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Scientists upturn understanding of how key hormones act in cells
Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have overturned conventional wisdom on the workings of vital hormone receptors within cells, a finding that could boost drug development for diabetes and related ...
Cell & Microbiology
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Testis-specific gene involved in sex ratio regulation discovered
Although enormous progress has been made over the past few decades in genetics, molecular biology and biochemistry, the ways in which living beings orchestrate their internal processes at the microscopic scale is still full ...
Molecular & Computational biology
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Researchers find fat burning molecule in mice
Linked to serious health problems including cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular disease, obesity affects more than a third of adults in the United States. Presently, there are few safe and effective nonsurgical therapeutic ...
Cell & Microbiology
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Caterpillars borrow weapons from viruses in battle against parasitic wasps
Exactly how the caterpillars are winning this tiny evolutionary arms race is the subject of an article just published in the journal Science by an international research team including scientists from University of Saskatchewan ...
Plants & Animals
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Cholera strain becomes unexpectedly resistant to infection by phages
Graduate student Kristen LeGault and assistant professor Kimberley Seed, both in the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, specialize in the evolution of human pathogens and the viruses that infect bacteria, known as ...
Molecular & Computational biology
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Mapping of genetic control elements in the cerebellum
The mammalian cerebellum has long been associated almost exclusively with motor control, yet recent studies indicate that it also contributes to many higher brain functions. An international research team led by Prof. Dr. ...
Molecular & Computational biology
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Differentiating strong antibiotic producers from weaker ones
An untapped trove of desirable drug-like molecules is hidden in the genomes of Streptomyces bacteria—the same bacteria responsible for the first bacterial antibiotics to treat tuberculosis back in the 1940s.
Molecular & Computational biology
Jul 30, 2021
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In plant cells, a conserved mechanism for perceiving mechanical force resides in unexpected location
Minuscule tunnels through the cell membrane help cells to perceive and respond to mechanical forces, such as pressure or touch. A new study in the journal Science is among the first to directly investigate what one type of ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 29, 2021
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The soft 'spaghetti' of proteins that's essential for the resistance of bacteria
Bacteria are increasingly resistant, especially to antibiotics, which is a major global health problem. An example, related to the pandemic? Covid weakens hospitalized people so much that we are now witnessing an upsurge ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jul 29, 2021
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How ERF1 regulates flowering
Floral initiation must be strictly regulated to achieve reproductive success. ETHYLENE RESPONSE FACTOR1 (ERF1) functions as an important integrator of several phytohormone signals to regulate both development and stress responses. ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 29, 2021
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Microbes can produce food, fuel and medicine: Math can make them even more useful
Humans have harnessed the power of microbes for centuries, for example using yeast to make bread, beer, yogurt and wine via fermentation. These living organisms are useful to us because they perform chemical reactions as ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 29, 2021
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Small proteins discovered to be regulators of the aging process
Scientists have discovered that the protein ubiquitin plays an important role in the regulation of the aging process. Ubiquitin was previously known to control processes such as signal transduction and metabolism. Prof. Dr. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 29, 2021
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Ocean microbes reveal distribution of nitrogen-fixers at a global level
Nitrogen is one of the major building blocks of life. It makes up 80 percent of Earth's atmosphere and it is described as one of the most important growth-limiting nutrients for both land and marine plants. This is because ...
Ecology
Jul 29, 2021
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Study: How a unique family of bacteria hides from the immune system
New research from the University of Florida explains how a family of bacteria called Yersinia infects the body so successfully.
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 28, 2021
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Exploring blood types of Neanderthal and Denisovan individuals
An analysis of the blood types of one Denisovan and three Neanderthal individuals has uncovered new clues to the evolutionary history, health, and vulnerabilities of their populations. Silvana Condemi of the Centre National ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jul 28, 2021
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Molecular atlas reveals how brain cells develop
As the fertilized egg divides, initially undifferentiated cells take on specific functions, becoming more distinct as different tissues and organs emerge. Understanding how hundreds of disparate cell types arise has proven ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jul 28, 2021
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Double-strand RNA exhibits traits different from single-stranded RNA
Messenger RNA, or mRNA, has been in the news recently as a crucial component of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines. The nucleic acid looks, for all intents and purposes, like a strand of DNA that has been sliced ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jul 28, 2021
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Developing probiotic beverages without animal protein
Most products enriched with probiotics and protein are made with dairy products. However, consumer demand for plant protein is growing. The nutritional value of these proteins must therefore be improved to be comparable to ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jul 28, 2021
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3D visualization and quantification of bioplastic PHA in a living bacterial cell
A research team at KAIST has observed how bioplastic granule is being accumulated in living bacteria cells through 3D holographic microscopy. Their 3D imaging and quantitative analysis of the bioplastic 'polyhydroxyalkanoate' ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 28, 2021
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Want to reduce cockroach sex? Block an enzyme
It's not the look in her compound eyes or the shape of her carapace that really attracts the male cockroach to his mate. Instead, it's all those 29-carbon hydrocarbons in her cuticle that drive him wild. How the female cockroach ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 27, 2021
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