Snippets are short 1-2-paragraph summaries of papers that caught our eye. They aim to be digestible highlights of a recent discovery, and why we think you should know about it.

 

Altered RNA-processing provides a mechanistic framework delineating human sex-reversal associated with pathogenic variants in the RNA-helicase DHX37

Re-adenylation by TENT5A enhances efficacy of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines

Prolactin modulation of thermoregulatory circuits provides resilience to thermal challenge of pregnancy

Twin modelling reveals partly distinct genetic pathways to music enjoyment

A natural experiment on the effect of herpes zoster vaccination on dementia

Re-engineering of acetyl coenzyme A metabolism prevents senescence in budding yeast

Microbial ecosystems and ecological driving forces in the deepest ocean sediments

De novo designed proteins neutralize lethal snake venom toxins

A plant virus manipulates both its host plant and the insect that facilitates its transmission

Chromosome-scale genome assembly reveals how repeat elements shape non-coding RNA landscapes active during newt limb regeneration

Hierarchical representations of relative numerical magnitudes in the human frontoparietal cortex

The microglial response to inhibition of Colony-stimulating-factor-1 receptor by PLX3397 differs by sex in adult mice

Anti-icing properties of polar bear fur

Tissue clocks derived from histological signatures of biological aging enable tissue-specific aging predictions from blood

Single-cell data reveal heterogeneity of investment in ribosomes across a bacterial population

Bat genomes illuminate adaptations to viral tolerance and disease resistance