A simple mechanism could underlie the growth and self-replication of protocells-;putative ancestors of modern living cells-;suggests a study publishing September 3 in Biophysical Journal. Protocells are vesicles bounded by a membrane bilayer and are potentially similar to the first unicellular…
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How A Tiny Dog Healed A Huge Loss
Margaret with her daughters Taline and Nora, after adopting Cosette. In April 2020, Margaret J. suffered the greatest loss of her life when her husband of 21 years—and father to their two daughters, Taline, 20, and Nora, 17—died of COVID-19….
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Rare genetic variants confer largest increase in type 2 diabetes risk seen to date
Scientists at the University of Cambridge have identified rare genetic variants—carried by one in 3,000 people—that have a larger impact on the risk of developing type 2 diabetes than any previously identified genetic effect. Type 2 diabetes is thought to…
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Future Family of 5! Jennifer Love Hewitt, Brian Hallisay Expecting 3rd Child
Adding another baby to her brood! Jennifer Love Hewitt is pregnant with her and husband Brian Hallisay’s third child. Christina Perri and More Celebs Announcing Pregnancies in 2020 “Oh baby!” the actress, 42, captioned her Tuesday, May 18, Instagram reveal….
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