Kemp’s ridley sea turtles rank among the most endangered sea turtle species on the planet. They live along the East Coast and Gulf Coast of North America, sharing these waters with some of the busiest shipping routes in the world. Scientists…
Category: 5. Biology
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Sub-terahertz biosensors enable label-free cancer cell identification
Early detection and accurate typing of cancer are critical for improving patient survival rates. While traditional pathology remains the gold standard, it often requires complex sample processing and chemical staining. In a study…
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Optically invisible culture dishes improve embryo imaging in IVF
Selecting the healthiest embryo is one of the most important steps in in‑vitro fertilization (IVF), yet it remains one of the most uncertain. Roughly 15 percent of couples worldwide experience infertility, and IVF success rates…
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Burn injuries may have driven key human evolutionary traits
Humans’ exposure to high temperature burn injuries may have played an important role in our evolutionary development, shaping how our bodies heal, fight infection, and sometimes fail under extreme injury, according to new…
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Transplastomic biofactory for the production of functional human α-lactalbumin for nutritional and therapeutic applications
Smith, N. W., Fletcher, A. J., Hill, J. P. & McNabb, W. C. Modeling the contribution of milk to global nutrition. Front. Nutr. 8, 716100 (2022).
Behm, K. et al. Comparison of carbon footprint…
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FGF 13 functions as a regulator of the ERK/aerobic glycolysis axis in the inflammatory state during septic lung injury
Danielle, N. A., Mark, J. M. & Juliane, B. W. Endothelial ADAM10 utilization defines a molecular pathway of vascular injury in mice with bacterial sepsis. J. Clin. Invest. 133, e168450 (2023).
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Molecular insights into the capsular polysaccharide transporter Wza-Wzc complex
Constructs, bacteria, and growth conditions
The strains and constructs used in this study are listed in Supplementary Table 2. All bacteria strains used for cloning and expression were grown in LB medium. For the colanic acid secretion assay, the…
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Functional properties of skeletal myotube-derived extracellular vesicles based on microRNA profiles: a comparative analysis with mesenchymal stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles
Rome, S., Forterre, A., Mizgier, M. L. & Bouzakri, K. Skeletal Muscle-Released extracellular vesicles: state of the Art. Front Physiol 10, 929 (2019).
Kalluri, R. & LeBleu, V. S. The biology, function, and biomedical applications of exosomes….
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Transient protein structure guides surface diffusion pathways for electron transport in membrane supercomplexes
Brzezinski, P., Moe, A. & Ädelroth, P. Structure and mechanism of respiratory III-IV supercomplexes in bioenergetic membranes. Chem. Rev. 121, 9644–9673 (2021).
Martin, D. R. & Matyushov, D….
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Integrated approaches to explore temporal-spatial changes in gene reassortment of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5) virus in Eurasia, 2000–2023
Webster, R. G., Bean, W. J., Gorman, O. T., Chambers, T. M. & Kawaoka, Y. Evolution and ecology of influenza A viruses. Microbiol. Rev. 56 (1), 152–179 (1992).
Causey, D. & Edwards, S. V….
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