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One clock, two functions: from daily rhythms to development

FMI News ArticleScientists at the FMI and the University of California-Santa Cruz have found that similar molecular…
 

Screening Pipeling for Ribosome Biogenesis Inhibition

Inhibiting ribosome biogenesis is a promising strategy for treating cancers. Despite the many factors involved that…
 

Harnessing a Mycobacterial Resitance Machinery to Combat an Antibiotic Nightmare

Non-tuberculous mycobacteria are an emerging health threat and are difficult to treat due to their high resistance to…
 

Water-detected NMR allows dynamic observations of repeat-expansion RNA condensates

This paper in “Nature Chemistry” by the Allain Group (IBC) presents an NMR method to characterize condensates formed by…
 

Rerouting Translation - Disrupting Oncogenic Translation in Childhood Neuroblastoma

How does metabolism intersect with fundamental principles in translation regulation? And how does introducing a…