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Lauren Sausser
April 28, 2024
Researchers in South Carolina are trying to build a DNA database to better understand how genetics affects health risks. But they’re struggling to recruit enough Black participants.
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From the journals: JLR
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From the journals: JLR

April 19, 2024

What can you do with artificial lipoproteins? A new key to angiogenesis. Flavonoids counteract oxidative stress. Read about recent papers on these topics.

Iron could be key to treating a global parasitic disease
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Iron could be key to treating a global parasitic disease

April 16, 2024

A study has found that leishmaniasis causes body-wide changes in iron balance, leading to red blood cell damage.

Environmental DNA is everywhere
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Environmental DNA is everywhere

April 14, 2024

The ability to extract trace bits of DNA from soil, water, and even air is revolutionizing science. Are there pitfalls?

Early COVID-19 research is riddled with poor methods and low-quality results
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Early COVID-19 research is riddled with poor methods and low-quality results

April 13, 2024

The pandemic worsened, but didn’t create, this problem for science.

From the journals: MCP
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From the journals: MCP

April 12, 2024

Three views of mass spec: analyzing secreted protein spectra, imaging mass spectrometry for clinical use and spectral libraries for MS data analysis. Read about these recent papers.

Understanding the fat science
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Understanding the fat science

April 9, 2024

Researchers at UCLA investigate lipid remodeling in the liver for energy generation.

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Scientists identify new function of learning and memory gene common to all mammalian brain cells

Findings in mice may steer search for therapies to treat brain developmental disorders in children with SYNGAP1 gene mutations.
Scientists identify new function of learning and memory gene common to all mammalian brain cells

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No oxygen? No problem
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No oxygen? No problem

April 8, 2024

By studying how electric fish survive in hypoxic streams for months at time, researchers may find new ways to target tumors.

Molecular sensor enables water bear hardiness by triggering dormancy
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Molecular sensor enables water bear hardiness by triggering dormancy

April 6, 2024

Cysteine oxidation may contributes to tardigrades’ remarkable hardiness and help them survive in ever-changing environments.

Cities under the sea
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Cities under the sea

April 3, 2024

Nanotechnology offers a way to restore and re-create coral reef biodiversity.

Seeding a coral comeback
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Seeding a coral comeback

April 2, 2024

Modified stem cell transplants may be coming to a coral reef near you.

Alcohol and drugs rewire your brain by changing how your genes work
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Alcohol and drugs rewire your brain by changing how your genes work

March 31, 2024

Research is investigating how to counteract addiction’s effects.

Vitamin A may play a central role in stem cell biology and wound repair
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Vitamin A may play a central role in stem cell biology and wound repair

March 30, 2024

New research shows that once stem cells have entered a state of lineage plasticity, they cannot function until they choose their fate, and retinoic acid plays a role.

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