Computational tool maps cell differentiation with precision and efficiency
Understanding how cells transform into specialized types during human development is a central challenge in biology. This complex process, known as cell differentiation, holds the key to understanding ...
Spliceosome: How cells avoid errors when manufacturing mRNA
A complex molecular machine, the spliceosome, ensures that the genetic information from the genome, after being transcribed into mRNA precursors, is correctly assembled into mature mRNA. Splicing is a ...
Nerve cells optimize energy by controlling mRNA and protein distribution, study finds
Nerve cells have amazing strategies to save energy and still perform the most important of their tasks. Researchers from the ...
Scientists discover mitochondria's role in shaping memory circuits
Virginia Tech neuroscientists have uncovered a mitochondrial process that supports the brain cells critical for learning, ...
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Study reveals how neurons save energy during protein synthesis
The model calculations in the present study show that proteins are therefore preferably synthesized in the branched, tapering ...
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Saving energy is 'in', even neurons are joining in
Nerve cells have amazing strategies to save energy and still perform the most important of their tasks. Researchers found that the neuronal energy conservation program determines the location and ...