Cells, like ordinary households, produce "garbage" – debris and dysfunctional elements – that need disposal. When the mechanism for taking out this garbage fails, rare genetic diseases called lysosomal storage disorders ...
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An international team of researchers led by Francesca Finotello from the Digital Science Center (DiSC) and the Department of Molecular Biology has derived a molecular signature from tumor transcriptomics data that quantifies ...
Sep 10, 2024
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Researchers at the University of Michigan Health Rogel Cancer Center have uncovered a key reason that a typically normal protein goes awry and fuels cancer.
Sep 9, 2024
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The immune system is tightly regulated to ensure that it only responds to actual health threats, instead of attacking our own bodies, which happens in cases of autoimmunity. Now, researchers from Japan report a new protein–protein ...
Aug 21, 2024
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A newly discovered code within DNA—coined "spatial grammar"—holds a key to understanding how gene activity is encoded in the human genome.
Aug 20, 2024
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A study led by Pompeu Fabra University describes the mechanism whereby insulinomas, a rare type of neuroendocrine tumor that affects pancreatic beta cells, form. According to the study, insulinomas are the result of the accumulation ...
Jul 2, 2024
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An unexpectedly versatile and regenerative stem cell in early embryos may be key to creating new effective fertility treatments, suggests a new study in mice from the University of Copenhagen.
Jun 24, 2024
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Determining the genetic and epigenetic factors that influence brain folding is the objective of the latest study co-led by the Neurogenesis and Cortical Expansion laboratory, directed by researcher Víctor Borrell at the ...
Jun 11, 2024
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NDORMS researchers have identified a critical axis that controls the formation and behavior of cancer stem cells (CSCs), a subpopulation of cells that influence how lethal the cancer can be, its resistance to chemotherapy, ...
Jun 6, 2024
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Schizophrenia is a complex disease with variable presentations, and the diverse nature of this mental health disorder has made understanding the mechanisms that cause the disease, and subsequently developing effective treatments, ...
May 23, 2024
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