In 1998, the field of medical science marked a major milestone when Robert F. Furchgott, Louis J. Ignarro, and Ferid Murad were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for uncovering the role of nitric oxide (NO) as a key signaling molecule in the cardiovascular system. This ...
Ethidium bromide (EtBr) is a classical fluorescent dye widely used in molecular biology research. Its chemical structure consists of a tri-benzimidazole, which can intercalate between the base pairs of DNA or RNA, significantly enhancing its fluorescence signal. Initially discovered as a ...
α-Synuclein is a small molecule protein mainly found in the presynaptic terminals of the central nervous system. It consists of 140 amino acids and has a molecular weight of about 19 kDa.
