Top Comments: On Possible Explanations for Octopus Intelligence
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Experimental Heart Drug Helps Patients Exercise More and Feel Better
An experimental drug designed to reduce excessive heart muscle contraction helped patients with a difficult-to-treat form of hypertrophic…
Skin biopsy offers less invasive diagnosis for mitochondrial disease
Researchers at Children’s Hospital Colorado (Children’s Colorado) and the University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine have published…
Some Pancreatic Cells Are Just One Genetic Tweak Away From Treating Diabetes
A human pancreas typically contains about a billion beta cells, the primary producers of insulin. Among people with…
Study uncovers how interferon-alpha treats rare blood cancers
The biologic drug interferon-alpha can benefit patients with blood cancers called myeloproliferative neoplasms by forcing mutant blood stem…
Caloric restriction reduces genetic mutations across the mouse genome
Mutations are changes in the molecular “letters” that make up DNA, the genetic blueprint for cells. Mutations build…
New study reveals euchromatin forms dynamic condensed domains in cells
The human genome is about two meters long, yet it is folded inside a cell nucleus only about…
Genomic insights into the persistence of Nubian giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis camelopardalis) in conflict-affected South Sudan
Daskin, J. H. & Pringle, R. M. Warfare and wildlife declines in Africa’s protected areas. Nature 553, 328–332…
Stirling team develops new method to study salmon lice secretions
Research led by PhD researcher Alexander Dindial alongside professor James Bron and Dr Sean Monaghan at the University’s…
Scientists Can Now See DNA Folding at Near-Molecular Resolution
New fluorescent probes can reveal how DNA is folded and moves inside cells at exceptionally fine scales. Credit:…
Generative AI helps scientists design entirely new RNA transporters
Researchers at Helmholtz Munich and TUM have developed Synthetic Transfer Vehicles (STVs), an entirely new class of RNA transporters.…
Protein buildup mechanism shapes response to PROTAC drugs
The way cancer-causing proteins accumulate in tumors may influence how effectively a promising new generation of medicines can…