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DNA Repair Crew Has Favorites
5+ hour, 43+ min ago (220+ words) In this new study, Afek's team sought to characterize where in the genome repair enzymes succeed and where they are less effective. To do this, they developed a chip with thousands of short DNA molecules attached to it, all carrying…...
Earth extremophile can grow in near-Mars-like conditions
5+ hour, 58+ min ago (657+ words) We have found tantalising hints that not only was there once life on Mars, but that it might still exist on the Red Planet. Now, a study here on Earth has made that idea more plausible by showing that salt-loving,…...
COVID and dormant viruses, Neanderthal genes, Pluto's freezing atmosphere
13+ hour ago (628+ words) Interesting science news of the week This is not about exotic infections, but about old acquaintances. The Epstein-Barr virus, which infects over 90% of the world's adult population. Cytomegalovirus. Herpes simplex viruses. And also the enigmatic anelloviruses, which until recently were…...
Antenna-like cell structure helps turtles sense warmth that determines sex
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (439+ words) AMES, Iowa—A tiny, antenna-like structure found on many animal cells may help explain how turtle embryos sense the warmth that determines whether they develop as male or female....
New brain model reveals how regional chemistry shapes large-scale neural
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (501+ words) Researchers have developed a computer model of the human cortex that connects molecular-scale chemistry with brain-wide patterns of activity, offering new evidence that differences in receptor density can influence how information travels through the brain. The study, published in the…...
How Somatic Mutations and Genome Mosaicism Shape Aging and Disease
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (76+ words) Aging may leave a genetic record in nearly every tissue of the human body, written not in the DNA inherited at conception but in mutations acquired during life. A review by E. Pan, A. Maslov and J. Vijg, published in Experimental & Molecular Medicine,…...
Chronobiology: Setting Time in Organs
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (505+ words) | Newswise Newswise Chronobiology: Setting Time in Organs LMU researchers have elucidated how different organs adapt the same clock machinery to regulate their individual needs over the course of a day. Newswise — Circadian clocks impose daily rhythm on virtually every cell…...
Human Genome Breakthrough Paves Way for Personalized Genomics
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (517+ words) Scientists have reconstructed the most complete diploid human genome yet produced, creating a high-resolution sequence that contains both copies of every chromosome inherited from an individual’s parents....
New Platform Accelerates Bacterial Gene Mapping for Improved Biotechnology
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (584+ words) Design Bioengineer.org...
Why Longevity Research Must Prioritize Women
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (558+ words) Women may hold one of nature’s most important clues to the biology of aging, according to a new perspective published in Cell. The paper introduces the Reproductive Resilience Hypothesis, an evolutionary framework proposing that reproduction and longevity are not always…...