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Gene Expression Mechanism may have Immunity, Cancer Implications

July 23, 2021
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Philadelphia, PA — Alternative polyadenylation (APA) is an RNA processing mechanism that regulates gene expression by generating different ends on RNA transcripts of the same gene. Though it affects...

No IgA Leads to Intestinal Inflammation in Mice

July 23, 2021
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Tokyo, Japan — While researchers have known for years that immunoglobulin A (IgA) is important for gut health, it has remained unclear exactly what role it plays in preventing infection and disease....

Revealing the Secrets of Cell Competition

July 23, 2021
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Neuherberg, Germany — As multicellular life relies on cell-cell interactions, it is not surprising that this is not always peaceful: cells with higher fitness eliminate cells with lower fitness through...

Capturing Electrons in Space

July 23, 2021
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Innsbruck, Austria — Interstellar clouds are the birthplaces of new stars, but they also play an important role in the origins of life in the Universe through regions of dust and gas in which chemical...

Brain ‘Noise’ Keeps Nerve Connections Young

July 23, 2021
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Lausanne, Switzerland — Neurons communicate through rapid electrical signals that regulate the release of neurotransmitters, the brain’s chemical messengers. Once transmitted across a neuron,...

Study Finds Unleashing Treg Cells may Lead to Treatments for Multiple Sclerosis

July 23, 2021
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Irvine, CA — In a new University of California, Irvine-led study, researchers found that a certain protein prevented regulatory T cells (Tregs) from effectively doing their job in controlling the damaging...

New Discoveries Reveal How Aacute Myeloid Leukaemia Walks Line Between Growth and Cell Death

July 23, 2021
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Chicago, IL — Researchers revealed new insights into how acute myeloid leukemia (AML) develops and progresses, according to a study published in Molecular Cell on July 20, 2021. They describe a mechanism...

Preparing T Cells for the Long Haul

July 22, 2021
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La Jolla, CA — Fighting a tumour is a marathon, not a sprint. For cancer-fighting T cells, the race is sometimes just too long, and the T cells quit fighting. Researchers even have a name for this...

Chemists Found an Effective Remedy for “Aged” Brain Diseases

July 22, 2021
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Yekaterinburg, Russia — Russian scientists have synthesized chemical compounds that can stop the degeneration of neurons in Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and other severe brain pathologies....

Championing Chrononutrition with Protein, the Morning Elixir for Muscle Growth

July 22, 2021
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Tokyo, Japan — Proteins constitute an essential dietary component that help in the growth and repair of the body. Composed of long chains of amino acids, proteins promote the growth of skeletal muscles,...

Simple Compound to Control Complex Gut Microbes

July 22, 2021
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Tokyo, Japan — Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS) have discovered that acetate, a major metabolite produced by some intestinal bacteria, is involved in regulating...

Non-Neuronal Cells Drive Sex Differences in Early Brain Development

July 22, 2021
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Huntington, WV — During development, brain cells may find different ways to connect with each other based on sex, according to researchers at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine. The...

DNA Duplication Linked to the Origin and Evolution of Pine Trees and Their Relatives

July 22, 2021
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Gainesville, FL — Plants are DNA hoarders. Adhering to the maxim of never throwing anything out that might be useful later, they often duplicate their entire genome and hang on to the added genetic...

Making Clean Hydrogen is Hard, but Researchers Just Solved a Major Hurdle

July 22, 2021
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Austin, TX — For decades, researchers around the world have searched for ways to use solar power to generate the key reaction for producing hydrogen as a clean energy source — splitting water...

RNA Modification may Protect Against Liver Disease

July 22, 2021
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Los Angeles, CA — A chemical modification that occurs in some RNA molecules as they carry genetic instructions from DNA to cells’ protein-making machinery may offer protection against non-alcoholic...

How Cells Control Mitochondria

July 22, 2021
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Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany — Errors in the metabolic processes of mitochondria are responsible for a variety of diseases such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. Scientists needed to find...

New Model can Predict Multiple RNA Modifications Simultaneously

July 22, 2021
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Suzhou, China — The ability to predict and interpret modifications of ribonucleic acid (RNA) has been a welcome advance in biochemistry research. However, existing predictive approaches have a...

Noninvasive, Label-Free Optical Method Visualizes Deep, Cellular Brain Disease In Vivo

July 22, 2021
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Davis, CA — Central nervous system (CNS) diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD) manifest early at the microscopic (i.e. cellular) level, deep in the brain. Yet, optical microscopes that can...

3D “Assembloid” Shows How SARS-CoV-2 Infects Brain Cells

July 21, 2021
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La Jolla, CA — Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine have produced a stem cell model that demonstrates a potential...

Newly Discovered Role for CTP in Ensuring Faithful Cell Division in Bacteria

July 21, 2021
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Norwich, UK — To grow and multiply efficiently, bacteria must coordinate cell division with chromosome segregation. Crucial to this process in the bacterium Bacillus subtilis (commonly found in soil...

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