Serotonin in depression is highly relevant in diagnosis, treatment, and drug development. To better study this area, a Chinese team has now developed a fluorescent probe for imaging processes that is ...

DNA, the genetic material compacted in chromosomes, stores information to regulate all the cell processes in the body. Two decades ago, in addition to the widely known Watson-Crick double helix model ...

Cutting-edge fluorescent cholesterol probes now enable scientists to visualize cholesterol movement and distribution in live cells with unprecedented detail. By combining computer simulations with ...

Subtle cognitive decline in early Alzheimer’s disease is often indistinguishable from normal aging; as a result, the disease readily goes undiagnosed for two to three years after symptom onset. By ...

A research team develops a fluorescent molecular sensor for detecting bad cooking oils. The novel technology enables anyone to easily measure the cooked time for all kinds of cooking oils. How clean ...

Cells live and die by the presence of oxygen, and low-oxygen states often indicate disease. Bacterial biofilms and the cells in solid tumors, for example, are hypoxic—that is, have abnormally low ...

Nanjing Nuoyuan Medical Devices Co. Ltd. has discovered drug conjugates comprising a fluorescent moiety targeting hepatocyte growth factor receptors (HGFR; MET) covalently linked to crizotinib through ...

Although many diseases have no obvious symptoms in the early diagnosis, it’s proved that human body would defend itself through the immune system in the early stage of disease. Corresponding signals, ...

Article reviewed by Govind Kaigala, PhD at the University of British Columbia. Stay up to date on the latest science with Brush Up Summaries. In situ hybridization (ISH) is a molecular technique that ...