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Creature thrives at scalding temps too high for all other known life | Nation
1+ hour, 44+ min ago (671+ words) Incendiamoeba cascadensis cell at 55ºC, scale bar 5µm. (Felix Mikus via SWNS) A microscopic creature has been hailed a record breaker by thriving at scalding temperatures that would kill all other known life. The single-celled organism smashed the previous record for heat…...
Creature thrives at scalding temps too high for all other known life
2+ hour, 14+ min ago (671+ words) Incendiamoeba cascadensis cell at 55ºC, scale bar 5µm. (Felix Mikus via SWNS) A microscopic creature has been hailed a record breaker by thriving at scalding temperatures that would kill all other known life. The single-celled organism smashed the previous record for heat…...
Grass pea faces root rot threat but harbors rich polygenic resistance
1+ hour, 51+ min ago (754+ words) The oomycete Aphanomyces euteiches is one of the most feared soil-borne pathogens in global legume production, capable of devastating pea and lentil fields with necrotic roots, yellowing foliage and, in severe outbreaks, outright plant death....
Under stress, bacterial RNA and proteins tell different stories
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (612+ words) Log into the student web Edit content at umu.se NEWS Researchers at Umeå University have identified stress conditions in which RNA and protein levels diverge in disease-causing bacteria. Under osmotic stress, they traced this mismatch to reduced protein production,…...
New Method Unlocks Molecular Secrets Trapped in Decades-Old Human Tissue Samples
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (428+ words) Recovering whole cells from decades-old preserved tissue could make hospital archives a richer source of molecular data. Imagine a volume labeled “Encyclopedia of Human Tissue” resting on a table. Inside might be information about how different cells appear in healthy…...
Collection policies | Genetic Medicines: From Genomic Discovery to Clinical Translation
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (186+ words) This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 3: Good Health & Wellbeing. This Collection will explore the development and clinical translation of genetic medicines, spanning the journey from genomic discovery to therapeutic development and patient care. We welcome original research…...
New Computational Tool Flags the Tipping Points Where Genes Turn Disease
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (778+ words) Diseases rarely unfold in a smooth, predictable line. For patients and clinicians alike, the most consequential moments in an illness are often the abrupt ones: the day a stable tumor suddenly turns aggressive, the hour a mild respiratory infection tips…...
Macrophages move captured proteins onto their own surface during live-cell
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (781+ words) Macrophages, the sentinel cells of the innate immune system, have long been celebrated for their remarkable ability to engulf and process foreign material, from invading bacteria to the cellular debris left behind by dying tissue. A new study published in…...
Hidden Moss Worlds Thrive on China’s Degraded Karst Landscapes
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (96+ words) Beneath the cracked, chalky surfaces of southern China’s degraded karst terrain, an unexpected biological empire has been quietly holding the ground together. A new study of biological soil crusts—thin, living skins of mosses, lichens, algae, and cyanobacteria that bind…...
Cofilin-1 Dosage Governs Muscle Cell Differentiation and Fusion, Study
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (632+ words) Every time a muscle fiber forms, a single cell must perform one of the most dramatic architectural transformations in biology. A myoblast — a committed muscle precursor cell — has to abandon division, elongate, and then fuse with its neighbors to build…...