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Zhu Chaodong's research team reveals the co-occurrence mechanism of herbivorous insects in subtropical forests
Time of Update: 2021-11-14
The results of this study reveal the general mechanism of the coexistence pattern of herbivorous insects in the forest system: the phylogenetic relationship of lepidoptera, the functional traits and diversity of host plants, and the spatial scale all have important effects on the coexistence of herbivores .
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The link between walking patterns and genetic diseases
Time of Update: 2021-11-14
Elizabeth Torres, director of the Sensorimotor Integration Laboratory, co-author of the study, said: "Walking patterns may be an important feature of health, but the gait symptoms of diseases such as Fragile X may disappear from the naked eye within a few years.
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Cheng Zhukuan's research group has made important progress in the assembly of meiotic synaptic complexes
Time of Update: 2021-11-14
The results of immunofluorescence and super-resolution microscopy showed that in the nucleus of dsnp1 pollen mother cell prophase I , a large amount of protein complexes composed of the central element ZEP1 as the skeleton and containing recombinant factors such as HEI10 , MER3 and ZIP4 accumulated As a result, these recombination elements cannot be normally located on the chromosome to mediate the occurrence of homologous recombination, resulting in a significant reduction in the number of recombinations .
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Can a common parasite treat certain types of cancer?
Time of Update: 2021-11-14
This dual treatment significantly prolonged the survival time of mice and reduced tumor growth in mouse models of melanoma, Lewis lung cancer, and colon adenocarcinoma .
This The difference in the study is that intratumoral injection of mutant Toxoplasma gondii can enhance the effectiveness of anti-tumor immunity and checkpoint suppression therapy .
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Blood flow obstruction: Cancer cells impair blood flow in metastatic lymph nodes
Time of Update: 2021-11-14
The most reliable sign of early non-enlarged lymph node metastasis is a defect in perfusion (blood passing through the lymphatic system), which can be detected by CT scan, MRI and ultrasound imaging equipment .
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Nature sub-publication reveals how bone cells form key structures that maintain bone health
Time of Update: 2021-11-14
In their study, the researchers found that the loss of the Sp7 gene in bone cells can cause severe defects in the dendrites of bone cells .
The research team discovered that the Sp7 transcription factor targets a gene called osteoctrin, which promotes the formation of bone cell dendrites .
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"Nature Biotechnology" DNA sequencing helps scientists find the unknown ancestor of modern bread wheat
Time of Update: 2021-11-14
The study showed that Aegilops tauschii DNA found in modern bread wheat contains a gene that gives the dough higher strength And flexibility .
Wulff said: "Our research provides an end-to-end pipeline for the rapid and systematic exploration of the Aegilops tauschii gene pool used to improve modern bread wheat .
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How the spider nets every movement of the eight legs
Time of Update: 2021-11-14
Source: Johns Hopkins University Researchers at Johns Hopkins University used night vision and artificial intelligence to track and record every movement of the spider's eight legs when working in the dark, and discovered exactly how spiders weave their webs-how this creature can create Such an elegant, complex and geometrically precise structure .
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Chemotherapy helps breast cancer cells enter the lungs
Time of Update: 2021-11-14
The new study focuses on the effect of the chemotherapy drug cyclophosphamide on non-cancer cells before the cancer appears, with the focus on the lung as the site of metastasis .
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Nucleic Acids Res: A high-throughput 5mC/m6A modified enzyme activity detection method
Time of Update: 2021-11-14
The research work was published online on October 29, 2021 in Nucleic Acids Research (High-Throughput -Methyl-Reading (HTMR) Assay: a solution based on Nucleotide Methyl-Binding Proteins enables largescale screening for DNA/RNA Methyltransferases and Demethylases) .
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Centriole instability leads to some microcephaly
Time of Update: 2021-11-14
Jens Lüders, discovered a new key role of γTuRC as a centriole stabilizer and discovered a microcephaly.
It is well known that γTuRC is related to centrioles and acts as the initiator of microtubule formation, but the role of this new stabilizer is currently unclear .
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"Boil" and double eleven?
Time of Update: 2021-11-14
South Korea’s century-old red ginseng brand Zhengguanzhuang recently launched a nutritious and healthy drink-"Hongqiyuan·Qing", which uses red ginseng as the main raw material, combined with kudzu root, wolfberry, Hovenia dulcis and other herbal extracts, which can give the body effective Conservation .
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Studies have shown that an increase in temperature of 1.5°C will cause major changes in coastal species
Time of Update: 2021-11-14
The research, published in the journal Marine Environmental Research, explores the effects of temperature and location geography on species abundance, physiology and reproductive behavior in coastal areas for the first time .
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More than 500 million US dollars help the development of specific cytokine therapy Merck & Co. reached a cooperation
Time of Update: 2021-11-14
The collaboration will use Synthekine's proprietary alternative cytokine agonist technology platform to discover, develop and commercialize new cytokine therapeutic drugs .
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PLOS Pathogens: What is the impact of the new coronavirus on dendritic cells
Time of Update: 2021-11-14
They reported in the journal PLOS Pathogens that after SARS-CoV-2 infection, the number of circulating dendritic cells not only decreased, but also their function was impaired .
Researchers believe that this phenomenon may weaken the ability of patients to produce effective immune responses to other pathogens during and after COVID-19 infection .
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What's below? Research from the World Health Organization shows that environmental DNA is a reliable way to understand migration in the ocean transition zone
Time of Update: 2021-11-14
The resulting environmental DNA (eDNA) traces provide clues for researchers to understand which species are in the water and their relative abundance .
However, these promising results show how useful eDNA is in studying animal migration and carbon sequestration in difficult-to-access parts of the ocean, such as the transition zone .
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Combining two "old therapies" has a powerful therapeutic effect on children's brain tumors
Time of Update: 2021-11-14
"Since the DSF-Cu++ combination therapy has not been evaluated for potential applications in children, we hope to evaluate its safety and effectiveness for the two subtypes of childhood medulloblastoma with the worst 5-year survival rate .
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Can artificial intelligence replace human clinical trials?
Time of Update: 2021-11-14
Emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence have received widespread attention in the field of new drug research and development, and concepts such as "virtual clinical trials" are also emerging in endlessly .
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"Cell Reports" published the research results of the Center of Excellence for Brain Intelligence on the pathogenesis of high-functioning autism genes
Time of Update: 2021-11-14
8;font-family:;font-size:12pt;}</> 2021 Nian 11 Yue 2 Ri 23 Dian, " the Cell Reports " online journal published a report entitled " SENP1 cortex regulation of the core symptoms of autism after pressure" research paper .
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UTSW study finds potential strategies to fight obesity
Time of Update: 2021-11-14
However, because celastrol can cause hypertension and drowsiness in mice, researchers are trying to understand how this compound works and use this knowledge to develop safe weight-loss therapies .
In the latest research, the Williams laboratory found that this neuron also plays a key role in how celastrol affects weight loss .
