#reprograms

Details of a new drug that aims to treat the underlying causes of obesity are being presented at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Vienna, Austria (15-19 September). The treatment of obesity has been transformed in recent years by glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists such as semaglutide, which reduce appetite, slow the release of food…

Hypoxia, a feature inside solid cancer tumors, reprograms methylation of ribosomal RNAs

A hairpin loop from a pre-mRNA. Highlighted are the nucleobases (green) and the ribose-phosphate backbone (blue). Note that this is a single strand of RNA that folds back upon itself. Credit: Vossman/ Wikipedia Hypoxia—where a tissue is deprived of an adequate supply of oxygen—is a feature inside solid cancer tumors that renders them highly invasive and resistant to treatment. Study of how cells…

Marijuana reprograms sperm genes!

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Marijuana is known to reduce the number of sperm, but new research suggests that this substance changes the sperm itself, which may have implications for children's health in the future.

In a study published in the journal Epigenetics, scientists compared Duke University to sperm between two groups of mice. The first was tetrahydropannabinol (THC), the most famous…