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Proteomics

So-Called Junk DNA Plays Critical Role in Mammalian Development

October 19, 2021
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Berkeley, CA — Nearly half of our DNA has been written off as junk, the discards of evolution: sidelined or broken genes, viruses that got stuck in our genome and were dismembered or silenced, none...

New COVID-19-Discovery Could Predict Patient Death or Hospitalization

October 19, 2021
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Copenhagen, Denmark — As parts of the Western world is slowly returning to normal, many countries in the low- and middle-income countries are still fighting and fearing new outbreaks of COVID-19. And...

Antioxidants to Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease

October 12, 2021
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Quebec, Canada — Research conducted by the Ph.D student Mohamed Raâfet Ben Khedher and the postdoctoral researcher Mohamed Haddad of the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) has shown...

Scientists Assemble a Biological Clock in a Test Tube to Study How It Works

October 8, 2021
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Santa Cruz, CA — Daily cycles in virtually every aspect of our physiology are driven by biological clocks (also called circadian clocks) in our cells. The cyclical interactions of clock proteins keep...

Novel Strategy Discovered for FLT3-ITD-Positive Acute Myeloid Leukemia

September 30, 2021
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Hefei, China — A new type of targeting chaperon protein HSP70 inhibitor QL47 was recently discovered by a team led by Prof. LIU Qingsong from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of the...

Nanocellulose Decorated with Proteins is Suitable for 3D Cell Culturing

September 29, 2021
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Tampere, Finland — Wood-derived cellulose nanofibers form a hydrogel in water, referred to as nanocellulose, which is a highly promising material for various biological applications. However, nanocellulose...

Scientists Find a Key to Hepatitis C Entry into Cells

September 24, 2021
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Bethesda, MD — In a new paper published in Nature, scientists from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, describe the structure...

Regulator Proteins or Symphonies of Genes: Statistical Modelling Points Way Toward Unified Theory for DNA Folding

September 24, 2021
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Washington, DC — At more than 2 meters long, the human DNA molecule uses intricate folding patterns to fit into cells while locally unfolding to express genes. Such phenomena, however, are difficult...

Researchers Identify Tube-Forming Proteins in Mycobacterial Outer Envelope

September 21, 2021
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Anhui, China — The research team led by Prof. GONG Weimin from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), collaborating with Dr. ZHOU Zhenghong from the University of California, Los...

New Pathway of Energy Metabolism in Peripheral Tissues Regulated by Cytokine GDF15

September 21, 2021
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Barcelona, Spain — A study published in the journal Cell Reports describes a new pathway related to the activity of receptors that are associated with several metabolic or cardiovascular diseases such...

Elucidation of the Mechanism by which a Chemokine/DNA Complex Activates Innate Immunity

September 21, 2021
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Tokyo, Japan — Chemokines are secreted proteins that promote leukocyte migration during an immune response, thereby contributing to inflammatory reactions. In 2017, Tanegashima et al. of Tokyo Metropolitan...

How to Modify RNA: Crucial Steps for Adding Chemical Tag to Transfer RNA Revealed

September 20, 2021
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University Park, PA — The chemical steps in an important cellular modification process that adds a chemical tag to some RNAs have been revealed in a new study. Interfering with this process in humans...

Protein from the Liver may Cause Alzheimer’s Disease in the Brain

September 15, 2021
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Bentley, Australia — Amyloid protein made in the liver can cause neurodegeneration in the brain, according to a new study in the open-access journal PLOS Biology, by John Mamo of Curtin University...

Docking Peptides, Slow to Lock, Open Possible Path to Treat Alzheimer’s

September 14, 2021
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Houston, TX — Progress on treating Alzheimer’s disease has been frustratingly slow. A group of scientists in Houston suggest frustration at a very small scale may lead to a new path toward treatment. Researchers...

Researchers Identify a Novel Player in Acute Myeloid Leukaemia

September 13, 2021
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La Jolla, CA — A new study led by scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys has shown that the protein RNF5 plays an unusual role in acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). Unlike its expected role, marking aberrant...

Ageing: It’s more Complicated than We Thought

September 10, 2021
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Novato, CA — Every cell in the body goes through thousands of chemical reactions each day, and each reaction involves tiny protein molecules folded into precise shapes to perform their functions. Misfolded...

Astaxanthine Attenuates Cisplatin Ototoxicity in Vitro and Protects Against Cisplatin-Induced Hearing Loss in Vivo

September 7, 2021
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Shanghai, China — Astaxanthine (AST) has important biological activities including antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects that could alleviate neurological and heart diseases, but its role in the...

The PANoptosome: a New Frontier in Innate Immune Responses

September 7, 2021
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Memphis, TN — St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital immunologists have identified how immune sensors in infected cells organize and launch a multi-faceted innate immune response to infections with...

Using Artificial Intelligence to Fingerprint Suspicious Proteins

September 6, 2021
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Frederiksberg, Denmark — An artificial intelligence tool created by researchers at the University of Copenhagen can quickly and accurately identify suspicious or particularly ‘talented’...

How to Produce Proteins at the Right Speed

September 6, 2021
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Geneva, Switzerland — In all eukaryotic organisms, genetic material is stored in the cell nucleus in the form of DNA. In order to be used, this DNA is first transcribed into messenger RNA in the cell...

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