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Transhumanism, Human Moral Enhancement, and Virtues

Religions
Moral transhumanism is a project that aims to enhance human beings by using modern technology in a morally beneficial way. This article discusses the problems and ethical dilemmas raised by transhumanism, notably whether (moral) virtues may be enhanced ...
Vojko Strahovnik, Mateja Centa Strahovnik   +1 more
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Investigating the meaning of work: From allusive images to paradoxes

Church, Communication and Culture, 2022
In this article I wish to shed light on the meaning of work, which contributes to a deep understanding of ourselves, our identity, our dignity, and our desire for happiness, by specifying some intrinsic virtues: industriousness, professionalism (both ...
Giorgio Faro
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Sequence determinants of RNA G‐quadruplex unfolding by Arg‐rich regions

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
We show that Arg‐rich peptides selectively unfold RNA G‐quadruplexes, but not RNA stem‐loops or DNA/RNA duplexes. This length‐dependent activity is inhibited by acidic residues and is conserved among SR and SR‐related proteins (SRSF1, SRSF3, SRSF9, U1‐70K, and U2AF1).
Naiduwadura Ivon Upekala De Silva, Puspa Kunwar, Md Ibnul Rifat Rahman, Joanna Koryo Kwao, Nathan Lehman, Zihan Zhang, Trenton Paul, Claire Cheng, Nicholas Truex, Hui‐Ting Lee, Jun Zhang   +10 more
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Cell wall target fragment discovery using a low‐cost, minimal fragment library

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
LoCoFrag100 is a fragment library made up of 100 different compounds. Similarity between the fragments is minimized and 10 different fragments are mixed into a single cocktail, which is soaked to protein crystals. These crystals are analysed by X‐ray crystallography, revealing the binding modes of the bound fragment ligands.
Kaizhou Yan, Mathew Stanley, Olawale Raimi, Andrew T. Ferenbach, Helge C Dorfmueller, Daan M. F. van Aalten   +5 more
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A methionine‐lined active site governs carbocation stabilization and product specificity in a bacterial terpene synthase

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
This study reveals a unique active site enriched in methionine residues and demonstrates that these residues play a critical role by stabilizing carbocation intermediates through novel sulfur–cation interactions. Structure‐guided mutagenesis further revealed variants with significantly altered product profiles, enhancing pseudopterosin formation. These
Marion Ringel, Carl P. O. Helmer, Shani Zev, Ronja Driller, Emily Buhr, Markus Reinbold, Renana Schwartz, Gabriel Foley, Mikael Boden, Daniel Garbe, Gerhard Schenk, Dan Thomas Major, Bernhard Loll, Thomas Brück   +13 more
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Redefining the Moral Attributes of an Excellent Secondary School Teacher

Education Sciences
This philosophical essay reconsiders and redefines the moral attributes, virtues, and duties of an excellent secondary school teacher, emphasizing their pivotal role in the moral development of adolescents during secondary socialization.
Dejan Jelovac
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Interrogating the immune landscape of microsatellite stable RAS‐mutated colon cancer

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
COLOSSUS project RAS‐mutated MSS colon cancer study explored transcriptomics and immune cell density by immunohistochemistry (IHC), Immunoscore (IS), ISIC/TuLIS scores, mutation counts, and detected different prevalences but similar microenvironment composition across immune markers with clinical relevance for future immunotherapy combination ...
Rodrigo Dienstmann, Eduardo García‐Galea, Alice O'Farrell, Zak Kinsella, Maxime Meylan, Florent Petitprez, Ingrid Arijs, Tom Venken, Hari Ps, Adrian Lärkeryd, Ian Miller, Janick Selves, Nadja Meindl‐Beinker, Fiorella Ruiz‐Pace, Elena Élez, Raquel Comas‐Navarro, Frank Lincoln, Dirk Fey, Gift Nyamundanda, Aoife Nolan, Joern Lewin, Raquel Perez‐Lopez, Jonathan Briody, Kathleen Bennett, Walter Kolch, David Matallanas, Alexander Kel, Enrique Arenas, Joaquín Arribas, Bart Ghesquière, Josep Tabernero, Julie Meilleroux, Deborah McNamara, Ray McDermott, Marvin Lim, Mary O'Reilly, Brian Bird, Lisa Stack, Lucia Moloney, Patrick Morris, Keith Egan, Maciej Milewski, Lars Scheuer, Joachim Behringer, Georg Bolz, Ramon Salazar, Cristina Santos, Andrea Ruiz, Orla Casey, Verena Murphy, Matthias Ebert, Livio Trusolino, Diether Lambrechts, Anguraj Sadanandam, Catherine Sautès‐Fridman, Jochen Prehn, Paolo Nuciforo, Jacques Fieschi, Florence Monville, Darran O'Connor, Wolf Fridman, Annette Byrne   +61 more
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E2A selectively regulates TGF‐β–induced apoptosis in KRAS‐mutant non‐small cell lung cancer

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Ability to induce apoptosis by TGF‐β is frequently lost in advanced lung adenocarcinoma despite intact TGF‐β signaling. We identify E2A as a mutant KRAS–dependent mediator of resistance to TGF‐β–induced apoptosis. TGF‐β induces E2A via SMAD3 in mutant KRAS cells, and E2A silencing restores apoptosis and enhances radiation response in cell lines ...
Sergei Chuikov, Shiva Krishna Katkam, Zhefan Wang, Venkateshwar G. Keshamouni   +3 more
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Cell‐cycle‐specific lesion evolution rather than inhibition of double‐strand‐break repair underpins cisplatin radiosensitization

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
We analyze cisplatin–DNA adducts (CDAs) and double‐strand breaks (DSBs) in a cell‐cycle‐dependent manner. We find that CDAs form similarly across all cell cycle phases. DSBs arise only in S‐phase. CDAs might not directly impair DSB repair, but S‐phase DSB lesions evolve in the presence of CDAs and disrupt repair in G2, also causing radiosensitization ...
Ye Qiu, Xixi Lin, Emil Mladenov, Veronika Mladenova, Jürgen Thomale, Ali Sak, Yao Wang, Yunxuan Deng, Eleni Gkika, Martin Stuschke, George Iliakis   +10 more
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Erythropoietin modulates hepatic inflammation, glucose homeostasis, and soluble epoxide hydrolase and epoxides in high‐fat diet‐induced obese mice

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Erythropoietin administration suppresses hepatic soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) expression, leading to increased CYP‐derived epoxides. This is associated with a shift in hepatic macrophage polarization characterized by reduced M1 markers and increased M2 markers, along with reduced hepatic inflammation, suppressed hepatic lipogenesis, and attenuated ...
Takeshi Goda, Satoru Sugimoto, Chiharu Cho, Madoka Konishi, Nozomi Inoue, Satoshi Miyagaki, Yasuhiro Kawabe, Takuro Okamura, Masahide Hamaguchi, Hisakazu Nakajima, Michiaki Fukui, Masakazu Shinohara, Tomoko Iehara   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source