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Antioxidant Enzymes Repair DNA Damage

In crisis, the nucleus calls antioxidant enzymes to the rescue. The nucleus being metabolically active is a profound paradigm shift with implications for cancer research.
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Fat Cell Study Reveals Potential Avenues for Obesity, Diabetes Treatments

Findings represent the first structural details of uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1), which allows fat tissue to burn off calories as heat.
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Neurons Can Recognize Others

The hippocampus plays a crucial role in assigning positive value through interactions with others.
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Plants Cells Can Sense Touch

Even without nerves, plants can sense when something touches them and when it lets go, a study has found.
Digitally-colorized, negative-stained transmission electron microscopic (TEM) image depicted a number of Influenza A virions.
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How Does the Flu Virus Hijack Our Cells?

A team has discovered how the influenza A virus hijacks the mechanism for importing iron into cells to invade its host.
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Sucrose Signals the Formation of Light-Dependent Root Architecture

Transport of sucrose to the roots of a plant acts as a signal transmitter to trigger the formation of the light-dependent root architecture, report a new study.
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Probe Developed That Could Reveal Insights Into Key Cellular Messenger

A ground-breaking study has led to the development of a small molecule probe that could improve our understanding of an important cellular messenger.
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RNA-Guided Mechanisms Driving Cell Fate Unveiled

The distribution of different RNAs within embryonic cells has been shown to drive cell fate during embryogenesis.
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Why Do Some People Become HIV-Free After Receiving a Stem Cell Transplant?

A study has highlighted how some people may become HIV-free after receiving a stem cell transplant.
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Algorithm Enables Sharper Protein Films

Researchers have developed an algorithm that can be used to analyze the tiny, ultra-fast movements of proteins.
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