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Left: cells with a mutant FUS protein that causes accumulations (in green) and leads to ALS disease. Right: the cells with the protein/chaferon (in pink) that manages to prevent the accumulations

fight degenerative diseases

The proteins and mechanisms required to fight the protein accumulations that lead to neurodegenerative diseases have been identified
A diagram showing the development of life throughout the geological periods. Source: United States Geological Survey / Wikimedia.

How were the first cells formed? with protein

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metabolism. Illustration: shutterstock

Substances found in wine and green tea may serve as a basis for drugs for congenital metabolic diseases

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Bone marrow cells of a blood cancer patient. Source: VashiDonsk / Wikimedia.

Can a certain diet replace chemotherapy?

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An artist's illustration of the protoplanetary disk surrounding the young star MWC 480. The ALMA telescope discovered the organic molecule methyl cyanide in the outer regions of the disk, where comets are thought to form. This is another evidence that organic chemistry is complex of the kind needed for life, it is universal. Figure: (NRAO/AUI/NSF)

Complex organic molecules, the basis of life, were discovered in the disk of a nascent solar system

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A duck in the rainforests of Australia. Photo: shutterstock

Mirror molecules / Sarah Everts

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"Blind spot" in protein quality control

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PylB with methylornithine (3MO) and co-factor S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) Image: Felix Quitterer / TUM

Enzymatic synthesis of pyrrolizine, the rare amino acid

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Meteorites contain a large amount of bases that serve as the building blocks of DMA. Artist's illustration NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Chris Smith

DNA building blocks can form in space

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Amino acids in space. Image: NASA

Does asymmetry of biological molecules in nature originate in space?

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Prof. Ohad Birak

A new gene for a genetic disease has been identified among Jews from North Africa and Iraq

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Dr. Little Alfonte and Dr. Michael Mailer. Photo: Danny Machlis, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

A large research grant from the European Union to Dr. Little Alfonte

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An organic molecule is complex in space. Illustration: UCLA

Super complex organic molecules are found in the interstellar medium

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Zachary Ball, Brian Popp

Synthetic enzymes will be able to recognize proteins

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The chemical basis of quality control in protein production

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Is the source of life in space?

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