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Research Identifies Potential Role of ‘Junk DNA’ Sequence in Ageing, Cancer

July 28, 2021
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Pullman, WA — The human body is essentially made up of trillions of living cells. It ages as its cells age, which happens when those cells eventually stop replicating and dividing. Scientists have...

New Study Provides Clues to Decades-Old Mystery about Cell Movement

July 28, 2021
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Minneapolis, MN — A new study, led by University of Minnesota Twin Cities engineering researchers, shows that the stiffness of protein fibers in tissues, like collagen, are a key component in controlling...

The Most Complete Database of Predicted 3D Structures of Human Proteins

July 28, 2021
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London, UK — DeepMind today announced its partnership with the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Europe’s flagship laboratory for the life sciences, to make the most complete and...

Scientists Discover Gene Therapy Provides Neuroprotection to Prevent Glaucoma Vision Loss

July 27, 2021
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Bethesda, MD — A form of gene therapy protects optic nerve cells and preserves vision in mouse models of glaucoma, according to research supported by NIH’s National Eye Institute. The findings...

Eco-Friendly Plastic from Cellulose and Water

July 27, 2021
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Göttingen, Germany — Plastics offer many benefits to society and are widely used in our daily life: they are lightweight, cheap and adaptable. However, the production, processing and disposal of plastics...

Hope of Treating Infections Caused by Drug Resistant Pathogens

July 27, 2021
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Hong Kong, China — A research team led by Dr. Aixin YAN, Associate Professor from the Research Division for Molecular & Cell Biology, Faculty of Science, in collaboration with Honorary Clinical...

Soft Skin Patch could Provide Early Warning for Strokes, Heart Attacks

July 27, 2021
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La Jolla, CA — Engineers at the University of California San Diego developed a soft and stretchy ultrasound patch that can be worn on the skin to monitor blood flow through major arteries and veins...

Neurotransmitter Levels Predict Math Ability

July 27, 2021
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Oxford, UK — The neurotransmitters GABA and glutamate have complementary roles — GABA inhibits neurons, while glutamate makes them more active. Published 22nd July in PLOS Biology, researchers...

‘Good Cholesterol’ may Protect Liver

July 27, 2021
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St. Louis, MO — The body’s so-called good cholesterol may be even better than we realize. New research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests that one type of high-density...

“Noisy” Gene Expression may Help Improve Stem Cell Therapies

July 27, 2021
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San Francisco, CA — To speed up a chemical reaction, a chemist might place the reactants over a Bunsen burner. Adding heat increases the degree of random movements and collisions of particles, accelerating...

3D Imaging Reveals Neural ‘Vicious Cycle’ in Fatty Liver Disease

July 27, 2021
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Solna, Sweden — With the application of a novel three-dimensional imaging technology, researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have discovered that one portion of the autonomic nervous system...

Untwisting DNA Reveals New Force that Shapes Genomes

July 27, 2021
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Barcelona, Spain — Advances in microscopy have enabled researchers to picture loops of DNA strands for the first time. The images reveal how the human genome organises itself in three-dimensional space...

New Study Confirms Relationship between Toxic Pollution, Climate Risks to Human Health

July 26, 2021
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London, UK — For more than 30 years, scientists on the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have focused on human-induced climate change. Their fifth assessment report led to the...

Cell Couriers Deliver Clue to Cancer Metastasis

July 26, 2021
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Coventry, UK — A protein involved in making cells move offers a clue to how certain types of cancer metastasise and develop into secondary tumours, according to new research from the University of...

Researchers Find Immune Component to Rare Neurodegenerative Disease

July 26, 2021
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Dallas, TX — UT Southwestern researchers have identified an immune protein tied to the rare neurodegenerative condition known as Niemann-Pick disease type C. The finding, made in mouse models and published...

How does the Structure of Cytolysins Influence Their Activity?

July 26, 2021
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Urbana, IL — Although Enterococcus faecalis is usually an innocuous member of the bacterial community in the human gut, it can also cause several infections, including liver disorders. The bacteria...

New Quantum Research Gives Insights into How Quantum Light can be Mastered

July 26, 2021
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Los Alamos, NM — A team of scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory propose that modulated quantum metasurfaces can control all properties of photonic qubits, a breakthrough that could impact the...

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...

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