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Mother’s Diet Can Affect Not Just Her Child’s But Also Her Grandchildren’s Brain
Using genetic models, researchers have found that a mother’s diet during early pregnancy can affect not just her child’s brain but also those of her grandchildren.
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Deep Learning Improves Protein Design
A research team has used deep learning methods to support de novo protein design, resulting in a 10-fold increase in success rates for a protein binding with its target.
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Cravings and Rewarding Effects of Cocaine Impacted by Gut Microbiome
A new study has shown that changes to the gut microbiome have significant effects on cocaine use and cravings after withdrawal.
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Why Did More Girls Start Puberty Early During the Pandemic?
A longitudinal study found the incidence of idiopathic central precocious puberty (ICPP) increased during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with the previous four years.
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Enzymes That Can Be Controlled With Blue Light
Researchers have gained new insights into the functioning of a protein found in bacteria, whose enzymatic activity is activated by blue light.
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How Fungi Use Lipid “Bubbles” To Infect Plants
Researchers have found a way to defeat mold without showering toxic chemicals on the crops.
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Tumor Microenvironment Characterized in Human Multiple Primary Lung Cancers
A research group has characterized the cellular composition and spatial architecture of the tumor microenvironment in human multiple primary lung cancers by integrating single-cell RNA-seq and spatial transcriptomics.
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Sex- and Age-Specific Genes Tied to Obesity
From influencing how our body stores fat to how our brain regulates appetite, hundreds of genes, along with environmental factors, collectively determine our weight and body size. Now, researchers add several genes, which appear to affect obesity risk in certain sexes and ages, to that list.
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More Efficient Industrial Water Purification Made Possible by Novel Artificial Water Channel
Researchers have successfully synthesized a special protein-mimic that can self-assemble into a pore structure and could be used to improve the energy efficiency of industrial water purification.
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Arms Race Between Crop Plants and Fungal Pathogens Illuminated by Structural Insights
Scientists shed light on how harmful fungi evade recognition by their plant hosts and aid infection.
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