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Genome-wide study across ancestries reveals genetic roots of Hashimoto’s
2+ hour, 31+ min ago (916+ words) In the largest genetic investigation of its kind to date, an international team of researchers has mapped the genetic architecture of Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, the most common autoimmune disease in the world, through multi-ancestry genome-wide association analyses spanning tens of thousands…...
New method counts chromatin loops across the entire genome
4+ hour ago (756+ words) Genome-wide maps of chromatin interactions have transformed our understanding of how the genetic blueprint is organized inside the cell nucleus, but a fundamental question has remained surprisingly difficult to answer: how often, in any given cell, is a particular loop…...
Mapping transcription factors that drive root nodule development
6+ hour, 47+ min ago (28+ words) Bioengineer.org Subject of Research: Biology Article Title: Molecular cartography of root nodule organogenesis: insights into the role of transcription factors...
Archaea as "flexitarians": ammonia-oxidizing microbes also feed on amino acids
22+ hour, 33+ min ago (193+ words) The tiny helpers of marine sponges also use organic amino acids image: Figure 1: The bright yellow elephant ear sponge, called Ianthella basta, can be found across coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific Ocean including the Great Barrier Reef off the coast…...
Selenium-doped carbon dots deliver dsRNA to combat Phytophthora diseases
8+ hour, 31+ min ago (61+ words) Soybean farmers have long battled Phytophthora root rot, a devastating oomycete disease that destroys crops worldwide, but a new breakthrough from Chinese scientists may transform how growers fight back. A research team at China Agricultural University has developed an ingenious…...
Optical strain and spectral-spatial networks decode micro-expressions
9+ hour, 24+ min ago (61+ words) Micro-expressions are the fleeting, involuntary facial movements that betray a person’s true emotional state in a fraction of a second, often lasting less than half a second and appearing on the face before any conscious attempt at suppression can take…...
Machine learning verifies Lycii Fructus origins via metabolite and element
12+ hour, 6+ min ago (59+ words) In the arid highlands of northwestern China, the small red berry known as gouqi, or Lycii Fructus, has been prized for centuries as both a food and a traditional medicine, believed to support liver and kidney health, improve eyesight, and…...
Formononetin fights cellular aging via FOS-driven pathway
16+ hour, 35+ min ago (726+ words) Aging has long been framed as an irreversible decline, a one-way street at the cellular level. But a new study published in the journal Biogerontology suggests that at least some of the hallmarks of cellular aging may be negotiable....
An extraordinary exploration of the extracellular environment
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (768+ words) Editorial from Development’s latest Special Issue - The Extracellular Environment in Development, Regeneration and Stem Cells, edited by Alex Hughes and Rashmi Priya. The post An extraordinary exploration of the extracellular environment appeared first on the Node. [Editorial from Development’s latest…...
Inflammation of brain blood vessels drives cortical superficial siderosis
18+ hour, 42+ min ago (713+ words) A routine brain scan finding long dismissed as a passive scar of old bleeding may in fact be the visible tip of an active, treatable inflammatory process, according to new research that could reshape how specialists diagnose and manage one…...