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Cells optimised to produce substance that holds potential to improve ‘healthy ageing’
IMAGE: A new scientific study published in Nature Catalysis shows that baker’s yeast can be designed and optimised to produce polyamines…
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A key player in cell death moonlights as a mediator of inflammation
IMAGE: Caspase-1, a protease of the caspase family, is activated in response to microbial infections, cellular stresses, and so on, through…
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New beetle-dwelling roundworm species discovered in Japan
IMAGE: Male (upper) and female (lower) adults of Cryptaphelenchus abietis view more Credit: University of Tsukuba Tsukuba, Japan – Sometimes a…
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A remote control for gene transfer
The ability to insert desirable genes into animal or human cells is the basis of modern life science research and…
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Study identifies trigger for ‘head-to-tail’ axis development in human embryo
IMAGE: Professor Zernicka-Goetz in the lab. view more Credit: University of Cambridge Scientists have identified key molecular events in the developing…
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Fossil research shows woodlice cousins roamed Ireland 360 million years ago
IMAGE: Woodlice cousin Oxyuropoda ligioides in its 365 million years old continental Irish environment (Kiltorcan, Kilkenny, Ireland) view more Credit: Diane…
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Fungal spores from 250-year-old collections given new lease of life
Echoing through history by reviving fungal specimens originally preserved and described a flabbergasting quarter of a millenium ago by the…
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Hair follicles heal blisters at personal cost
IMAGE: A fluorescent micrograph of a cross-section through an epidermal blister on mice skin. The epidermis (green) is detached from the…
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Pinpointing how cancer cells turn aggressive
IMAGE: Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania used a novel technique based on the CRIPSR-Cas9 system to precisely track the lineage…
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New study gives clue to the cause, and possible treatment of Parkinson’s Disease
IMAGE: Immunostaining: Top panel SH-SY5Y cells transfected with GBA are stained for dsDNA (magenta), histone H2B (green) and Hsp60 (turquoise). White…
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