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Sacoglossan sea slugs don't mind losing their heads. Not only can the sea slugs elect to detach their heads and survive, but they can regrow a whole new body. Read more in
@CurrentBiology
@NaraWomensUniv
Video: Sayaka Mitoh
Researches placed tree-dwelling salamanders in wind tunnels to study how they control their fall when leaping from great heights. More in
@CurrentBiology
:
A call for more nature emojis! Ecologists show that emoji biodiversity is lacking, and petition for better representation of the natural world.๐ฆ ๐ ๐
Read more in
@iScience_CP
:
@stefanomammola1
@f_ficetola
&
@LaStatale
Mattia Falaschi
Human white blood cells swim using a newly described mechanism called molecular paddling. This microswimming could explain how both immune and cancer cells travel through fluid-filled spaces in the body--for better or worse. Read more in
@BiophysJ
A team of French scientists find that white blood cells swim using a system called molecular paddling. This microswimming could explain how certain cells are able to traverse fluid-filled spaces in the body.
@BiophysJ
@Inserm
@UGrenobleAlpes
How the immune system shapes neurodegenerative diseases
Read this feature review by
@NINDSnews
Dorian B. McGavern & colleagues in
@TrendsNeuro
#AAI2023
Our fingerprint patternsโwhether they are circular, wavy, or winding โare influenced by genes controlling limb development and not skin patterning, finds a comprehensive analysis. Learn more in
@CellCellPress
:
"SARS-CoV-2 disrupts splicing, translation, and protein trafficking to suppress host defenses" - Researchers find that
#SARSCoV2
proteins dysregulate RNA-based processes to suppress the
#interferon
response. Read more in
@CellCellPress
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science from the women of Cell Press! We are honored today and every day to partner with, support, highlight, and publish so many amazing women scientists.
#WomenInSTEM
#WomenInScience
Heart valves made in under 10 minutes are able to control blood flow immediately after being implanted into sheep.
@harvard
Sarah Motta, Michael Peters, Kit Parker
Read more in
@Matter_cp
:
Elevated glucose and glycolysis levels common in diabetic patients promote
#SARSCov2
replication and cytokine storms through a mitochondrial ROS pathway, resulting in T cell dysfunction and epithelial cell death.
@Cell_Metabolism
Octopuses rewire their brains to adapt to seasonal shifts in water temperature, a strategy that likely protects their brains.
@MBLScience
Matthew Birk, Eli Eisenberg,
@joshrosenthal16
Read more in
@Cellcellpress
:
With this final list,
@CommofScholars
and
@phdgprotein86
hope to dismantle the myth that outstanding Black scientists make up a small percentage of the scientific community.
Read more in
@CellMentor
:
Online now: "No evidence of human genome integration of SARS-CoV-2 found by long-read DNA sequencing" - Read the Report from
@Faulkner_Lab
and colleagues in
@CellReports
Online now: "No evidence of human genome integration of SARS-CoV-2 found by long-read DNA sequencing" - Read the Report from
@Faulkner_Lab
and colleagues in
@CellReports
Stem cell based implants successfully secrete
#insulin
in patients with type 1
#diabetes
. These phase I/II clinical trial data in
@CellStemCell
&
@CellRepMed
are the first evidence of meal-regulated insulin secretion by differentiated stem cells in human patients. Papers below!๐งต
@CellCellPress
and
@CellSignal
are proud to announce the Rising Black Scientists Awards! These awards were created to support talented and motivated young Black scientists in the life sciences on their academic journey. Click to learn more
#BlackinSTEM
Therapeutic nucleic acid based technologies could be a powerful tools for combatting coronaviruses. Read this
@TrendsBiochem
Review detailing what we know so far
#biochemistry
#coronavirus
Wishing you a happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science from the women of Cell Press! We're honored to partner with, support, and publish so many inspiring women scientists today and every day.
#WomenInSTEM
#WomenInScience
@WomenScienceDay
The glucose transporter GLUT3 controls T helper 17 cell responses through glycolytic-epigenetic reprogramming - check out the full article by
@Uni_WUE
Martin Vaeth et al. in
@Cell_Metabolism
#AAI2023
"Maternal gut bacteria drive intestinal inflammation in offspring with neurodevelopmental disorders by altering the chromatin landscape of CD4+ T cells" - Read more from this
@ImmunityCP
article here:
@Agneskim87
@ChoiLaboratory
@harvardmed
Jun R. Huh
In women, combining time-restricted eating (
#TRE
) and high interval training (
#HIIIT
) reduces fat tissue twice as much compared to when doing either activity alone.
@NTNUnorway
Kamilla Haganes,
@trinemoholdt
Read more in
@Cell_Metabolism
:
'The new
@Molecular_Cell
special issue focuses on the
#mitochondria
. The review articles in this issue focus on the diverse cellular processes involving mitochondria and the approaches used to study them. Take a look.
Scientists have developed a synthetic extracellular matrix (
#ECM
) that can support the growth of an endometrium organoid in vitro for at least two weeks.
Read more in
@medcellpress
:
@LindaGGriffith1
#Yeast
cell created with an over 50% synthetic
#genome
can survive and replicate similar to wild type.
See below a collection of papers presenting this half-synthetic yeast and showcasing the
#SyntheticYeastGenomeProject
(Sc2.0)
@yeastgenome
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A study in mice has identified an antioxidant released by exercise that is linked to strong neurogenesis and reversed cognitive decline .
Read more in this
@Cell_Metabolism
article:
Heparin sulfate is a necessary co-factor for SARS-CoV-2 infection by facilitating
#ACE2
binding. Heparin and non-anticoagulant derivatives can block
#SARSCoV2
binding and prevent infection. Read more in
@CellCellPress
A small amount of a mother's feces diluted into
#breastmilk
leads
#caesarian
newborns to develop a similar
#microbiome
to babies born through vaginal delivery, study finds. Read more about this proof-of-concept study in
@CellCellPress
Newly developed compact CRISPR-Cas system, named
#CasMINI
, may facilitate the next generation of genome editing. This miniature
#CRISPR
is effective, can be easily be delivered into cells, and has multiple functions. Learn more in
@MolecularCell
Two dose immunization with newly developed
#SARSCoV2
vaccine candidate efficiently protects rhesus macaques from infection. Candidate now moves into Phase II clinical trials.
Evidence suggests an important role for gut-microbiota dysbiosis in the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Here, the authors address whether there are changes to the gut environment and how they contribute to arthritis pathogenesis.
NF-ฮบB activation enhances STING signaling via alteringย microtubule-mediatedย STING trafficking.
Find out more about this study by
@Tsinghua_China
Conggang Zhang published in
@CellReports
#AAI2023
Watch this cardioid beat like a heart. For the first time, researchers have manipulated human pluripotent stem cells to spontaneously self-organize into cardioids, creating some of the most realistic heart organoids to date.
@CellCellPress
@MendjanLab
Scientists have developed a synthetic extracellular matrix (
#ECM
) that can support the growth of an endometrium organoid in vitro for at least two weeks.
Read more in
@medcellpress
:
@LindaGGriffith1
Dietary amino acids can trigger the breakdown of lipid droplets that cause non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Read more from this
@MolecularCell
paper here:
Min Liu, Alan Jian Zhu
@PKU1898
"Can maternal-child microbial seeding interventions improve the health of infants delivered by cesarean section?"
Read more in
@cellhostmicrobe
:
Suchitra K. Hourigan, Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello, &
@noeltmueller
@NIAIDNews
Tumor cells dictate anti-tumor immune responses by altering pyruvate utilization and succinate signaling in CD8+ T cells - read the full article by
@HaigisLab
, Arlene H. Sharpe
@harvardmed
& others in
@Cell_Metabolism
#AAI2023
"Profiling B cell immunodominance after SARS-CoV-2 infection reveals antibody evolution to non-neutralizing viral targets" - Read the article by
@PatWilsonLab
and colleagues now in
@ImmunityCP
Three
#SARSCoV2
proteins identified that disrupt innate interferon-I production, one of the early lines of defense against infections. This provides insights on SARS-CoV-2 evasion of IFN-I immune response. Read more in
@CellReports
#COVID19
#immunity
Explore the latest reviews on the inter-relationships between inflammation and immunity. Read the Trends collection on
#inflammation
and
#immunity
now!