New aging mechanism discovered in nematodes
Even the genes and proteins that have been most closely studied are still far from having given up all their secrets. Like a Swiss Army knife, they have many different, often unknown functions.
Even the genes and proteins that have been most closely studied are still far from having given up all their secrets. Like a Swiss Army knife, they have many different, often unknown functions.
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 21, 2024
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It's estimated around 3% of people in the UK experience long COVID—persistent, long-lasting symptoms after a COVID-19 infection.
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 12, 2024
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For the nutrients that feed our cells to reach their destination, proteins embedded in the cell membrane often must shuttle what's needed across the threshold. When this system breaks down and metabolites fail to reach their ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 26, 2023
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Antioxidants are often advertised as a cure-all in nutrition and offered as dietary supplements. However, our body also produces such radical scavengers itself, one of which is coenzyme Q. Now researchers from the Max Planck ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 20, 2023
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Mercury pollution is a global threat to human health, especially to unborn babies and young children. Exposure to methylmercury, a type that forms when mercury washes into lakes and streams, can harm children's brain development ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 19, 2022
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Body cells burn off fat reserves when nutrient supply from food ceases. A team led by Professor Volker Haucke and Dr. Wonyul Jang from the Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP) has now discovered ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 15, 2022
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The devastation of mitochondrial diseases is felt by millions of people around the world, and about 1 in every 4,300 people in the United States.
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 17, 2022
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Amyloidosis is the collective name for a group of diseases characterized by the deposition of amyloids—insoluble proteins that form due to the misfolding and aggregation of soluble proteins—outside of cells. Such depositions ...
Molecular & Computational biology
May 6, 2022
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As people age, they progressively lose muscle mass and strength, and this can lead to frailty and other age-related diseases. As the causes for the decline remain largely unknown, promoting muscle health is an area of great ...
Biotechnology
Nov 30, 2020
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Developing egg cells conduct tests to select the healthiest of their energy-making machines to be passed to the next generation. A new study in fruit flies, published online May 15 in Nature, shows how the testing is done.
Cell & Microbiology
May 15, 2019
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