Polyunsaturated fatty acids are not genetically replaceable in the nematode C. elegans and only mutations that help free ferrous ions can boost the activity of a poorly functioning desaturase enzyme.
CRP/cAMP plays a crucial role in the metabolic shift of Escherichia coli persisters from an anabolic state to oxidative phosphorylation, which is essential for their survival during antibiotic treatment.
The evolution of hunting behavior in fish larvae has arrived at different, species-specific solutions, recombining a shared repertoire of locomotor and eye movement motifs.
Bacterial persistence against phages enables survival under infection, and heat treatment enhances this tolerance, facilitating resistance evolution and influencing the effectiveness of phage therapy.
M Reza Bahranifard, Jessica Chan ... C Ross Ethier
Magnetically steered mesenchymal stem cells significantly lowered intraocular pressure for 9 months in mice, motivating the translation of this technology for the treatment of glaucoma.
CHMP5 is crucial in preventing skeletal progenitor cell senescence and abnormal bone formation, and senolytic drugs represent potential therapeutic medicine for musculoskeletal abnormalities associated with a dysfunctional endolysosomal pathway.
Nicolas N Rieser, Milena Ronchetti ... Stephan CF Neuhauss
The neuropeptide galanin modulates whole-brain activity and stress responses in zebrafish, revealing a complex, receptor-dependent role in seizure regulation with implications for epilepsy, and related neurological disorders.