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Tokyo, 1 July - A research team in Japan has linked a developmental checkpoint in the differentiation of hematopoietic progenitors into specific T cell lineages to the activity of a single gene encoding a transcription factor. Reported in Science this week, the discovery lends support to a new model for the development of blood cells lineages.

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Single water molecules can now be sliced into different atomic components, thanks to the electronic properties of ultrathin oxide films

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The discovery that secreted protein Ecrg4 slows neural precursor cell division during aging could point the way to treatments for age-related diseases

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Interference patterns made by wave-like electrons reveal that tiny atomic magnets are critical to iron-based superconductors

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Summaries of newsworthy papers include: Moon’s mantle exposed in craters

Read more of the article entitled 'Soft-tissue sarcoma genomes'