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A 2026 PLOS One computational study linked Trichostatin A to 949 predicted targets and 8 machine-learning-selected Alzheimer’s disease core genes, but 100 ns molecular dynamics simulations s…
Read articleNucleosomes may be far less uniform inside living chromatin than the textbook picture suggests. In a 2026 Nature study, a single-molecule method called IDLI found that more than 85% of sampl…
Read articleOne-pronuclear biparental zygotes may be less biologically normal than they look. In a 2026 Nature mouse study, forcing maternal and paternal genomes into 1 enlarged pronucleus disrupted ear…
Read articleA 2026 prospective birth-cohort study in southern China linked mean cord-blood lead of 15.30 μg/L to lower infant neurodevelopmental scores across all 5 Ages and Stages Questionnaire domains…
Read articleA 2026 Singapore birth-cohort preprint found a conditional childhood-anxiety signal: the cord-blood DNA methylation component predicted less age-13 anxiety only in boys in the low DMN-limbic…
Read articleA 2026 Nature Communications study found that Mecp2 overexpression deregulated approximately 5,000 genes in mouse neural progenitor cells but only approximately 500 mostly small-change genes…
Read articleThe opioid crisis, particularly in North America, has spotlighted oxycodone as a central figure due to its significant role in addiction and overdose deaths. A recent review analyzed the gen…
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