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Phys.org / New molecular view of cholera 'tail' could inform better treatment

Cholera is a deadly bacterial disease that kills about 95,000 people every year. Vibrio cholerae bacteria infect cells in the small intestine, which the bacteria can do in part due to their flagella—powerful tail-like structures ...

21 hours ago in Biology
Medical Xpress / Autistic children born preterm often show more complex needs—but share similar genetic background

A new study shows that children born preterm who are later diagnosed with autism often present with more extensive support needs and a higher number of co-occurring conditions than autistic children born at full term. Surprisingly, ...

12 hours ago in Genetics
Medical Xpress / Machine learning reveals how disordered protein regions contribute to cancer-causing condensates

Fusion oncoproteins arise when a gene fuses with another gene and acquires new abilities. Such abilities can include the formation of biomolecular condensates, "droplets" of concentrated proteins, DNA or RNA.

23 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / Jaw versatility enabled the ecological success of amniotes, paleontologists find

New research conducted by paleontologists from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (MfN) and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin reveals a burst in jaw variety in the earliest amniotes—which includes the ancestors of all reptiles, ...

22 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / Waste management in spider mites reveals evolutionary insights into arthropod social behavior

Researchers at University of Tsukuba have discovered the adaptive significance of the remarkable waste-management behavior in the social spider mite Stigmaeopsis longus, a tiny herbivorous arthropod that lives in cooperative ...

23 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / Receptor with 'rubber band' paves way for new pain and cancer drugs

The human P2X4 receptor plays an important role in chronic pain, inflammation and some types of cancer. Researchers at the University of Bonn and the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) have now discovered a mechanism that can ...

23 hours ago in Biology
Medical Xpress / KRAS-mutant cancers: Potential target could overcome treatment resistance

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have identified a specific protein, RASH3D19, that is responsible for activation of RAS signaling pathways involved in aggressive tumor growth and resistance ...

22 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / Space debris: Will it take a catastrophe for nations to take the issue seriously?

China routinely sends astronauts to and from its space station Tiangong. A crew capsule is about to undock from the station and return to Earth, but there's nothing routine about its journey home.

14 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Medical Xpress / Visualizing neural connections in 3D with a new microscopy technique

Leiden researchers can now visualize the connections between brain cells. Their microscopy technique could significantly advance the human quest to understand brain functions. The study is published in the Proceedings of ...

21 hours ago in Neuroscience
Phys.org / Common aldehydes transformed by light could accelerate drug discovery and material development

A new chemical method that could speed up the creation of medicines, materials and products people rely on every day has been developed by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Department of Chemistry researchers. The work, published ...

23 hours ago in Chemistry
Medical Xpress / Backup DNA repair system could be cancer's weak spot

The DNA inside our cells is constantly being damaged, and one of the worst kinds of damage is a double-strand break—when both sides of the DNA helix are cut at once. Healthy cells can normally fix these breaks using highly ...

23 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / How probation officers—criminal legal system's most diverse group—experience their roles

Probation officers—who supervise nearly 4 million people across the United States—are among the most visible faces of the criminal legal system (CLS). A new study led by UConn School of Social Work Assistant Professor ...

17 hours ago in Other Sciences