In the early 1950s, experiments by two teams of researchers, Salvador Luria working with Mary Human and Joe Bertani working with Jean Weigle, showed that some strains of bacteria were more resistant ...

Cold Spring Harbor, NY-- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (CSHLP) announced the release of Restriction Enzymes: A History, available on its website in hardcover format. Restriction enzymes cleave ...

Experiment after experiment confirms that a diet on the brink of starvation expands lifespan in mice and many other species. But the molecular mechanism that links nutrition and survival is still ...

DNA restriction enzymes, with their widespread applications in many diagnostic procedures (e.g., RFLP, PCR, etc), are the very cornerstone of recombinant DNA technology. Unfortunately, their transport ...