Research performed during the last 50 years has led to great progress in the therapy of cancer. Scientists were able to dramatically increase both the…
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When we fill a bucket up with sand, flip it upside down, and remove the bucket to make a sand castle, we usually don’t think…
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The Earth’s subsurface remains at a relatively stable temperature at a given depth despite daily and seasonal changes in the weather at the surface. Rock…
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Life as we know it is based on water and organic compounds. Studying how water and organics form, evolve and move within our Solar System…
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The ability of animals to sense the Earth’s magnetic field for spatial behaviors such as navigation and orientation is well-established. For example, the use of…
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Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection places patients at high risk of death due to liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma, and it remains a global…
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Every one of our bodies contains trillions of cells, each of which plays a specific role to ensure our physiology remains stable, a state called…
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The climate is changing. This dire scenario is slowly starting to be felt all around the world, with global temperature averages increasing and climate patterns…
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As a family of epigenetic enzymes, histone deacetylases (HDACs) can catalyze the removal of an acetyl group from N-acetyl lysine residues of histones and other…
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Science is often advanced with the development of new technologies. Since the sequencing of the first human genome, there has been much progress made in…
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The linear molecules of DNA that constitute our genome are wrapped around proteins called histones to form “chromatin.” To fit the nucleus, chromatin must be…
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