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New breakthrough offers hope for potential treatment of rare childhood epilepsy

NewsemiaFebruary 22, 2020

by NewsemiaFebruary 22, 2020021

Seizure disorders in babies are frightening and heartbreaking. A new basic science breakthrough offers hope for a potential treatment for rare developmental and epileptic encephalopathies...

Gastroenterology

RNA cargos in extracellular vesicles derived from blood serum in pancreas associated conditions

NewsemiaFebruary 20, 2020

by NewsemiaFebruary 20, 2020022

RNA cargos in extracellular vesicles derived from blood serum in pancreas associated conditions Source link...

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Study provides insight into link between cancer driver gene and alternative splicing changes

NewsemiaFebruary 18, 2020

by NewsemiaFebruary 18, 202001

A multi-institutional group of researchers led by Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has linked a strong cancer driver gene to changes in proteins that regulate alternative...

Biology

Long Noncoding RNA FAM83H-AS1 Modulates SpA-Inhibited Osteogenic Differentiation in Human Bone Mesenchymal Stem Cells [Research Article]

NewsemiaFebruary 17, 2020

by NewsemiaFebruary 17, 2020022

Osteomyelitis, an infection of the bone and bone marrow, imposes a heavy burden on public health care systems owing to its progressive bone destruction and...

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New technique can label diverse molecules in a single tissue sample

NewsemiaFebruary 17, 2020

by NewsemiaFebruary 17, 2020016

A new technique can label diverse molecules and amplify the signal to help researchers spot those that are especially rare. Called SABER (signal amplification by...

Pediatrics

Unraveling mechanisms of ventricular enlargement linked to schizophrenia

NewsemiaFebruary 14, 2020

by NewsemiaFebruary 14, 2020013

Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have implicated two microRNAs in the biological processes that underlie the ventricle enlargement observed in models of schizophrenia....

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P53-deficient oral cancers recruit and reprogram nerves to fuel tumor growth

NewsemiaFebruary 13, 2020

by NewsemiaFebruary 13, 202004

Loss of an important tumor-suppressing gene allows head and neck cancer to spin off signals to nearby nerves, changing their function and recruiting them to...

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Newly discovered large phages blur the life/non-life boundary

NewsemiaFebruary 13, 2020

by NewsemiaFebruary 13, 202001

A new study published in the journal Nature shows that there are literally hundreds of viruses large enough to consume bacteria, and with properties that...

Biology

An Online Database for Exploring Over 2,000 Arabidopsis Small RNA Libraries

NewsemiaFebruary 9, 2020

by NewsemiaFebruary 9, 202004

Small RNAs (sRNAs) play a wide range of important roles in plants, from maintaining genome stability and enhancing disease resistance to regulating developmental processes. Over...

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Research provides new insights into molecular basis of X-chromosome inactivation

NewsemiaFebruary 8, 2020

by NewsemiaFebruary 8, 2020019

Researchers at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg and Institut Curie in Paris have shown that the protein SPEN plays a crucial role in...

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Analyzing cancer-specific alterations found in tumor's RNA

NewsemiaFebruary 6, 2020

by NewsemiaFebruary 6, 202005

Researchers at EMBL-EBI were among the leaders of a large international consortium that carried out a joint analysis of data from over 1000 donors of...

Biology

ARS2 Regulates Nuclear Paraspeckle Formation through 3'-End Processing and Stability of NEAT1 Long Noncoding RNA [Research Article]

NewsemiaFebruary 4, 2020

by NewsemiaFebruary 4, 2020022

Nuclear paraspeckle assembly transcript 1 (NEAT1) is a long noncoding RNA that functions as an essential framework of subnuclear paraspeckle bodies. Of the two isoforms...

Gastroenterology

Researchers develop novel therapeutic approach to cure chronic hepatitis B

NewsemiaFebruary 4, 2020

by NewsemiaFebruary 4, 202002

Researchers at Helmholtz Zentrum München, Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the German Center for Infection Research have developed a novel therapeutic approach to cure...

Biology

Back-spliced RNA from retrotransposon binds to centromere and regulates centromeric chromatin loops in maize

NewsemiaJanuary 31, 2020

by NewsemiaJanuary 31, 2020014

by Yalin Liu, Handong Su, Jing Zhang, Yang Liu, Chao Feng, Fangpu Han In most plants, centromeric DNA contains highly repetitive sequences, including tandem repeats...

Neurology

Scientists discover small molecule that may slow or stop Parkinson's disease progression

NewsemiaJanuary 31, 2020

by NewsemiaJanuary 31, 2020011

A collaboration between scientists at Rutgers University and Scripps Research led to the discovery of a small molecule that may slow down or stop the...

Gastroenterology

RNA Profiling Analysis of the Serum Exosomes Derived from Patients with Chronic Hepatitis and Acute-on-chronic Liver Failure Caused By HBV

NewsemiaJanuary 30, 2020

by NewsemiaJanuary 30, 2020013

RNA Profiling Analysis of the Serum Exosomes Derived from Patients with Chronic Hepatitis and Acute-on-chronic Liver Failure Caused By HBV Source link...

Biology

SDG8-Mediated Histone Methylation and RNA Processing Function in the Response to Nitrate Signaling

NewsemiaJanuary 23, 2020

by NewsemiaJanuary 23, 2020013

Chromatin modification has gained increased attention for its role in the regulation of plant responses to environmental changes, but the specific mechanisms and molecular players...

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Synthego adopts good manufacturing practices for highest-quality genome engineering for clinical applications

NewsemiaJanuary 23, 2020

by NewsemiaJanuary 23, 2020020

Synthego, the genome engineering company, today announced it has adopted Good Manufacturing Practice standards to provide academic and industry partners with high-quality reagents for use...

Biology

Natural Variation in RNA m6A Methylation and Its Relationship with Translational Status

NewsemiaJanuary 23, 2020

by NewsemiaJanuary 23, 2020011

N6-methyladenosine (m6A) is the most abundant modification of eukaryotic mRNA. Although m6A has been demonstrated to affect almost all aspects of RNA metabolism, its global...

Biology

Long Noncoding RNA H19 Promotes Tumorigenesis of Multiple Myeloma by Activating BRD4 Signaling by Targeting MicroRNA 152-3p [Research Article]

NewsemiaJanuary 20, 2020

by NewsemiaJanuary 20, 2020023

Multiple myeloma (MM) accounts for over twenty percent of hematological cancer-related death worldwide. Long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) H19 is associated with multiple tumorigenesis and is...