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Moral shocks to invoke compassion: depicting the suffering and death of animals in animal research and testing facilities

Journal of Aesthetics & Culture
This article presents a preposterous history of moral shocks regarding animals in research and testing facilities. Moral shock is a concept developed by James M. Jasper. It reveals how protest images of suffering animals, as a consequence of research and
Victor J. Krawczyk
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Structural insights into an engineered feruloyl esterase with improved MHET degrading properties

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
A feruloyl esterase was engineered to mimic key features of MHETase, enhancing the degradation of PET oligomers. Structural and computational analysis reveal how a point mutation stabilizes the active site and reshapes the binding cleft, expading substrate scope.
Panagiota Karampa, Konstantinos Makryniotis, Theofani‐Iosifina Sousani, Evangelos Topakas, Vangelis Daskalakis, Maria Dimarogona   +5 more
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Pathogenicity analysis of a Chinese Genogroup II Akabane virus strain (TJ2016) in mouse models

Virology Journal
Background Akabane virus (AKAV) is divided into five genogroups (I to V), and strains of different genogroups exhibit marked differences in pathogenicity. We isolated a genogroup II AKAV strain, TJ2016, in China in 2016, but its virulence remains unknown.
Jingjing Wang, Ruyang Yu, Fang Wei, Dongjie Chen, Shaoqiang Wu   +4 more
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Alternative in vitro and in silico models to reduce animal use: a crucial technological advance in dermatological sciences

Expert Reviews in Molecular Medicine
Introduction Alternative models are tools to replace and reduce the number of animals used in biomedical sciences, for either research or tests of industrial products. Several new alternative models have been developed in the most diverse fields.
Carla Zanatelli, Luiza Pretto, Thaís Casagrande Paim, Márcia Rosângela Wink   +3 more
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Gut microbiome and aging—A dynamic interplay of microbes, metabolites, and the immune system

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Age‐dependent shifts in microbial communities engender shifts in microbial metabolite profiles. These in turn drive shifts in barrier surface permeability of the gut and brain and induce immune activation. When paired with preexisting age‐related chronic inflammation this increases the risk of neuroinflammation and neurodegenerative diseases.
Aaron Mehl, Eran Blacher
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Valosin‐containing protein counteracts ATP‐driven dissolution of FUS condensates through its ATPase activity in vitro

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Biomolecular condensates formed by fused in sarcoma (FUS) are dissolved by high ATP concentrations yet persist in cells. Using a reconstituted system, we demonstrate that valosin‐containing protein (VCP), an AAA+ ATPase, counteracts ATP‐driven dissolution of FUS condensates through its D2 ATPase activity.
Hitomi Kimura, Shin‐ichi Tate, Kyota Yasuda   +2 more
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Verjüngungsforschung Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts

Recherches Germaniques
At the beginning of the 20th century, rejuvenation became fashionable. The background to this was the discovery of hormones and the observation of a connection between sex hormones and vitality. Animals had a central role in endocrinology research.
Stefan Hecht
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Diversity and complexity in neural organoids

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Neural organoid research aims to expand genetic diversity on one side and increase tissue complexity on the other. Chimeroids integrate multiple donor genomes within single organoids. Self‐organising multi‐identity organoids, exogenous cell seeding, or enforced assembly of region‐specific organoids contribute to tissue complexity.
Ilaria Chiaradia, Madeline A. Lancaster
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Hyperosmotic stress induces PARP1‐mediated HPF1‐dependent mono(ADP‐ribosyl)ation

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Sorbitol‐induced hyperosmotic stress rapidly induces reversible mono(ADP‐ribosyl)ation (MARylation) on PARP1 without the signs of genotoxic signaling. We show that PARP1 autoMARylation is HPF1 dependent and forms hydroxylamine‐resistant O‐glycosidic linkages.
Anna Georgina Kopasz, Mihály Mérey, Rebeka Vásárhelyi, Ramóna Pék, Victor Imburchia, László Henn, Adrián Kószó, Nicholas D. Lakin, Ivan Ahel, Sébastien Huet, Ágnes Czibula, Gyula Timinszky   +11 more
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Perspective: How complex in vitro models are addressing the challenges of predicting drug-induced liver injury

Frontiers in Drug Discovery
Predicting which drugs might have the potential to cause drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is highly complex and the current methods, 2D cell-based models and animal tests, are not sensitive enough to prevent some costly failures in clinical trials or to ...
K. Taylor, R. Ram, R. Ram, L. Ewart, C. Goldring, G. Russomanno, G. P. Aithal, T. Kostrzewski, C. Bauch, J. M. Wilkinson, J. M. Wilkinson, S. Modi, J. G. Kenna, J. G. Kenna, J. Bailey, J. Bailey   +15 more
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