eLife Science Digests

Cutting jargon and putting research in context, digests showcase some of the latest articles published in eLife.

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  1. Driving idiopathic pulmonary hypertension

    In the walls of certain lung arteries, interactions between two types of cells may contribute to the progression of a dangerous disease.

  2. Mending injured livers

    A protein called clusterin is associated with liver recovery after injury and may suggest new therapies.

  3. A move you can afford

    Where a person will look next can be predicted based on how much it costs the brain to move the eyes in that direction.

  4. Energizing immune cells

    Experiments in fruit flies reveal a mechanism that immune cells can use to control the availability of nutrients when fighting infections.

  5. Designing stroke studies with patient partners

    A meta-analysis of several studies considers the importance of including patient voices when appraising new drug treatments and identifies a potential treatment option for strokes.

  6. The parenting styles of deer mice

    Single-nuclei RNA-sequencing sheds new light on how two closely related species of deer behave differently when mating and caring for young.

  7. Mapping brain development

    A new study provides a two-dimensional gene expression map during early brain development.

  8. Marking DNA for repair

    Experiments in human cells reveal that a chemical modification of DNA known as m6A directs repair factors to sites of damaged DNA to facilitate their repair.
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