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. A question of balance

    A new study sheds light on why, in the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans, mutations in the PTEN gene lead to impairments in neurons that inhibit neural activity – and how these can be mitigated.

  2. Keeping proteins in shape

    Experiments reveal how various types of chaperones work together to break apart harmful aggregates in the cell.

  3. When size does matter

    Larger organisms drive decomposition in drier climate.

  4. A deep look at variant callers

    Analyzing bacterial genetic information using AI-based tools combined with modern sequencing technologies outperforms more traditional approaches.

  5. How to build a sperm cell

    A shared set of old, deeply conserved genes presides over the development of sperm cells in humans, mice and fruit flies.

  6. Ancients seeds

    Fossils of early seeds from China shed new light on how some seeds evolved wings that help them disperse in the wind.

  7. Not so sweet side effects

    Artificial sweeteners and sugars cause the blood vessels of zebrafish to undergo similar changes which may contribute to heart disease and diabetes.

  8. Cross-talks

    Cells keep tabs on RNA production in the nucleus to control the levels of RNA degradation in the cytoplasm.
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