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Cancer 'guardian' breaks bad with one switch
Human Biology News -- ScienceDailyA mutation that replaces a single amino acid in a potent tumor-suppressing protein makes it prone to nucleating amyloid fibrils implicated in many cancers as well as neurological diseases.
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WOX9: A jack of all trades
Human Biology News -- ScienceDailyResearchers used CRISPR, a genome-editing tool, to figure out the hidden roles of a developmental gene called WOX9. It usually induces flower branching in tomatoes and influences embryo growth in a plant related to broccoli. By tweaking the DNA in[…]
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Ancient DNA reveals clues about how tuberculosis shaped the human immune system
Human Biology News -- ScienceDailyA new study employing ancient human DNA reveals how tuberculosis has affected European populations over the past 2,000 years, specifically the impact that disease has had on the human genome. This work has implications for studying not only evolutionary genetics,[…]
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Belly fat resistant to every-other-day fasting
Human Biology News -- ScienceDailyScientists have mapped out what happens to fat deposits during intermittent fasting (every second day), with an unexpected discovery that some types of fat are more resistant to weight loss.
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New, highly precise 'clock' can measure biological age
Human Biology News -- ScienceDailyScientists have developed a method that can determine an organism's biological age with unprecedented precision. Researchers expect new insights into how the environment, nutrition, and therapies influence the aging process.
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Killing superbugs with star-shaped polymers, not antibiotics
(e) Science News - Health & MedicineThe study, published today in Nature Microbiology, holds promise for a new treatment method against antibiotic-resistant bacteria (commonly known as superbugs). read more
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Termination of lethal arrhythmia with light
(e) Science News - Health & MedicineA research team from the University of Bonn has succeeded for the first time in using light stimuli to stop life-threatening cardiac arrhythmia in mouse hearts. Furthermore, as shown in computer simulations at Johns Hopkins University, this technique could also[…]
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Historical analysis examines sugar industry role in heart disease research
(e) Science News - Health & MedicineUsing archival documents, a new report published online by JAMA Internal Medicine examines the sugar industry's role in coronary heart disease research and suggests the industry sponsored research to influence the scientific debate to cast doubt on the hazards of[…]
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Study reveals how ionising radiation damages DNA and causes cancer
Biology News Net - Health & MedicineFor the first time, researchers from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and their collaborators have been able to identify in human cancers two characteristic patterns of DNA damage caused by ionising radiation. These fingerprint patterns may now enable doctors to[…]
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Study details Zika virus disrupting fetal brain development during pregnancy
(e) Science News - Health & MedicineFor the first time, abnormal brain development following a Zika infection during pregnancy has been documented experimentally in the offspring of a non-human primate. read more
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