Scientists provide evolutionary insights into protein synthesis using primordial transfer RNA and ribosomes —...
The process of "translation" in protein synthesis involves formation of a peptide bond between two amino acids that are attached to two distinct transfer RNAs (tRNAs). For long, scientists have been puzzled as to...
Mechanism identified alters the coupling of nerve cells — ScienceDaily
The brain has the ability to modify the contacts between neurons. Among other things, that is how it prevents brain activity from getting out of control. Researchers from the University Hospital Bonn, together with...
Ubiquitous nutrients suppress appetite and promote movement — ScienceDaily
In experiments on mice, researchers at ETH Zurich show that non-essential amino acids act as appetite suppressants and promote the urge to move. Their research provides insight into the neural mechanism that controls this...
Biologists find new protective factor against excessive lipid accumulation in liver of obese mouse...
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), commonly known as fatty liver disease, is a prevalent disease frequently seen in obese people. Having high fat content in the liver is detrimental as it is strongly associated...
Pollution from cooking emissions hangs in the air — ScienceDaily
Organic aerosols -- such as those released in cooking -- may stay in the atmosphere for several days, because of nanostructures formed by fatty acids as they are released into the air.
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Vitamin E can boost immunotherapy responses by reinvigorating dendritic cells — ScienceDaily
Combining a retrospective analysis of clinical records with in-depth laboratory studies, researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered that vitamin E can enhance immunotherapy responses by stimulating the activity...
Coronaviruses evolve to recognize glycans of their host species — ScienceDaily
When coronaviruses jump species -- as SARS-CoV-2 is thought to have done from bats or pangolins to humans -- they must quickly adapt to their new host. For example, they must evolve to recognize...
Tumors change their metabolism to spread more effectively — ScienceDaily
Cancer cells can disrupt a metabolic pathway that breaks down fats and proteins to boost the levels of a byproduct called methylmalonic acid, thereby driving metastasis, according to research led by scientists at Weill...
New study reveals that healthy plant-based diets are associated with a lower risk of...
New research published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes ) finds that the consumption of healthy plant-based foods, including fruits, vegetables, nuts, coffee, and legumes, is associated...
Advancing maturation of human pluripotent stem cell-derived heart cells — ScienceDaily
A Mount Sinai-led team has developed a reproducible and scalable method to advance maturation of human pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hPSC-CMs) -- cells that support heart muscle contraction, generated in the lab from human...
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Take it from the rats: A junk food diet can cause long-term damage to...
A new USC-led study on rats that feasted on a high-fat, sugary diet raises the possibility that a junk food-filled diet in teens may...
Repurposing non-pharmacological interventions for Alzheimer’s disease through link prediction on biomedical literature
The complete workflow is depicted in Fig. 1. To investigate the association between NPIs and AD, we initially conducted preprocessing and integration of biomedical triples...
Degenerative Dementias and Their Medical Care in the Movies
Compared with other neurologic problems, few films have been dedicated to degenerative dementia. To our knowledge, this is the first systematic review about the...