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The Effects of Obesity Mirror Those of Aging

Concordia researchers identify a shared list of health issues, from DNA damage to cognitive decline. The findings will help people better understand how obesity works and could help to stimulate ideas on how to treat it.
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Too Much of a Good Thing May Lead to Too Much of a Liver

A team of scientists suggest prolonged exposure to NRF2 and KEAP1 may contribute to enlargement of the liver and fatty liver diseases.
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Mechanically Controlled Division of Artificial Cells

Researchers have achieved control over the morphological transformations of cells and the resulting division process by anchoring low densities of proteins to the artificial cell membranes.
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Living Cell Imaging Approach Sheds Light on Obesity

Utah State University researchers have developed probes to help improve techniques to test drugs for obesity-related conditions.
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Ancient DNA From Sardinia Unlocks 6,000 Years of Genetic History

A new study of the genetic history of Sardinia, a Mediterranean island off the western coast of Italy, tells how genetic ancestry on the island was relatively stable through the end of the Bronze Age, even as mainland Europe saw new ancestries arrive
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Protein Uses Three Independent Lifts To Maneuver Goods

Scientists have established the structure of a transport complex used by bacteria to import molecules, which could provide insight into a similar transporter used in neural signal transduction.
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Hunting Hibernating Breast Cancer Cells in the Lung

Researchers from The Francis Crick Institute have discovered that lung cancer cells can support the survival of breast cancer cells, allowing them to hibernate inside the lung before they begin to form secondary tumors.
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Cancer Cells Override Environmental Cues To Maximize Energy Use

Using human lung cancer cells, researchers have discovered how cells modulate their energy consumption based on their surroundings, and how cancer cells override those cues to maximize energy use.
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Can "No Raw Data, No Science" Improve Reproducibility?

The 'reproducibility crisis' has become a significant issue in modern science and one journal editor has penned an article suggesting that, for journals, a "no raw data, no science" approach to article approval may be required to avert further damage to the scientific method.
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Genetically Engineered Bacteria Protect Honey Bees Against Parasites

In a new study published in the journal Science, researchers from The University of Texas at Austin outline their novel approach to protecting honey bees at risk of colony collapse – genetically engineered bacteria
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