Heart benefits of walnuts likely come from gut
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Heart benefits of walnuts likely come from gut

By Nancy D. Lamontagne
Gut microbe gene expression provides new insights into how eating walnuts may lower cardiovascular risk.
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The researcher and the roaches

Jingwei Li, an undergraduate at Case Western Reserve University, has been studying cockroaches to learn about Parkinson’s disease. He'll present his work at #DiscoverBMB.
The researcher and the roaches

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Bacterial protein reverses infertility by lowering cholesterol
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Bacterial protein reverses infertility by lowering cholesterol

March 24, 2023

Researchers reverse infertility in preclinical models by reducing HDL cholesterol with a bacterial virulence protein.

Offensive strategies in the lab
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Offensive strategies in the lab

March 24, 2023

A love of football inspired this Iowa State undergrad’s food preservation research.

Lighting the way to undergraduate research
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Lighting the way to undergraduate research

March 23, 2023

A team at Albion College is working on light-activated pharmaceuticals to target cancer and minimize damage to healthy cells.

National Academies report calls for antiracist reforms
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National Academies report calls for antiracist reforms

March 22, 2023

Institutions must make significant, structural changes, the authors say.

Taking a first bite of biochemistry
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Taking a first bite of biochemistry

March 22, 2023

The SMART Team program, launched two decades ago by an ASBMB member, can propel high school students toward science careers.

ASBMB cautions against drastic immigration fee increases
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ASBMB cautions against drastic immigration fee increases

March 21, 2023

The USCIS proposed increasing its filing fees for employment-based visas by up to 2,050%. The ASBMB said the hike “is likely to harm the retention of highly skilled foreign-born scientific researchers.”

Exploring marine science at the cellular level
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Exploring marine science at the cellular level

March 21, 2023

Karlie Tischendorf, a senior at Purdue University, is scheduled to present her research on stingray venom at Discover BMB.

In memoriam: Christine Guthrie
In Memoriam

In memoriam: Christine Guthrie

March 20, 2023

She was a pioneer in RNA biology, a leader in the pre-mRNA splicing field and member of the ASBMB for almost 40 years.

Assessing the risk of excess folic acid intake
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Assessing the risk of excess folic acid intake

March 18, 2023

DNA repair genes were significantly hypermethylated in mice fed a lot of it, a Baylor team reports.

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