A newly found organelle, the hemifusome, helps manage cellular recycling. It may play a role in inherited diseases and open paths to new therapies. Scientists have identified a previously unknown organelle inside human cells, a finding that could…
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Scientists Discover Unknown Organelle Inside Our Cells
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Nerve Cells Learn to Grow – Life Sciences | Weizmann Wonder Wander
Unlike the brain and spinal cord, peripheral nerve cells, whose long extensions reach the skin and internal organs, are capable of regenerating after injury. This is why injuries to the central nervous system are considered irreversible, while…
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Investigating social exclusion, affect and emotion regulation in young people using the ostracism online paradigm
Allen, K. A., Ryan, T., Gray, D. L., McInerney, D. M. & Waters, L. Social media use and social connectedness in adolescents: The positives and the potential pitfalls. Aust Educ. Dev. Psychol. 31, 18–31. https://doi.org/10.1017/edp.2014.2…
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Bacterial profile and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of urinary tract infection among diabetic patients at Bule Hora University Teaching Hospital, Southern Ethiopia
Foxman, B. The epidemiology of urinary tract infection. Nat. Rev. Urol. 7(12), 653–660 (2010).
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Tan, N. C. et al. Accuracy of urinary symptoms and urine microscopy…
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CDX2 loss in colorectal cancer cells is associated with invasive properties and tumor budding
Cell culture
LS174T (ATCC) cells were maintained in Dulbecco′s Modified Eagle′s Medium (DMEM, D6046, Sigma) supplemented with 10% Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS, Sigma) and 2 mM L-Glutamine (G7513, Sigma). CaCo2 (ATCC) cells were grown in Minimum…
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Unravelling the impact of linear energy transfer on micronuclei induction from proton and photon irradiation
This work explored the differences in radiation induced MN formation between photons and protons. Overall, a dose dependent increase in PCMN was demonstrated for all cell lines and radiation types, however there was no clear quantitative…
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Enhanced cognitive performance in older adults through combined cognitive training and transcranial direct current stimulation
Design
The study utilized a double-blind mixed design with pre- and post-intervention assessments and a three-month follow-up as within-subject variables. Participants were randomly assigned to one of three groups: an experimental group that…
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Hydroxychloroquine improves manifestation of PE rats under oxidative stress by regulating the PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathway to inhibit autophagy
Ethics statement
The Sprague Dawley rats used in this study were purchased from the Animal Center of Xi’an Jiaotong University. The animal experimental protocols have been reviewed and approved by the Experimental Animal Committee of Shaanxi…
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Comparing traditional natural language processing and large language models for mental health status classification: a multi-model evaluation
The results of this study highlight the advantages of using both NLP models and fine-tuning LLMs for specialized tasks, particularly in the classification of mental health conditions based on text data. In this study, the NLP model outperformed…
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Annexin-A1 deficiency uncovers female-specific pathways in blood pressure control and cardiovascular remodeling in mice
Impact of Ang II-induced hypertension on the cardiovascular proteome of male and female WT and ANXA1-/- mice
A detailed workflow of aortic (thoracic aorta, TA) and cardiac (LV) proteomics based on sequential extraction of tissue (n = 4–5 per…
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