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Deadly piston pump: how a colonization factor is secreted by bacterial type 4 pili
Researchers from Osaka University have found that the Vibrio cholerae colonization factor TcpF forms a flower-shaped trimer to specifically bind to the minor ...
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2022
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Hickory dickory dock, the bean bug brain’s biological clock
Researchers from Osaka University have found that photoperiod variation in bean bugs is regulated by genes involved in maintaining circadian rhythm via the ...
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2022
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A heat-sensitive calcium channel gets positive feedback
A team of researchers led by Osaka University has found that mutations in the calcium channel protein RyR1 that confer susceptibility to malignant hyperthermia ...
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2022
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Drug-resistant bacteria flaunt their curves
Researchers from Osaka University have found that applying deep learning to electron microscope images can distinguish drug-resistant bacteria from ...
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2022
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My heart will go on: patient-derived heart cells mimic disease in vitro
Researchers from Osaka University have found that induced pluripotent stem cell–derived cardiomyocytes from a patient with arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy ...
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2022
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Researchers find an explanation of why pancreatic cancer cells are so aggressive
Researchers from Osaka University have found a novel mechanism linked to the aggressiveness of pancreatic cancer, one of the leading causes of cancer death. ...
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2021
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Lowering blood insulin levels could lower your risk of getting COVID-19
Researchers from Osaka University have found that the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein binds directly to GRP78, which is expressed at high levels in adipose tissue and ...
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2021
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No more aggravation: ATP-hydrolyzing ectoenzyme E-NTPD8 attenuates colitis
Osaka University researchers identified a mechanism underlying prevention of microbial metabolite-induced colitis. A protein called E-NTPD8 breaks down ATP ...
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2021
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Taking the pain out of kidney stone analysis
Researchers from Osaka University and Nagoya City University have demonstrated a kidney stone visualization technique that allows the mineral component and ...
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2021
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The good herb: buckwheat liquor helps cells clean house
Researchers from Osaka University have found that quercetin, a component of the traditional Chinese herbal medicine tartary buckwheat extract, can induce ...
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2021