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A new tool called “SCINKD” can identify sex chromosomes and fix assembly errors in a genome using data from just a single individual, making it much easier to study how sex is determined across different animal species.
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Scientists discovered that a protein called LRBA is essential for organizing separate water and salt recycling systems in the kidney’s final processing units, which explains why patients with LRBA deficiency are at high risk of dangerous dehydration.
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A machine learning model called “eSIG-Net,” which acts like a language model for proteins, can now predict how a single change in a protein’s structure will affect its ability to interact with other proteins.
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