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A surprising new role for a major immune regulator

Broad Institute

A surprising new role for a major immune regulator By Tom Ulrich August 7, 2023 Breadcrumb Home A surprising new role for a major immune regulator By Anne Trafton, MIT News August 7, 2023 Credit: RCSB Protein Data Bank A model of the human STING protein. Paper Cited Liu B, Carlson R, et al. Human STING is a proton channel.

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The mechanism of Semen Persicae?Flos Carthami in treating hypertrophic scar: A study based on network pharmacological analysis and in vitro experiments

Chemical Biology and Drug Design

Finally, we discover that that SP-FC may promote apoptosis of HSFs by up-regulating the expression of p53 protein. However, the pharmacodynamic mechanism and molecular target of SP-FC in the treatment of HS are still unclear. Abstract Traditional medicine believes that hypertrophic scar (HS) falls into the category of “blood stasis”.

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Machine learning guides researchers to new synthetic genetic switches

Broad Institute

By applying machine learning and molecular biology to the logic of when and where CREs work, we can leverage that knowledge using generative AI to build tools for modulating gene expression in new ways experimentally and, perhaps one day, therapeutically." Tags: Genome regulation Machine Learning Pardis Sabeti

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The role of STRIs in cancer

Drug Target Review

Because these proteins have such a profound effect on cells, there is typically a second hurdle of regulation that needs to be overcome to make the proteins. eFFECTOR Therapeutics has developed a novel class of cancer drugs known as Selective Translation Regulator Inhibitors (STRIs), which directly target the eIF4F complex.

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Nuclear DNA influences variation in mitochondrial DNA

Broad Institute

The researchers found that copy number is influenced by the nucleus and pinpointed 92 locations in the nuclear genome that regulate copy number, many of which have been linked to rare genetic disorders related to mitochondrial DNA maintenance. This is contrary to previous studies, which did not account for these factors.

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Johns Hopkins Researchers Identify CRISPR Dimmer

The Pharma Data

The authors suggest natural tracr-L regulates autoimmunity. But altering the tracr-L with genetic engineering to make it function more like a guide RNA increased CRISPR-Cas9 cuts. And removing tracr-L altogether greatly increased CRISPR-Cas9 expression.

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Meet the Flower Designer Who Built a Laboratory In His Home

Codon

I want to see amateur biology thrive, and while a lot of regulations exist for a reason, I’m unconvinced that molecular biology requires all the crazy expensive equipment that has become associated with it. I mean, how did people do molecular biology fifty or one hundred years ago?