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Tiny DNA Reader to Advance Development of Anticancer Drugs
Researchers at Osaka University have developed a novel method to determine exactly where anticancer drug molecules are incorporated into microscopic strands of ...
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Winning the Arms Race: Analysis Reveals Key Gene for Bacterial Infection
Researchers at Osaka University applied molecular evolutionary analysis to quantify the severity of negative selection pressures on genes encoding the ...
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Electron Accelerators Reveal the Radical Secrets of Antioxidants
An Osaka University professor has demonstrated for the first time the value of linear particle accelerators for the generation of free radicals inside ...
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Location is everything for plant cell differentiation
During development, plant cell differentiation is guided by location rather than lineage. Now, researchers from Osaka University have shown that the ...
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Artificial peptide bond formation provides clues to creation of life on Earth
Using amino thioacids rather than regular amino acids, Osaka University researchers established a new method to form α-peptide bonds for polypeptide chain ...
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Stopping Parkinson’s disease before it starts
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease affecting millions of people worldwide. Characterized by accumulation of the protein ...
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Phosphorylation of Regnase-1 Lets IL-17 Run Amok
A research team led by Osaka University found that the cytokine interleukin (IL)-17 triggers the phosphorylation of mRNA-degrading enzyme Regnase-1, resulting ...
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Nuclear pore complex outer rings: no longer “one size fits all”
In eukaryotic cells, molecules can only move into or out of the nucleus through specialized channels called nuclear pore complexes (NPCs). Each NPC has a ring ...
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Helping select the cells with the most potential
Little is known about the mechanisms by which mammalian cells grow and differentiate during the handful of days between fertilization of the egg and ...
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Using graphene and tiny droplets to detect stomach-cancer causing bacteria
A Japan-based research team led by Osaka University used graphene and microfluidics to identify stomach-cancer causing bacteria by detecting chemical reactions ...
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