A new study investigates how telomeres adjust their length during the first cell divisions of life. Small plastic or metal tips at the ends of shoelaces, called aglets, keep laces from unraveling and protect them from wear. Chromosomes have a…
Category: 5. Biology
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Do Our First Cells Hold the Secrets to Longevity and Cancer Risk?
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MGI Tech and Predica Diagnostics accelerate cervical cancer screening on DNBSEQ platforms
Achieving a major milestone, MGI and Predica Diagnostics enhance cervical cancer diagnostics with rapid, scalable HPV testing on advanced sequencing platforms.
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Rethinking Depression: How Brain “Insulation” Cells Might Hold the Key to New Treatments
A newly discovered mechanism that protects nerve cells could have important implications for understanding and treating mental illness. When laboratory mice experience brain injury, such as damage caused by an injection, researchers have…
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Assessing the Possible Therapeutic Applications of Non-Coding RNA
To understand the human genome, scientists focused on protein-coding genes and their functions for decades. This has given us invaluable knowledge about the inner workings of the human body. But that also only…
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These Strange Fanged Frogs Turn Out to Be Multiple Species
A frog species known since 1838 may actually be several different species, according to a new genetic study of Southeast Asia’s “fanged frogs.” When people hear about the discovery of a new species, they often picture something straight out…
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Keto Diet Reduces Depressive Symptoms by 62%
A remotely-delivered keto-diet intervention reduced depression symptoms by 62% in adults. The corresponding study was published in Frontiers in Nutrition.
“Traditional treatments like antidepressants…
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Dinos hatched eggs less efficiently than modern birds, researchers show
What do we really know about how oviraptors—bird-like but flightless dinosaurs—hatched their eggs? Did they use environmental heat, like crocodiles, or body heat from an adult, like birds? In a new Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution study,…
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Refeyn launches MyMass instrument to simplify sample quality assessment for structural biology
Refeyn, developer of pioneering mass photometry technology, announces the launch of MyMass™ mass photometer (MyMassMP), a compact instrument designed to answer a critical research question: Is the sample good enough for further…
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It's coyote puppy season; here's what you need to know
Coyotes may be building dens and having litters of pups near you, according to new research from the University of Georgia. But chances are you won’t see them—even if they are denning right next door. In one of the first studies of its kind,…
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Study reveals dual role of PFK enzyme in metabolism and cell cycle progression
A metabolic enzyme studied for over seven decades has a hidden second function – it can unwind RNA and promote cell cycle progression, an additional function beyond its role in energy production, according to a new study led by the…
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