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  • Young green quinoa as a sustainable functional crop with anti-inflammatory effects in macrophage cells

    Young green quinoa as a sustainable functional crop with anti-inflammatory effects in macrophage cells

    Given the rising prevalence of NCDs associated with chronic inflammation, integrating young green quinoa (YGQ) extracts into dietary products could contribute to mitigating inflammation-related health conditions, such as cardiovascular disease,…

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  • Multi-omic analysis of gallbladder cancer identifies distinct tumor microenvironments associated with disease progression

    Multi-omic analysis of gallbladder cancer identifies distinct tumor microenvironments associated with disease progression

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  • Valle, J. W., Kelley, R. K., Nervi, B., Oh, D.-Y. & Zhu, A. X. Biliary tract cancer. Lancet

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  • Doublet decoding of tRNASer3 demonstrates plasticity of ribosomal decoding center

    Doublet decoding of tRNASer3 demonstrates plasticity of ribosomal decoding center

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    E. coli 70S ribosomes were purified from E. coli MRE600 cells according to21, including two steps of pelleting through a 1.1 M sucrose cushion and rate-zonal centrifugation in a preformed 10−40 % sucrose gradient. ASLs and mRNAs…

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  • At the roots of resistance

    At the roots of resistance

    At the roots of resistance

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  • Hemifusomes: Biologists Discover Previously Unknown Organelle Complexes inside Human Cells

    Hemifusomes: Biologists Discover Previously Unknown Organelle Complexes inside Human Cells

    Hemifusomes constitute up to 10% of vesicular organelles at the cell periphery but do not engage in canonical endocytic pathways, according to a team of biologists from the University of Virginia and the National Institutes of Health.

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  • Two Transparent Worms Unveil Ancient Evolutionary Secrets

    Two Transparent Worms Unveil Ancient Evolutionary Secrets

    Study finds that the pace of evolution in organisms differs depending on the type of cells involved. A new study finds that two species of worms have maintained strikingly similar patterns of gene activation and deactivation, even though they…

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  • The Discovery and Evolution of Fluorescent Proteins

    The Discovery and Evolution of Fluorescent Proteins

    It has been over 60 years since Osamu Shimomura et al. discovered Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP)1. Since then, the color palette for fluorescent proteins has been extended to span blue through to far red,…

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  • Shocking Scientists: Iconic Bluebottle Jellyfish Revealed To Be Four Distinct Species

    Shocking Scientists: Iconic Bluebottle Jellyfish Revealed To Be Four Distinct Species

    Ocean drifters once thought identical are actually several species. Genetics and ocean modeling uncover unexpected isolation. Bluebottles, also known as Portuguese man o’ war, were long thought to be a single species drifting across the…

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  • Orangutans sacrifice sleep to socialize–but naps can help

    Orangutans sacrifice sleep to socialize–but naps can help

    If you’ve ever had a late night out with friends and then needed an afternoon…

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