism and the Smell of Fear

Autism and the Smell of Fear

Odors that carry social cues seem to affect volunteers on the autism spectrum differently 27.11.2017 Skydivers provided the smell of fear for investigating how autistic men react to odors Autism typically involves the inability to read social cues. We most often...
Thinking outside the Skeleton

Thinking outside the Skeleton

Scoliosis may be linked to problems with our “sixth sense” 02.11.2017   How do bones know when they have reached their “destination” – that is, how do they decide they are at the right length and the right strength? Do they have a written map or...
Revising the Genetic Message after It Is Sent

Revising the Genetic Message after It Is Sent

Dr. Schraga Schwartz and his group are revealing in unprecedented detail a mechanism for controlling gene activity 20.11.2017   (l-r) Drs. Ronit Nir, Modi Safra, Aldema Sas-Chen and Schraga Schwartz are revealing new means of regulating the genes DNA is sometimes...
Freedom and Order in Our Inner World

Freedom and Order in Our Inner World

How does the brain impose boundaries on free recollection? 16.11.2017 Category selective visual responses recorded intracranially in patients undergoing epilepsy monitoring. Electrodes located in these brain region show selective responses to faces. When the pa Try to...