DNA-binding C2H2 zinc finger proteins also regulate RNA processing, researchers find
Graphical summary. Credit: Molecular cell (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2024.08.037 Researchers at the University of Toronto have shown that an important class ...
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How did the building blocks of life arrive on Earth? Zinc fingerprints in meteorites offer clues
An iron meteorite from the core of a molten planetesimal (left) and a chondrite meteorite, derived from an unmolten “primitive” ...
Dietary zinc inhibits the transmission of antimicrobial resistance genes in laboratory tests
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public domain The genes responsible for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) can spread from one microbe to another via circular ...
How insulin, zinc and pH can block harmful protein clumps linked to type 2 diabetes
TEM images of IAPP and insulin aggregates. Credit: Biology of communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s42003-024-06388-y An estimated 462 million people worldwide ...
