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A genetic shortcut to help visualize proteins at work

Scienmag

A team of Gladstone and UCSF scientists used a large-scale genetic approach to map the structure of protein complexes in live cells Credit: QBI, UCSF SAN FRANCISCO, CA–December 10, 2020–One of biologists’ most vexing tasks is figuring out how proteins, the molecules that carry the brunt of a cell’s work, do their job.

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Discovery of MicroRNA Genetic Regulation Leads American Scientists to Win 2024 Nobel Prize

XTalks

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to American scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their groundbreaking discovery of microRNA (or miRNA) and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation. However, microRNAs can bind to this mRNA, preventing it from functioning.

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Deep learning reveals how proteins interact

Scienmag

Scientist are now combining recent advances in evolutionary analysis and deep learning to build three-dimensional models of how most proteins in eukaryotes interact.

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Rare genetic disease caused by mutations in protein that controls RNA metabolism

Scienmag

Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, May 7, 2021 – In a paper published today in Nature Communications, an international group of collaborators led by researchers at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh have identified a genetic cause of a rare neurological disorder marked by developmental delay and loss of coordination, or ataxia.

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Japanese-European research team discovers novel genetic mitochondrial disorder

Scienmag

Team of Japanese and European scientists identify a novel genetic mitochondrial disorder by analyzing DNA samples from three distinct families Credit: Fujita Health University DNA ligase proteins, which facilitate the formation of bonds between separate strands of DNA, play critical roles in the replication and maintenance of DNA.

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Scientists discover potential key missing link protein bridging eukaryotes and prokaryotes

Scienmag

Eukaryotes (from the Greek meaning “true kernel”) have a cell nucleus that harbours most of the cell’s genetic information and includes organisms such as humans, plants and fungi. In prokaryotes, the cell’s contents, including its genetic material, are diffusely distributed. Eukaryotes typically have much larger […].

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General Design Methods for mRNA Drugs

Pharma Mirror

With the rapid development of biotechnology and molecular medicine, the introduction of mRNA as a vaccine or therapeutic agent enables the production of almost any desired functional protein/peptide within the human body.

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