While fictional depictions of fossil discoveries often feature someone finding…
Category: 5. Biology
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Loss of Y chromosome in male immune cells linked to poorer cancer outcomes
A study initiated by a University of Arizona Comprehensive Cancer Center physician-scientist defined for the first time how loss of the Y chromosome in male immune cells negatively affects immune system function, which may explain…
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Novel Discovery Sheds Light on Treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects an individual’s behavior, memory, and mental capabilities. Alzheimer’s allows for the build-up of proteins in the brain, which…
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Innovative method reveals how titin disruption triggers muscular diseases
A team at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), led by Jorge Alegre-Cebollada, has developed an innovative method, called TEVs-TTN, for studying the specific mechanical functions of proteins through their…
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Probiotics can help heal ravaged coral reefs
Probiotics are everywhere, claiming to help us poop, restore gut health, and…
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Probiotics helped great star corals fend off a deadly disease
Great star corals in the grip of disease have been saved with probiotics — beneficial bacteria that attack or displace invading pathogens or possibly trigger immune responses to them.
What’s causing this deadly disease remains…
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CRAIC Technologies Circular Dichroism Microspectrometers pioneer molecular insights
CRAIC Technologies is proud to introduce Circular Dichroism Microspectroscopy. The field of biology is witnessing a transformative leap forward with the advent of Circular Dichroism (CD) Microspectroscopy, an innovative analytical…
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Gene editing and AAV6 vectors can trigger inflammatory, senescence-like responses in blood stem cells
Scientists at the San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (SR-Tiget), Milan, have found that gene editing using CRISPR-Cas9 in combination with AAV6 vectors can trigger inflammatory and senescence-like responses in blood…
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NRF2-mediated persistent adaptation of oesophageal adenocarcinoma cells to HER2 inhibition
Morgan E, Soerjomataram I, Rumgay H, Coleman HG, Thrift AP, Vignat J, et al. The global landscape of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and esophageal adenocarcinoma incidence and mortality in 2020 and projections to 2040: new estimates from…
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