Can NEIL #glycosylases guard #GenomeStability beyond BER?
This review shows NEIL1–3 link repair to replication, transcription, mitochondria, and immunity, with dysregulation driving various diseases. @ShandongUni1901#GenesAndDiseases: https://t.co/XGJVwUTgjU
How does the #nucleolus shape early development?
This review explores its remodeling in oocytes & embryos, highlighting roles in chromatin organization, #epigenetic inheritance, oocyte maturation & #EmbryonicDevelopment.
#GenesAndDiseases: https://t.co/48BBbYpxLW
CRISPR's ancestor turns out to be a weapon. Viruses built to fight other viruses. Bacteria stole it and pointed it back. @DoudnaLab
https://t.co/NEh3kXZBll
Tumor cells are literally handing their mitochondria to the T cells meant to kill them.
The T cells can't digest them, so the cancer's mitochondria take over, the T cells go senescent, and killing stops. Researchers spotted it because the T cells carried mitochondrial DNA mutations identical to those of the tumor.
Patients whose tumors had those mutations did worse on immunotherapy.
Guidance for optimizing lipid nanoparticle formulations is derived using sophisticated biophysical techniques https://t.co/TVq9PT9ja0
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Oocyte aging finally gets a single-cell proteome+transcriptome map.
Cao, Wu, Jiang, Hou et al. (Zhejiang, Xudong Fu lab) built a single-oocyte co-profiling pipeline (proteins + mRNA from the SAME oocyte), then compared young vs aged mouse GV and MII oocytes in Nature Communications (Sep 21, 2026).
The clean finding: proteome and transcriptome disagree. Post-transcriptional regulation and protein turnover dominate what actually changes as oocytes age. Bulk RNA-seq misses most of it.
Their strongest hit: dysregulated lactate metabolism. MCT4 (SLC16A3, the lactate exporter) is one of the top-ranked age-associated proteins. That pins metabolism, not just DNA damage or spindle defects, as an intrinsic driver of the aging oocyte.
Why this matters for our field: our work on aging biomarkers (Moqri et al., Cell 2023 and Nat Med 2024) has argued that protein-level readouts are underused vs methylation and transcriptomic clocks. Oocytes are the extreme case, long-lived, post-mitotic single cells where post-transcriptional biology has to carry the signal. This is a proof of principle.
Also worth flagging: aging oocytes look nothing like early-life oocytes at the protein level even when the transcriptome looks similar. We need protein clocks for reproductive aging, not just RNA clocks.
Paper (open access): https://t.co/9KilhyDZKW
#aging #longevity #reproductivehealth
Biology is full of things students can't see with their own eyes:
Molecular interactions.
Cellular processes.
Protein structures.
Complex biological pathways.
That's exactly why visualization matters.
Bring biology to life with 3D animation and interactive learning.
https://t.co/lvzLbj5Vkc
#biology #science #3D #animation #EdTech #HigherEd
Beyond uncanny ‼️
Lithuanian media pushes THIS even into the most ancient forms of Baltic culture❗
Their goal is to demoralise our people and desicrate our heritage.
However, they can only mock for so long... Until it all comes back.
The tide is rising.
We will not stop 🌿
It appears WHG were mostly pale, blue eyed and light haired, looking somewhat like this.
It's high time the outdated WHG images give way to newer reconstructions.