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Scientists at Goethe University uncover how the oldest enzyme in cellular respiration functions – opening the door to ...

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Assistant Professor Andrew Monteith's lab in the Department of Microbiology is documenting how key immune cells detect ...

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Now, Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have shed new light on how bacteria protect themselves from certain phage ...

BioAFM instruments are designed to measure soft, fragile, and complex samples, including single molecules, nucleic acids, ...