<-- Click on the image to access the editorial of the paper Mitochondria are energy-providing organelles found in nearly all cells of humans and in a variety of other species. Over the past two decades, it has become clear that many types of cell can transfer some of their mitochondria to other cell types. This process, called horizontal or intercellular...
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<-- Click on the image to access the paper Researchers at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Chevy Chase, MD, USA, have developed a platform to create and test synthetic regulatory elements (CREs) that control gene expression. These CREs can target specific cell types. Using neural network models and lab tests, they showed that synthetic sequences are more effective than...
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<-- Click on the image to access the paper "Researchers have mapped a tiny piece of the human brain in astonishing detail. The resulting cell atlas, which was described today in Science1 and is available online, reveals new patterns of connections between [...] neurons, as well as cells that wrap around themselves to form knots, and pairs of neurons that...
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<-- Click on the image to access the paper "In some ways, the origin of life is looking much less mystifying than it was a few decades ago. Researchers have figured out how some of the fundamental molecules needed for life can form via reactions that start with extremely simple chemicals that were likely to have been present on the...
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