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3 hours ago

Poem: Love Letter from Photograph 51'

I am the image, that final clue.I know only this lab, where light can simmer for days,coaxing shadows to slowly definethe tiny drop you tip so carefully onto the end of a twisted paperclip. The lab, and you, squinting into the lensof a machine you developedhydrogen gas pumped through a salt solution on the fulcrum between question and discovery.
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fromwww.nature.com
2 weeks ago

Crystal structures of agonist-bound human cannabinoid receptor CB1

Agonist-bound CB1 crystal structures show binding-pocket contraction, G protein interface expansion, and a twin toggle switch essential for receptor activation, informing cannabinoid ligand design.
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4 months ago
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A DNA-gated molecular guard controls bacterial Hailong anti-phage defence

The Hailong systems represent a novel bacterial defense mechanism using NTase enzymes for phage protection.
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