Fasting to improve health span
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Source: Editors' Choice - September 27, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Alderton, G. Tags: twil Source Type: research
Better communication without politics
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Source: Editors' Choice - September 27, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Jasny, B. R. Tags: twil Source Type: research
Controlling gold helices with DNA
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Source: Editors' Choice - September 27, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Szuromi, P. Tags: twil Source Type: research
Connecting the bio to the tech
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Source: Editors' Choice - September 27, 2018 Category: Science Authors: McCartney, M. Tags: twil Source Type: research
Father, do not eat thy son
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Source: Editors' Choice - September 27, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Ash, C. Tags: twil Source Type: research
The blood, by night and day
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Source: Editors' Choice - September 27, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Purnell, B. A. Tags: twil Source Type: research
A massive cemetery at Lake Turkana
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Source: Editors' Choice - September 27, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Sugden, A. M. Tags: twil Source Type: research
[Development] YAP is crucial for lung branching morphogenesis
Lung morphogenesis is a complex process involving rearrangements of various cell types to achieve the branched patterning necessary to maximize gaseous exchange. Lin et al. – [Read More] (Source: Editors' Choice)
Source: Editors' Choice - April 13, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Megan Eldred Tags: Development Source Type: research
[Nuclear Physics] Smashing ions to test a theory
The strong interaction that binds together quarks in a nucleus appears to respect the symmetry of parity. However, physicists have hypothesized that smashing heavy ions against each – [Read More] (Source: Editors' Choice)
Source: Editors' Choice - April 13, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Jelena Stajic Tags: Nuclear Physics Source Type: research
[Stellar Astrophysics] Mixing up isotopes in evolved stars
The elements carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen (CNO) are involved in nuclear fusion reactions in the cores of stars, which affect the relative abundances of their isotopes. As a star ages, – [Read More] (Source: Editors' Choice)
Source: Editors' Choice - April 13, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Keith T. Smith Tags: Stellar Astrophysics Source Type: research
[Inflammation] Protectin and resolvin gut inflammation
Even when laced with syrup, cod-liver oil is disgusting, but it is an important source of omega-3-docosapentaenoic fatty acid (DPA). After being swallowed, DPA is converted into specialized – [Read More] (Source: Editors' Choice)
Source: Editors' Choice - April 13, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Caroline Ash Tags: Inflammation Source Type: research
[Cell Biology] TB exploits zombie cells
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB), mainly grows within host cells. Lerner et al. studied the lifestyle of M. tuberculosis – [Read More] (Source: Editors' Choice)
Source: Editors' Choice - April 13, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Stella M. Hurtley Tags: Cell Biology Source Type: research
[Genetic Variation] Near and far effects on gene expression
The genes in the human β-globin cluster are co-regulated by a single control region or master cis-regulatory site. Surprisingly, few other master regulators have been identified, although – [Read More] (Source: Editors' Choice)
Source: Editors' Choice - April 13, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Laura M. Zahn Tags: Genetic Variation Source Type: research
[Biochemistry] Heavy metals? No problem for this snail
Snails and slugs can accumulate and detoxify heavy metals with the help of metallothioneins, small sulphur-rich proteins that can bind ions of heavy metals such as cadmium. Baumann – [Read More] (Source: Editors' Choice)
Source: Editors' Choice - April 13, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Julia Fahrenkamp-Uppenbrink Tags: Biochemistry Source Type: research
[Chiral Separations] Selecting drugs with peptide networks
Molecules containing a chiral center exist as enantiomers, or inequivalent mirror images. For drug molecules, purifying the active enantiomer can be critical because the other can have – [Read More] (Source: Editors' Choice)
Source: Editors' Choice - April 7, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Phil Szuromi Tags: Chiral Separations Source Type: research
