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Hijacking the ribosome: New insights into how poxviruses boost protein production
Northwestern Medicine scientists have uncovered new details explaining how poxviruses manipulate host cells to enhance their own protein production, according to a study published in Cell Reports.
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Genetic 'fingerprint' in bacteria can predict drug resistance
Antibiotic resistance is a global public health crisis responsible for more than a million deaths annually. By 2050, the World Health Organization estimates it could surpass cancer and heart disease as the leading cause of ...
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Mouse with two fathers survives to adulthood, marking scientific milestone
A team of stem cell scientists have successfully used embryonic stem cell engineering to create a bi-paternal mouse—a mouse with two male parents—that lived until adulthood.
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Keeping the steps of cell division in line: Research investigates protein cyclin B's role
A "pocket" on the protein cyclin B is responsible for ensuring that the steps of cell division take place in the correct order. Two studies by researchers at the University of Konstanz investigated why this is the case. The ...
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Fermented clothing? How the biofilm on kombucha can be turned into green textiles
If you've ever made kombucha, you will be familiar with the term SCOBY—a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast. It's impossible to miss—it's the floating biofilm on top of your delicious drink.
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Discovery paves way for more resistant soybeans to combat $1.5 billion crop loss from nematode infection
Soybean growers across the globe face a silent but devastating threat: the soybean cyst nematode (SCN). This microscopic pathogen attacks soybean roots, jeopardizing crop yields and causing more than $1.5 billion in annual ...
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Jan 27, 2025
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Harnessing mushroom microbiomes for better crop development
Microorganisms collected from the material in which button mushrooms are grown may benefit the development of future fungi crops, according to a study led by researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences and ...
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Jan 27, 2025
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Genome-wide atlas of cell morphology reveals gene functions
Visualizing cells after editing specific genes can help scientists learn new details about the function of those genes. But using microscopy to do this at scale can be challenging, particularly when studying thousands of ...
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Jan 27, 2025
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Breaking boundaries: Protein found at cell's edge also discovered in nucleus
A team of researchers at Åbo Akademi University in Finland made a surprising discovery. They found that Talin-1, a protein primarily known for its role in cell adhesion at the periphery of the cell, can also be located in ...
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Jan 27, 2025
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Sleeping bacteria: New study uncovers mechanisms of dormancy involving protein aggregation
Researchers at the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology and the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research have revealed a mechanism involving protein aggregation that allows bacteria to enter a dormant state, a phenomenon ...
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Jan 27, 2025
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Study reveals how certain proteins assemble as soon as they are synthesized
Proteins, the pillars of cellular function, often assemble into "complexes" to fulfill their functions. A study by the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and the Weizmann Institute, in collaboration with the Technion, reveals why ...
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Jan 27, 2025
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Newly discovered microbes in Amazon peatlands could affect global carbon balance
Complex organisms, thousands of times smaller than a grain of sand, can shape massive ecosystems and influence the fate of Earth's climate, according to a new study.
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Jan 25, 2025
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Invisible alliances: Kingdoms collide as bacteria and cells form captivating connections
In biology textbooks, the endoplasmic reticulum is often portrayed as a distinct, compact organelle near the nucleus, and is commonly known to be responsible for protein trafficking and secretion. In reality, the ER is vast ...
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Jan 24, 2025
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Using AI machine learning to map hidden molecular interactions in bacteria
A new study from Oregon Health & Science University has uncovered how small molecules within bacteria interact with proteins, revealing a network of molecular connections that could improve drug discovery and cancer research.
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Jan 24, 2025
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Researchers uncover principles of gene expression regulation in cancer and cellular functions
A research team at KAIST has identified the core gene expression networks regulated by key proteins that fundamentally drive phenomena such as cancer development, metastasis, tissue differentiation from stem cells, and neural ...
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Jan 24, 2025
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Wound healing at a smaller scale: Study reveals membrane tension regulates cellular repair
Similar to a small cut that heals itself after a short time, individual cells in our body suffer "wounds" in their protective layer, the cell membrane, every day and have to repair them again.
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Jan 24, 2025
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Scientists trace deadly cell-to-cell message chain that spreads in sepsis
Like a poison pen, dying cells prick their neighbors with a lethal message. This may worsen sepsis, Vijay Rathinam and colleagues in the UConn School of Medicine report in the Jan. 23 issue of Cell. Their findings could lead ...
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Jan 24, 2025
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New method enables protein labeling of tens of millions of densely packed cells in organ-scale tissues
A new technology developed at MIT enables scientists to label proteins across millions of individual cells in fully intact 3D tissues with unprecedented speed, uniformity, and versatility. Using the technology, the team was ...
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Jan 24, 2025
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Possible evidence of bird flu vaccinations driving virus evolution
A team of virologists, infectious disease specialists and pathobiologists affiliated with several institutions in China and the U.K. has found possible evidence that bird flu vaccinations are driving virus evolution. In their ...
Bacteria found to eat forever chemicals, and even some of their toxic byproducts
In the quest to take the "forever" out of "forever chemicals," bacteria might be our ally. Most remediation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) involves adsorbing and trapping them, but certain microbes can actually ...
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Jan 23, 2025
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