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The amount I depend on my PhD for science writing is vastly outweighed by the amount I depend on Wikipedia. #lifeinthefactslane
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Pivotal role for re programming factor ZFP36L2 in cellular plasticity – its status in colon cancer has implications for treatments
📷 Qingwen Jiang et al @KarunaMDPhD lab @MSKCancerCenter in @Nature
➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026/9/8 with @rooph
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Using click chemistry to snap the class of combo therapy called antibody-drug conjugates together makes them more effective
📷 Shayla Shmuel. Article: Cristina Simó et al @washumedicine in @Nature
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Manipulating Maturity: Protein PRDM16 regulates human iPSC-derived cardiomyocyte maturation – potential target in heart damage repair & heart tissue engineering
📷 Kanae Tani et al @KyotoU_News in @stemcellreports
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Eating the Dead: E-cadherin equips epithelial cells for a role devouring cellular debris
📷 Hanna-Maria Häkkinen, Marta Batet & Laura F. Bianchi et al @CRGenomica in @NatureComms
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Differential incidence of microproteins in normal & Alzheimer's patient cortex reveals roles in neurodegeneration
📷 Brendan Miller et al @salkinstitute in @NatureAging
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Chronic and acute pain neural pathways distinguished –now chronic pain-specific drugs can be developed without dulling other senses
📷 Xiaoke Chen lab - Qian Wang, Joo Han Lee & Gregory Nachtrab et al @Stanford in @Nature
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ZEB2 protein vital for ureter development – ZEB2 mutations underlie urinary tract dysfunction in Mowat-Wilson syndrome
📷 Sudhir Kumar et al @BUMedicine in @PLOSGenetics
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3D tissue clearing approach called DeepBone enables visualisation of human mesenchymal stromal cell bone marrow niche – differences in young & aged revealed
📹 Nelson Tsz Long Chu et al University of Gothenburg in @natBME
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Directed Blast: Axolotl limb regeneration study reveals how the process is driven by cells with different positional identities
📷 Sakiya Yamamoto et al @okayama_uni in @eLife
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Dendritic cells are guided from tissue into lymph vessels for carriage to the lymph nodes by a gradient of chemokine C–C motif ligand 21
📷 Victor Collado-Diaz, Maria-Nefeli Christakopoulou & Philipp Schineis et al, ETH Zurich in @JCellBiol
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Leaf it Out: Nanofilm 'imprint' analysed by mass spec – a new approach for detailed 'imaging' of chemicals and biomarkers
📷 Yizhu Xu & Xinzhou Wu et al, South China Agricultural University in @ScienceAdvances
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Epidermal rete ridges correlate with less hairy skin but what's the relationship? This study details how rete ridges aren't directly coupled to hair development
@LeicaMicro microscopy
📷 Sean M. Thompson et al @WSUPullman in @Nature
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Why do some mammals grow dense fur while others don’t? A new study shows how epidermal rete ridges form after birth and are not linked to hair development. Image captured with a Leica Microsystems microscope. fcld.ly/1aanyoi
@BPoD_s @BiochemOxford
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NEK7 protein–'traffic warden' in liver cells keeping energy flowing in the right direction, warding off fibrosis-causing oxidation
📷 Zhenzhen Sun & Le Sun et al Children’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, in @NatureComms
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Mechanisms to overcome instability in early embryo cell division differ in zebrafish & fruit flies: species-specific mechanisms orchestrated by cytoskeletal microtubules in both
📹 Melissa Rinaldin et al, TU Dresden in @Nature
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Fruit fly study finds enzymes Hip14 & Patsas limit lysosome formation & fusion so protecting against Huntington's disease-like symptoms
📷 Győző Szenci et al, Eötvös Loránd University, in @PLOSGenetics
➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026/3/1 with @AntDLewis
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Human liver tissue with & without fibrosis reconstructed at cell level in 3D - insights for understanding liver disease & how to treat it
📹 Wesley B. Fabyan & Chelsea L. Fortin et al @kellystevenslab @UW in @ScienceAdvances
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Evolving towards antibiotic resistance bacteria pass DNA sequences between each other via protrusions called pili which also enhance biofilm formation
📷 James B. Winans et al Carey Nadell lab, @dartmouth in @CurrentBiology
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Fuel Line: Transfer of mitochondria from glia to adjacent sensory neurons in dorsal root ganglia – protects against nerve degeneration & pain
📷 Jing Xu et al @Duke_Anesthesia @DukeHealth in @Nature
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