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An extraordinary exploration of the extracellular environment
3+ hour, 14+ min ago (768+ words) Editorial from Development’s latest Special Issue - The Extracellular Environment in Development, Regeneration and Stem Cells, edited by Alex Hughes and Rashmi Priya. The post An extraordinary exploration of the extracellular environment appeared first on the Node. [Editorial from Development’s latest…...
How genes and sex jointly shape cognition in Philadelphia youth cohort
4+ hour, 14+ min ago (876+ words) One of the largest genetic investigations of cognition ever conducted in young people has found that while boys and girls differ modestly on a range of cognitive tests, those differences are mirrored by real differences in how strongly genes shape…...
Warming and ammonium exposure in larvae shape adult frog outcomes
4+ hour, 15+ min ago (112+ words) The echoes of a tadpole’s early life can reverberate through a frog’s entire existence, but new research suggests those echoes are far stranger than scientists anticipated. In a long-term experiment conducted on the Iberian green frog (Pelophylax perezi), researchers Francisco…...
Multi-modal data integration uncovers predictive biomarkers for ovarian
7+ hour, 56+ min ago (742+ words) Precision oncology has long promised a future in which each patient’s tumor is read like a molecular instruction manual, with treatments selected to match the specific genetic faults driving the disease. Yet the promise has repeatedly stumbled in clinical trials,…...
Study maps tissue-specific aging trajectories across the human body
8+ hour, 7+ min ago (839+ words) Aging does not unfold at the same pace everywhere in the body, and one of the most ambitious attempts yet to quantify that asymmetry suggests that the deterioration of our tissues follows tissue-specific trajectories that are more coordinated than scientists…...
Damaged lysosomes undergo budding-type fission driven by mitochondrial
8+ hour, 35+ min ago (59+ words) In a discovery that reshapes how biologists think about cellular quality control, researchers have identified an entirely new mechanism by which cells repair their damaged lysosomes. The process, termed budding-type fission, or B-fission, allows a compromised lysosome to bud off…...
Anti-swelling biphasic conductive hydrogels enable 3D-printed implantable
8+ hour, 59+ min ago (608+ words) Hydrogels have long been considered one of the most promising material platforms for implantable bioelectronics. Soft, water-rich, and chemically similar to living tissue, they promise a gentle interface between electronics and biology. Yet despite decades of enthusiasm, hydrogel-based implants have…...
ATRX partners with 9-1-1 and CST to protect genome replication and
9+ hour, 26+ min ago (838+ words) Every time a human cell divides, it must copy roughly six billion letters of DNA—a feat accomplished by molecular machines that race along the double helix at breakneck speed. But the replication machinery routinely encounters obstacles: tightly bound proteins,…...
New R package Geneslator simplifies gene ID conversion and annotation
10+ hour, 14+ min ago (715+ words) Every high-throughput sequencing experiment ends in the same place: a very long list of genes, each tagged with an identifier that may be meaningless outside the specific database from which it was pulled....
Cyclin gene evolution in Arabidopsis and Brassica links polyploid
15+ hour, 58+ min ago (951+ words) In a finding that could reshape how breeders approach one of the world’s most important oilseed crops, researchers at The University of Western Australia have completed the most comprehensive survey yet of cyclin genes across the mustard family, revealing that…...