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transcription factors

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...

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...

Tumor addiction to fat substrates: a FASt metabolic opportunity with no eSCAPe for cancer cells

Rapidly dividing tumor cells require a continuous supply of fatty acids to generate sufficient phospholipids for the stability of their membranes and also for...

Human brain lift the HAT to greet life and aging: and modulate “his-tone” acetylation to develop and TIP its memories

The importance of gene transcription for normality To transcribe the information contained in our genes or to repair the dozens of breaks that occur daily...

Preventing breast cancer with naturals: the complete effectiveness though is a matter of cooperation

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women and is a serious global health problem. The growth of approximately 70% of breast cancers...

Science deals with obesity on the table: sharing pleasures for coffee, tea and cocoa

Obesity and public health There are not only infectious pandemics: obesity has become a significant public health problem worldwide due to its gradually increasing prevalence....

Geraniol: the aromatic natural that would prevent senile dementia?

Although cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and cancers still have their high prevalence, life expectancy in the 21st century is increasing resulting in an increase in...

Marrow stem cells enterprising toward aging: a journey among receptors, cytokines, signaling, “fatty” stores and lifestyle

The aging immune system is associated with reduced lymphopoiesis, increased inflammation, and bone marrow diseases due to alterations in self-renewing haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs)....