Stories about DNA

Technische Universität München

Viruses help combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria - Cell-free production of bacteriophages

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Corporate Communications Center phone: +49 8161 5403 - email: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/37533 High resolution images: https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/1678288 NEWS RELEASE Viruses help combat ...

Technische Universität München

Phosphate nutrition of plants through symbiosis with fungi

Corporate Communications Center phone: +49 8161 5403 - email: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/37178 High resolution images: https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/1647012 NEWS RELEASE Phosphate nutrition of plants through symbiosis with fungi Root symbiosis is regulated through nutrient status of plants Phosphorus is one of the most important nutrients ...

Technische Universität München

Feeling the heat: Steroid hormones contribute to the heat stress resistance of plants

Corporate Communications Center phone: +49 8161 5403 - email: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/37126 High resolution images: https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/1638713 NEWS RELEASE How plants respond to heat stress Feeling the heat: Steroid hormones contribute to the heat stress resistance of ...

benfovir AG

New therapeutic approach against SARS-CoV-2 successfully tested

Pfungstadt (ots) - - Scientists at the Universities of Frankfurt a.M. and Kent (UK) have identified a metabolic pathway (pentose-phosphate pathway) that is crucial for the propagation of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in human cells. - The compound benfo-oxythiamine, an inhibitor of this metabolic pathway, has succeeded in blocking the replication of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in human cells. - Preclinical testing of this compound has ...

Technische Universität München

Taking aim at skin bacteria

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Corporate Communications Center phone: +49 89 289 22562 - email: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/36873/ Video: https://youtu.be/qMsYJGqJLlQ NEWS RELEASE Taking aim at skin bacteria Enzyme treatment of skin samples improves microbiome analysis Healthy skin has a bacterial shield to protect against germs: the microbiome. This complex assembly of microorganisms ...

Technische Universität München

Four ERC Advanced Grants for TUM scientists

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Corporate Communications Center phone: +49 89 289 22798 - email: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/36588/ NEWS RELEASE EU funding for cutting-edge research Four ERC Advanced Grants for TUM scientists Artificial viruses made with DNA. The human lung as a computer model. A new approach to research on diseases ...

Technische Universität München

Artificial intelligence deciphers genetic instructions: Deep learning algorithms reveal the rules of gene regulation

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Corporate Communications Center Phone: +49 89 289 10510 - e-mail: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/36455/ High resolution image: https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/1596818 NEWS RELEASE Artificial intelligence ...

Technische Universität München

An epigenetic ageing clock in trees - Research on environmental history

Corporate Communications Center phone: +49 8161 5403 - email: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/36315/ Images for journalists: https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/1579177 NEWS RELEASE Research on environmental history: 330-year-old poplar tree tells of its life An epigenetic ageing clock in ...

Swiss Rockets AG

Swiss Rockets AG announces the founding of ROCKETVAX for the development of a next-generation SARS-CoV-2 vaccine

Technische Universität München

A molecular map for the plant sciences

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Corporate Communications Center phone: +49 8161/ 71-5403 - e-mail: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/ High resolution images: https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/1540641 NEWS RELEASE First comprehensive map of the proteome of the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana A molecular map for the plant sciences Plants are essential for ...

Technische Universität München

Self-assembled complex porous, chiral nano-patterns arise from a simple linear building block

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Corporate Communications Center phone: +49 89 289 10510 - e-mail: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/35868/ High resolution images: https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/1535044 NEWS RELEASE Pretty with a twist Complex porous, chiral nano-patterns arise from a simple ...

Helmholtz Zentrum München

BART-Seq: A Novel Method to Characterize Genes with High-Precision in Single Cells

The analysis of gene products in cells is an important tool for diagnosing disease and the design of new active substances in biological and medical research. At Helmholtz Zentrum München, a method of targeted RNA sequencing (transcriptome analysis) has now been developed, which precisely detects the smallest amounts of gene transcripts in single cells. The method ...

Technische Universität München

How molecular escorts help prevent cancer: Chaperones keep the tumor suppressor protein p53 in check

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Corporate Communications Center phone: +49 89 289 10510 - e-mail: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: http://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/article/35454/ High resolution images: https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/1487157 NEWS RELEASE How molecular escorts help prevent cancer Chaperones keep the tumor ...

Helmholtz Zentrum München

New machine learning model describes dynamics of cell development

From their birth through to their death, cells lead an eventful existence. Thanks to single-cell genomics, their destiny in large cell populations can now be analyzed. However, this method destroys the cell, which makes it difficult to draw conclusions about the dynamics of cell ...