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🍰Interested in reading more about the study? Here's the N&Vs article written by Joanna R. Kovalski & Davide Ruggero.
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Breaking up translation condensates in cancer - Nature Cell Biology
Translational control is emerging as a key regulator of cancer. The RNA-binding protein PABPC1 is shown to drive chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) by enhancing the translation of pro-oncogenic mRNAs thr...
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April 27, 2025 at 7:02 AM
This article hits the nail on the head for the challenges being manufactured in US scientific research especially for those of us early career folks.

America’s Brightest Minds Will Walk Away www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...
Opinion | The Uncertain Fate of the Young American Scientist
Young researchers are choosing between staying in science and staying in the United States.
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April 4, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Not just "housekeeping." Targeting RNA translation is a specific vulnerability of prostate cancer cells. Exciting to see what's next on the horizon for small molecule RNA therapeutics.
Tumors overproduce the proteins that drive metabolism, cell division and more. A UCSF team has found that a breast cancer drug, zotatifin, jams the protein assembly line in prostate tumors – offering new hope for prostate cancer patients. tiny.ucsf.edu/665V7N
Researchers Learn How a Drug Called Zotatifin Kills Cancer Cells
A cancer drug developed ten years ago at UCSF can also put the brakes on one of prostate cancer's deadliest molecular tricks.
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April 2, 2025 at 8:24 PM
A powerful toolbox to study IRES-dependent selective translation of mRNAs. An important resource for the field! Excited to use these new tools to study a critical, yet under-appreciated mechanism of translational specificity. Congrats Barna and Leppek labs! #RNA
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https://www.embopress.org/doi/full/10.1038/s44318-025-00404-5
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March 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Stand Up For Science Rally Today at SF City Hall! Letting our voices be heard to keep hands off the NIH and keep pushing the bounds of human knowledge! 🔬🧪
March 8, 2025 at 1:31 AM
We are grateful to @marasherman.bsky.social and Dr. Zainab Hussain for their insightful highlighting of our work out now in Nature Cell Biology.
March 6, 2025 at 3:13 AM
We are thrilled to share our discovery of a new factor, the RBP RBM42, which is key to fueling pancreas cancer through the deadly oncogene Myc. I look forward to what we uncover next! Thanks to the fantastic team lead by @DavideRuggero @rushika-perera.bsky.social & @genophoria.bsky.social!
March 6, 2025 at 3:11 AM