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Combining mouse and human data uncovers new gene regulating cholesterol

May 4, 2020 sarah Jonas cell, Cholesterol, Genetics, Health, Nutrition

By combining the fine-grained detail available from animal studies with the statistical power of genetic studies involving hundreds of thousands of human genomes, researchers have discovered a new gene involved in regulating the body’s cholesterol.

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Life could have emerged from lakes with high phosphorus

December 30, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments BIOCHEMISTRY, cell, Cell Biology, Cells, Chemistry, Earth Science, Evolution, Geochemistry, Origin Of Life, Phosphorus

Life as we know it requires phosphorus, which is scarce. How did the early Earth supply this key ingredient? A University of Washington study, published Dec. 30 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, finds answers in certain types of carbonate-rich lakes.

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Applying the Goldilocks Principle to DNA Structure

June 25, 2019March 13, 2020 sarah Jonas 0 Comments cell, Cell Nucleus, DNA, Gene Expression, Physics, solid-liquid interfaces

Scientists consider the form that may be “just right” for scripting gene expression The Goldilocks of fairy-tale fame knew something