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Big Data Provides Clues for Characterizing Immunity in Japanese
Osaka University researchers used various sets of large-scale data to characterize the variation and phenotypic associations of an immunity-related gene region ...
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Large-scale Study Reveals Genetic Risk of Diabetes in the Japanese Population
Researchers at Osaka University, The University of Tokyo, RIKEN, and others performed a meta-analysis using data on over 36,000 Japanese sufferers of type 2 ...
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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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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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Breast cancer gene a potential target for childhood liver cancer treatment
Hepatoblastoma is a rare liver cancer that mainly affects infants and young children and is associated with mutations in the β-catenin gene. Researchers from ...
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Methylation of microRNA may be a new powerful biomarker for cancer
Researchers from Osaka University found that levels of methylated microRNA were significantly higher in tissue and serum from cancer patients compared with ...
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Multidrug resistance: Not as recent as we thought
Researchers from Osaka University found that the ancient RND-type multidrug efflux pump AcrB from Haemophilus influenzae targets the same drugs as its more ...
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Keep quiet or be eliminated: how cell competition modulates morphogen gradients
Tissue patterning is an important process during embryo formation, which ensures that groups of cells are arranged in an appropriate manner that allows them to ...
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When your microbiome and your genome aren’t a good combination
Research carried out by a team led by Osaka University has shown that various Prevotella species, along with several specific genes and biological pathways, ...
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Researchers split the “AtoM” in search of a treatment for rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic, disabling disease in which the joints become swollen and painfully inflamed. Current treatments can only reduce symptoms or ...
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