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The Math That Tells Cells What They Are

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-math-that-tells-cells-what-they-are Really interesting article with quite a bit of work I hadn’t been exposed to. The tl;dr is that the traditional view of embryonic development is that organisms develop along a strictly linear pathway dictated by DNA, instead it looks like RNA expression gradients guide development. This is interesting in context of work which has …

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DNA is an information storage molecule and DNA in and of itself does not have the ability to catalyze processes. RNA by itself is a “living” precursor to DNA, and DNA “evolved” from RNA. All cellular life requires ribosomal processes in order to translate out DNA codons. Ribozymes are an example of how RNA bridge …

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GFAP (and possibly AB25, ALDH1L1, and GLT1) assays should be as ubiquitous as colon cancer screening.

For most types of dementia, there’s building evidence that high levels of astrocyte products in serum is REALLY bad, and can provide a warning signal up to 20 years before onset of significant symptoms (in the case of Alzheimers). Currently, evidence supports the association between elevated astrocyte products and Huntington’s, ALS, Multiple Sclerosis (NfL == …

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