Publications by authors named "C J Morrow"

Many aging clocks have recently been developed to predict health outcomes and deconvolve heterogeneity in aging. However, existing clocks are limited by technical constraints, such as low spatial resolution, long processing time, sample destruction, and a bias towards specific aging phenotypes. Therefore, here we present a non-destructive, label-free and subcellular resolution approach for quantifying aging through optically resolving age-dependent changes to the biophysical properties of NAD(P)H in mitochondria through fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM) of endogenous NAD(P)H fluorescence.

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  • Replication forks encountering unrepaired single-strand breaks (SSBs) can lead to both single-ended (seDSBs) and double-ended double-strand breaks (deDSBs), which are significant in cancer development.
  • The study reveals that in fission yeast, SSBs typically result in deDSBs repaired by homologous recombination, but can also initiate break-induced replication (BIR).
  • The occurrence of BIR is more frequent when DNA replication fork convergence is delayed and the Ku70 protein, involved in non-homologous end joining, is absent.
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Since previous studies have suggested that the RNAs of human endogenous retrovirus (HERV) might be involved in regulating innate immunity, it is important to investigate the HERV transcriptome patterns in innate immune cell types such as CD14 + monocytes. Using single cell RNA-seq datasets from resting or stimulated PBMCs mapped to 3,220 known discrete autonomous proviral HERV loci, we found individual-specific variation in HERV transcriptomes between HERV loci in CD14 + monocytes. Analysis of paired datasets from the same individual that were cultured in vitro with LPS or without (i.

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  • The SERENA-2 trial investigates the efficacy of camizestrant, a new oral selective estrogen receptor degrader, compared to the traditional injectable SERD, fulvestrant, in treating advanced hormone receptor-positive breast cancer in post-menopausal women.
  • This phase 2 trial includes patients who have experienced disease progression after previous endocrine therapies and assesses different dosages of camizestrant against fulvestrant, focusing on progression-free survival rates as the primary outcome.
  • Conducted across 74 centers worldwide, the study also monitors the safety and side effects of the treatments among all participants who received at least one dose.
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Background: Motor and nonmotor fluctuations adversely impact the quality of life in Parkinson's disease (PD). Dysautonomia, a feature frequently associated with PD and a possible adverse effect of dopaminergic therapy, may be comorbid with fluctuations.

Objective: We sought to evaluate the effect of dysautonomia on motor and nonmotor fluctuations in PD.

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