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Introduction of cytosine-5 DNA methylation sensitizes cells to oxidative damage
This important work advances our understanding of DNA methylation and its consequences for susceptibility to DNA damage. This work presents evidence that DNA methylation can accentuate the genomic ...
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TET2 contributes to gluconeogenesis and pathology of type 2 diabetes
Department of Radiation Oncology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China ...
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Colony demographics shape nest construction in ants
This study presents an important finding that ant nest structure and digging behavior depend on ant age demographics for a ground-dwelling ant species (Camponotus fellah). By asking whether ants ...
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Oxytocin salvages context-specific hyperaltruistic preference through moral framing
This study presents a valuable finding that altruistic tendency during moral decision-making is context-dependent (present in the gain domain but absent in the loss domain) and its absence in the loss ...
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Science Communication: Tips for promoting your research
Effectively communicating your research can help to maximise its impact in your field and communities. We share some advice on how to broaden the reach of your findings, and ensure that your message ...
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Membrane binding properties of the cytoskeletal protein bactofilin
The investigators studied the membrane-targeting sequence (MTS) of bactofilin A (BacA) in Caulobacter crescentus to explore its role in membrane binding and polymerization. They used various ...
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Dynamics of compartment-specific proteomic landscapes of hepatotoxic and cholestatic models of liver fibrosis
Accumulation of extracellular matrix (ECM) in liver fibrosis is associated with changes in protein abundance and composition depending upon etiology of the underlying liver disease. Current efforts to ...
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Neuronal Development: Rethinking sensorimotor circuits
New research shows that the neural circuit responsible for stabilising gaze can develop in the absence of motor neurons, contrary to a long-standing model in the field.
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Mistargeted retinal axons form synaptically segregated subcircuits in the visual thalamus of albino mice
Hope Center for Neurological Disorders, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, USA ...
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Computational method pinpoints how cause-and-effect relationships ebb and flow over time
A new computer model can more accurately assess how causal relationships in complex real-world systems vary over time.
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Endophilin A1 facilitates organization of the GABAergic postsynaptic machinery to maintain excitation-inhibition balance
This study presents a valuable finding on the molecular mechanisms that govern GABAergic inhibitory synapse function. The authors propose that Endophilin A1 serves as a novel regulator of GABAergic ...
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The promise and peril of comparing fluorescence lifetime in biology revealed by simulations
Fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) excels over the widely used fluorescence intensity imaging by allowing the measurement of absolute signal levels, independent of sensor concentration.