MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are ∼22-nucleotide regulatory RNAs derived from endogenous transcripts containing inverted repeats. Their predominant function is to repress the activity of cellular target ...
Background Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) arises from complex interactions among diet, host and gut microbiome. Although diet influences intestinal inflammation, the microbial and metabolic pathways ...
Genetics aren't necessarily destiny for those with mutations thought to always cause inherited blindness, a new study says. Fewer than 30% of people with these genetic variants wind up blind, even ...
A new discovery about how cells communicate with each other in the body's immune system has revealed deeper insights for an ...
Scientists have long believed that foam behaves like glass, with bubbles locked into place. New simulations reveal that bubbles never truly settle and instead keep moving through many possible ...
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The identification of geographical patterns in microbial distributions has begun to challenge purely ecological explanations of biogeography and the underlying principle of “everything is everywhere: ...
New work by Columbia researchers has turned a textbook principle of genetics on its head and revealed why some people who carry disease-causing genes experience no symptoms. Every biology student ...