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Protein can Release Trapped Histones in the Cell

April 15, 2021
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Copenhagen, Denmark — In the cell nucleus histones play a crucial role packaging DNA into chromatin. Histones are however very sticky to both DNA and RNA, so to ensure they are transported to the cell...

Inside the Protein Channel that Keeps Bacteria Alive

April 14, 2021
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New York, NY — Almost all bacteria rely on the same emergency valves–protein channels that pop open under pressure, releasing a deluge of cell contents. It is a last-ditch effort, a failsafe...

Researchers Discover New Way to Monitor & Prevent Nerve Cell Deterioration After TBI

April 14, 2021
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Cleveland, OH — Violent blows or jolts to the head can cause traumatic brain injury (TBI), and there are currently about five million people in the U.S. living with some form of chronic impairment...

Chemical Modification of RNA could Play Key Role in Polycystic Kidney Disease

April 14, 2021
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Dallas, TX — A chemical modification of RNA that can be influenced by diet appears to play a key role in polycystic kidney disease, an inherited disorder that is the fourth leading cause of kidney...

Researchers Discover New Way to Starve Brain Tumours

April 14, 2021
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London, UK — Scientists from Queen Mary University of London, funded by the charity Brain Tumour Research, have found a new way to starve cancerous brain tumour cells of energy in order to prevent...

For Tomato Genes, One Plus One Doesn’t Always Make Two

April 14, 2021
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Cold Spring Harbor, NY — Both people and tomatoes come in different shapes and sizes. That is because every individual has a unique set of genetic variations–mutations–that affect how genes...

Cancer DNA Blood Tests Validated by International Research Team

April 14, 2021
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Darlinghurst, Australia — An international team today reports the findings of an independent assessment of five commercially-available assays for tumour DNA sequencing – a fast, cheap and less...

Researchers Find Genes, Corresponding Proteins that may Lead to New Depression Treatments

April 14, 2021
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Baltimore, MD — Using an innovative protein-based approach, researchers at the Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and nearby Emory University have found genes and corresponding proteins that could...

Gut Epithelium Muscles Up Against Infection

April 14, 2021
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Uppsala, Sweden — To maximise absorption of nutrients from the diet, the intestinal mucous membrane has a large surface area. However, this also makes it vulnerable to attack from aggressive gut microbes....

More than the Sum of Mutations

April 13, 2021
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Halle (Saale), Germany — A new algorithm can predict which genes cause cancer, even if their DNA sequence is not changed. A team of researchers in Berlin combined a wide variety of data, analyzed it...

Neural Stem Cells Age Rapidly, Study Reveals

April 13, 2021
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Los Angeles, CA — In a new study published in Cell Stem Cell, a team led by USC Stem Cell scientist Dr. Michael Bonaguidi, demonstrates that neural stem cells – the stem cells of the nervous...

Activating the Brain’s Immune System Against Cancer Prevents It from Spreading

April 13, 2021
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Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel — Groundbreaking research from Tel Aviv University may lead to a significant breakthrough in the battle against deadly brain cancer. To begin with, the researchers identified...

Scientists Discover ‘Jumping’ Genes that can Protect Against Blood Cancers

April 12, 2021
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Dallas, TX — New research has uncovered a surprising role for so-called “jumping” genes that are a source of genetic mutations responsible for a number of human diseases. In the new study...

Two Studies Support Key Role for Immune System in Shaping SARS-CoV-2 Evolution

April 12, 2021
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Bethesda, MD — Two studies published in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens provide new evidence supporting an important role for the immune system in shaping the evolution of SARS-CoV-2, the virus...

Mutations in Overlooked DNA could have Profound Impact on Survival for Bowel Cancer Patients

April 12, 2021
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Glasgow, UK — Mutations in the DNA of the cell’s energy ‘factories’ increases the chances of survival for people with bowel cancer, according to a study published today (Thursday)...

PLD3 Gene Contributes to Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease

April 12, 2021
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Nashville, TN — A rare and controversial mutation in the phospholipase D3 (PLD3) protein – previously linked to Alzheimer’s disease – interferes with PLD3’s vital recycling...

Artificial Intelligence could ‘Crack the Language of Cancer and Alzheimer’s’

April 12, 2021
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Cambridge, UK — Powerful algorithms used by Netflix, Amazon and Facebook can ‘predict’ the biological language of cancer and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s, scientists...

Autism Gene Study Finds Widespread Impact to Brain’s Growth Signalling Network

April 9, 2021
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Jupiter, FL — Damage to the autism-associated gene Dyrk1a, sets off a cascade of problems in developing mouse brains, resulting in abnormal growth-factor signaling, undergrowth of neurons, smaller-than-average...

The Science of Turning Milk into Cheese

April 9, 2021
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Andalusia, Spain — The global production of sheep’s milk is one the rise, in the vast majority of cases used to produce cheese. However, a relatively large amount of milk is needed to produce...

First Images of Cells Exposed to COVID-19 Vaccine Reveal Native-Like Coronavirus Spikes

April 9, 2021
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Southampton, UK — New research has for the first time compared images of the protein spikes that develop on the surface of cells exposed to the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to the protein spike of the...

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