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Life’s Building Blocks
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Life’s Building Blocks
Nov 12, 2022
Better muscles
A recently discovered protein, Isthmin-1, works a bit like insulin to increase the…
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Feb 14, 2021
No microbe is an island
Identifying relationships between gut microbiota and determining their…
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Aug 25, 2020
Sorting out the sugar
Cancer cells and non-cancer cells within a single tumor use nutrients…
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Jul 16, 2020
Burning fat to make mature blood cells
In fruit flies, the breakdown of fatty acids may drive the…
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Sep 9, 2019
Modified tRNAs rewire metabolism via phosphate
Chemical tags on RNA molecules help yeast cells grow…
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Aug 7, 2019
Making the most of what’s around
Cells living in communities specialize to make the most of resources…
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