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Thinking outside the Skeleton
02.11.2017
Biochemistry, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Evolution and Development, Genetics

 Scoliosis may be linked to problems with our "sixth sense" 

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MalaCards and GeneHancer Open New Directions in Medical Research
11.05.2017
Personalized Medicine, Systems Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

New developments in genetic databases will make it easier than ever to identify the molecular basis of disease

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Researchers Identify 6,500 Genes That Are Expressed Differently in Men and Women
03.05.2017
Biochemistry, Systems Biology, Evolution and Development, Fertility, Genetics

Genes that are mostly active in one sex or the other may play a crucial role in our evolution and health  

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Survival of the Thriftiest: Cost-Cutting Strategies in the Cell
06.03.2017
Biochemistry, Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development

Slowing ribosomes as they "enter" the RNA highway keeps protein production flowing

Sperm individualization
Delicate Demolition
19.05.2016
Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Fertility

How does a sperm cell become an "individual?"

 

 

 

Prof. Maya Schuldiner and fluorescent cells
For Protein Clogs, Cells Call in the Plumber
22.02.2016
Molecular and Cell Biology

Stuck proteins may contribute to aging

fruit fly larval salivary gland
How Cells Spit It Out
01.01.2016
Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics, Structural Biology

How do the cells that secrete saliva or tears handle the load? 

Bones of mice at different ages, imaged with three-dimensional computer tomography. A core element at the center of the bone (highlighted in different colors) enabled the scientists to align different bones for comparison
Bones Don’t Get the Drift
19.12.2015
Evolution and Development

How do bones retain their proportions as they grow? 

Starving yeast cells
Starvation Blues
06.10.2015

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SuperPaths: A map of human biological pathways. Each node represents a biological pathway and every line shows a connection between pathways. Every connected set is a SuperPath containing several related pathways.
Stay Connected
27.05.2015
Genetics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

SuperPaths provide a global online resource of genetic interactions

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Traces of Trauma in the Young Brain – and How to Erase Them

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Newly Discovered Autoimmune Disorder Disrupts Tooth Enamel Development

Photo: Jonathan D. Muller

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03.12.2023
Traces of Trauma in the Young Brain – and How to Erase Them
Scanning electron microscope images of the enamel layer enveloping mouse teeth
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Newly Discovered Autoimmune Disorder Disrupts Tooth Enamel Development
Photo: Jonathan D. Muller
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