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Life’s Building Blocks
Focusing on the molecules and cells that make up living things
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Stem Cells
eLife
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Life’s Building Blocks
Jan 10, 2022
Signalling specialisation
Hematopoietic stem cells specifically turn on and off different genes in…
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eLife
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Life’s Building Blocks
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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eLife
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Life’s Building Blocks
Dec 7, 2019
Self-destructing stem cells
Deleting the gene for Polo-Like Kinase 1 makes mouse muscle stem cells…
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eLife
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Life’s Building Blocks
Nov 29, 2019
A gain in the neck
Unique conditions in a tapeworm’s neck enable stem cells to rapidly grow new body…
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eLife
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Life’s Building Blocks
Jul 27, 2019
Gene expression control by transposable elements
Mice use a handful of transposable elements —…
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eLife
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Life’s Building Blocks
Jul 12, 2019
Getting into place
The
nr4A
gene is required for new cells to be correctly positioned in the head and…
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eLife
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Life’s Building Blocks
Jul 11, 2019
Switching on brain cell genes
A protein called SMARCB1 helps human immature cells develop into…
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eLife
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Life’s Building Blocks
Jun 29, 2019
Building a stem cell defence
Temporarily removing some small RNA molecules helps stem cells from mice…
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eLife
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Life’s Building Blocks
May 19, 2019
Fateful decisions
In the early mouse embryo, the Notch signalling pathway coordinates the first stages…
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eLife
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Life’s Building Blocks
May 4, 2019
The signals that shape the pituitary gland
The Hippo signalling pathway is required for the pituitary…
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