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cellular energy

PARKINg close to membranes to maintain the energOMA: this way ATP will interfere-on fusion

Scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have discovered how a group of proteins linked to Parkinson's disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis act as...

Werner syndrome gets a possible “repair” tool in the clinic: NARration of a cofactor

Werner syndrome (WES), a rare genetic disorder that causes accelerated aging. From their twenties, patients develop gray hair, hair loss, cataracts, diabetes, and other...

Autoimmunity crosses alteRNAtive threads: meet SLIRP and its mitochondrial businesses

SLIRP: an anomalous factotum on nuclear signaling SLIRP (SRA stem-loop interacting RNA binding protein) was firstly identified in 2006 and found to bind to a...

“Bloody” aging stems from methylome: and DNMT 3s the energy out of the mitochondria

As we age blood stem cells, the essential source of new blood cells in the body, can accumulate genetic mutations. These mutations can give...

Tetracyclins: old antibiotics committable for human diseases?

Background Tetracyclines are an old class of antibiotics that have been used for specific infections such as brucellosis, Lyme disease, rickettsiosis (e.g. Rocky Mountain spotted...

Magnesium in anti-aging: the latest revelation of an australian team

Una dieta ricca di micronutrienti essenziali è fondamentale per una salute e un benessere migliori e riduce il rischio di difetti dello sviluppo e...

Iron eating “stems off”: how to solve an AMLetic doubt to kill dormant leukemic progenitors

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is the most common cancer of the blood and bone marrow in adults. Caused by an increase in immature cells...

DNA-bound lactate? True enough, but it’s not about tiredness: rather it’s cellular intentions and mood shifts

Lactic acid is a well-known metabolite, found in almost all cell types and is very abundant in proliferating tumor cells due to the Warburg...