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datum (n=1)<p>TLDR: Pandas are dope fiends!?</p><p>TIL that Pandas aren't born loving bamboo, but that it's an addiction with a dopamine component.</p><p>Those cute furry pandas are actually carnivores.</p><p>But they sit on their butts all day eating plants and getting high instead of chasing animals.</p><p>"some of the bamboo-derived miRNAs were found to regulate dopamine pathways, driving food motivation and the reward system linked to it. So if eating bamboo is a pleasurable, satisfying experience for a panda, it's more likely to be solely driven to seek out this trigger." <a href="https://newatlas.com/biology/pandas-bamboo-micro-rna/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newatlas.com/biology/pandas-ba</span><span class="invisible">mboo-micro-rna/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/drugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drugs</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/dopamine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dopamine</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/pandas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pandas</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/bamboo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bamboo</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/miRNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>miRNA</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/RNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RNA</span></a></p>
Rhyothemis<p>research article [2019]</p><p>Pollen-derived RNAs Are Found in the Human Circulation<br><a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2019.08.035" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2019.08</span><span class="invisible">.035</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/pollen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollen</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/microRNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microRNA</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/miRNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>miRNA</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/bioavailability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bioavailability</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/platelets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>platelets</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/Lungs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lungs</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biology</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>2024 Nobel Prize - Chemistry<br><a href="https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2024/press-release" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine</span><span class="invisible">/2024/press-release</span></a></p><p>Nobel Prize in Medicine goes to U.S. biologists who discovered microRNA<br><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/nobel-medicine-prize-1.7342982?cmp=rss" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/world/nobel-medici</span><span class="invisible">ne-prize-1.7342982?cmp=rss</span></a><br>Victor Ambros, Gary Ruvkun</p><p>Medicine Nobel awarded for gene-regulating microRNAs<br>Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun identified a class of tiny molecules that have a crucial role in controlling gene expression<br><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03212-9" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/d41586-024</span><span class="invisible">-03212-9</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/2024Nobel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2024Nobel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NobelPrize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NobelPrize</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chemistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chemistry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/miRNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>miRNA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microRNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microRNA</span></a></p>
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