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A geological timescale for bacterial evolution and oxygen adaptation

2 months ago
Science, Volume 388, Issue 6742, April 2025.
Adrián A. Davín, Ben J. Woodcroft, Rochelle M. Soo, Benoit Morel, Ranjani Murali, Dominik Schrempf, James W. Clark, Sandra Álvarez-Carretero, Bastien Boussau, Edmund R. R. Moody, Lénárd L. Szánthó, Etienne Richy, Davide Pisani, James Hemp, Woodward W…

Conserved components of the macroautophagy machinery in Caenorhabditis elegans

2 months ago
Macroautophagy involves the sequestration of cytoplasmic contents in a double-membrane autophagosome and its subsequent delivery to lysosomes for degradation and recycling. In Caenorhabditis elegans, autophagy participates in diverse processes such as stress resistance, cell fate specification, tissue remodeling, aging, and adaptive immunity. Genetic screens in C. elegans have identified a set of metazoan-specific autophagy genes that form the basis for our molecular understanding of steps...
Hong Zhang

Genome-wide CRISPR screen identifies BUB1 kinase as a druggable vulnerability in malignant pleural mesothelioma

2 months ago
Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a rare yet highly aggressive malignancy with a severe prognosis. Compounded by the lack of effective treatment modalities, MPM remains a formidable health challenge. Therefore, the identification of actionable liabilities is critical for advancing precision medicine to combat this lethal disease. Here, we exploit an unbiased genome-wide CRISPR screen, integrating and cross-comparing three MPM cell lines with nonmalignant mesothelial cells, to selectively...
Ece Cakiroglu

Nanopore sensing of protein and peptide conformation for point-of-care applications

2 months ago
The global population's aging and growth will likely result in an increase in chronic aging-related diseases. Early diagnosis could improve the medical care and quality of life. Many diseases are linked to misfolding or conformational changes in biomarker peptides and proteins, which affect their function and binding properties. Current clinical methods struggle to detect and quantify these changes. Therefore, there is a need for sensitive conformational sensors that can detect low-concentration...
Laura Ratinho