A flurry of recent papers report structural results on proteins that are essential for membrane fusion during exocytosis, providing a starting point from which a mechanistic understanding of ...

Researchers have identified many gene products that control mitochondrial fusion and division. Three central players are (1) mitofusins (outer mitochondrial membrane fusion), (2) OPA1/Mgm1 (inner ...

Marie Roseline Darnycka Belizaire (L) helps to lead WHO efforts to tackle Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo For health workers on the frontlines of the battle against Ebola, time means ...

A health worker monitors the temperature of a traveller from the DR Congo One of the world's deadliest viruses, Ebola kills up to half of those it infects. But despite appearing to have all the ...

He Kangmin from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences recently identified a ...

Today, we know that the sun, along with all other stars, is powered by a reaction called nuclear fusion. If nuclear fusion can be replicated on earth, it could provide virtually limitless clean, safe ...

Ebola virus disease is a rare but often deadly condition that causes fever, body aches, diarrhea, and sometimes bleeding inside and outside the body. It's caused by viruses commonly called Ebola ...

PULSe interdisciplinary research areas of focus. Student training group affiliation is determined by lab placement at the end of the spring term during the first year of study. Faculty may be ...

What are the effects of fusion on the environment? Fusion is among the most environmentally friendly sources of energy. There are no CO 2 or other harmful atmospheric emissions from the fusion process ...

This was almost three months before the word “Ebola” began to flicker luridly in email traffic between Guinea and the wider world. The public health authorities based in Guinea’s capital ...

The Brief New Lab Opens: Emory University has launched a new lab to study how viruses spread on PPE and medical equipment. Ebola Experience: The team draws from their experience treating the first ...

Officials confirmed Wednesday suspected German cases of the deadly Marburg virus tested negative, following fears the Ebola-like virus spread to the European country, as experts in several African ...