Rigenerare il cuore prevenendo il danno al DNA: la frontiera della nuova cardiologia
L’infarto rimane una delle principali cause di morte e disabilità in tutto il mondo. La perdita permanente di cellule del muscolo cardiaco, note come…
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Tag: DNA bases
Le ammine policicliche cancerogene: come si formano negli alimenti, meccanismi di danno e consigli di prevenzione
Cosa sono i policiclici azotati cancerogeni Le ammine eterocicliche policicliche (HAA) sono composti chimici che si formano durante la cottura ad alte temperature di…
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Geni: quei fondamentali pezzetti di DNA così importanti per la nostra biologia e salute
Gene: definizione e struttura I geni sono segmenti di DNA che contengono le istruzioni per costruire proteine specifiche, responsabili dello svolgimento di funzioni biologiche…
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Genes in a bottle: grammar, codes, writing and spelling inside that little sphere called nucleus
Over an organism’s lifetime, its genome changes very little. What does change, constantly, are which proteins the cell produces in response to damage, changes…
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DNA repair going APE and strand breaks fixing with ATM: please no cash, just redox and contact bases
New research from a team of genome scientists and DNA damage response (DDR) experts breaks new ground in understanding the function of a protein…
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SIRT6 to the rescue: cartilage senescence to be prevented by enhancing DNA repair
While a number of risk factors have been associated with osteoarthritis (OAR) – obesity, biological sex, joint injury and genetics – the leading risk…
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Cancer stem cells: enzyme interplay for a specific target decay
An increase in the incidence and mortality rate of cancer has been noted worldwide, especially for lung cancer. Many patients with lung carcinoma harbor…
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Researchers at The University of Queensland have discovered a DNA modification that enhances our ability to extinguish fear. Fear extinction works as a counter-balance…
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Autism spectrum disorder: DNA hunt shifts on RNA editing
More than 24 million people worldwide are estimated to have autism. In developed countries, about 1.5% of children have been diagnosed with autism spectrum…
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