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Cholesterol-lowering statins are among the most widely prescribed drugs in the world. They can have side effects, however,…
Single-cell spatiotemporal dissection of the human maternal–fetal interface
Tissue acquisition and processing for joint single-nucleus multiome profiling and spatial transcriptomics Snap-frozen decidual and basal plate samples…
Systemic epigenetic dysregulation as a driver of ageing and a therapeutic target
Guo, J. et al. Aging and aging-related diseases: from molecular mechanisms to interventions and treatments. Signal. Transduct. Target.…
First atlas of brain organization shows development over a lifetime
The regions of the brain that act in concert change as a person matures. Credit: Microscape/SPL Scientists have…
Can a mouse be cloned indefinitely? Decades-long experiment has answers
Scientists harvested eggs from 25th-generation cloned mice and fertilized the eggs, which grew into these early-stage embryos. Credit:…
Brain differences between sexes get more pronounced from puberty
Credit: Cavan Images/Getty Some sex differences in brain-connectivity patterns become more pronounced with age, according to new research.…
ER remodelling is a feature of ageing and depends on ER-phagy
In vivo imaging of ER dynamics in adult C. elegans Many ER proteins are enriched in specific structural…
Sending babies to nursery completely reshapes their microbiomes
Infants’ microbiomes are strongly affected by what they eat and who they come into contact with.Credit: Getty A…
Some of your cells are not genetically yours — what can they tell us about life and death?
Hidden Guests: Migrating Cells and How the New Science of Microchimerism is Redefining Human Identity Lise Barnéoud, transl.…
DNA looping regulates transcription | Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
Each of our cells usually has about 2 m (6 feet) of genomic DNA, which needs to be…
Watch a human embryo implant itself — with brute force
A microscopic view of a nine-day-old human embryo shows a protein found in embryonic stem cells in green,…