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It seems like the nose is key to keeping cold viruses severity in check pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn… @PNASNews
Researchers using the cryo-EM facility @PennMedicine unveiled the inner workings of formins—proteins involved in functions from cytokinesis to mechanotransduction. Formin's atomic structures reveal crucial insights into their functions and role in diseases nature.com/articles/s4158…
Mechanical hyperalgesia is pain from things that should feel like a gentle touch, such as clothes against the skin, but @PennMedicine researchers uncovered clues about what causes this condition to happen nature.com/articles/s4146… @NatureComms
www.nature.com Distinct local and global functions of mouse Aβ low-threshold mechanoreceptors in mechanical... Nature Communications - The mechanism underlying mechanical hyperalgesia is not fully understood. Here authors show opposing roles of tactile afferents in mechanical nociception using mouse pain... The latest sequencing of centromeres provides even more clues of how interconnected we are without primate cousins, including chimps and orangutans nature.com/articles/s4158…
www.nature.com The variation and evolution of complete human centromeres Nature - A comparison of two complete sets of human centromeres reveals that the centromeres show at least a 4.1-fold increase in single-nucleotide variation compared with their unique flanks, and...