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Ken Farabaugh
Ken Farabaugh is a former ASBMB science editor.
Articles by Ken Farabaugh
Journal News
From the Journals: JBC
Sept. 6, 2024
Nuclear actin affects transcription elongation. Proteostasis in Alzheimer’s disease. RNA and splicing affect cancer invasiveness. Read about recent papers on these topics.
Journal News
From the journals: JBC
June 14, 2024
Ribosomal RNA, R-loops and the RNA exosome. Using an old drug to treat a new skin disease, Sugar-binding immune receptors. Read about recent papers on these topics.
Journal News
From the journals: JBC
April 26, 2024
Biased agonism of an immune receptor. A profile of missense mutations. Cartilage affects tissue aging. Read about these recent papers.
Journal News
From the journals: JBC
March 15, 2024
Cap-snatching viruses. Membrane makeup facilitates fusion. A disordered region promotes scaffold activity. Read about recent papers on these topics.
Journal News
From the journals: JBC
Feb. 9, 2024
Enzyme activity in a crowd. Can nerves be made to regenerate? Preventing bacteria from sensing each other. Read about recent papers on these topics.
Journal News
From the journals: JBC
Jan. 5, 2024
M binds PS in RSV infection. Screening for drugs to treat heart disease. Protein ‘feet’ help DNA form loops. Read about recent papers on these topics..
Journal News
From the journals: JBC
Dec. 15, 2023
Functionally clustered mRNAs are translated together. Phase separation promotes H3K4 methylation. Promoting axon regeneration. Read about recent papers on these topics.
Journal News
From the journals: JBC
Nov. 24, 2023
Protein cleavage in polycystic kidney disease. Expanding tools to study ion channels. Mechanisms of 5-fluorouracil cytotoxicity and chemoresistance. Read about papers on these topics.
Journal News
From the journals: JBC
Sept. 29, 2023
Creating the ideal PROTAC. A new player in mRNA polyadenylation. Improved inhibitors of human growth hormone signaling. Read about recent papers on these topics.
Journal News
From the journals: JBC
Sept. 8, 2023
Variability in flu virus subtypes. How CBD works to treat neuropathic pain. Why COVID-19 makes some patients sicker than others. Read about recent JBC papers on these topics.
Journal News
From the journals: JBC
Aug. 4, 2023
New stroke drug doesn’t impair memory. DNA damage and repair in the 3D genome. A new platform for detecting microRNAs. Read about recent papers on these topics.
Journal News
From the journals: JBC
June 13, 2023
͵͵ glue to prevent metastasis. Targeting activity to distinct organelles. A real-time single-cell metabolic reporter. Read about papers on these topics.
Journal News
From the journals: JBC
May 10, 2023
A translation priority “bar code.” Novel protein cleavage in a cerebral disease. A key molecule in lipid droplet catabolism. Read about recent papers on these topics.
Journal News
From the journals: JBC
March 17, 2023
With sulfur, life finds a way. Specific anti-cancer antibodies. Exercise-induced signaling cross talk. Read about recent articles on these topics.
Journal News
Unlocking drug resistance in pancreatic cancer
Feb. 21, 2023
Discovering key metabolic regulators of multiple pathways of acquired drug resistance in pancreatic cancer could lead to new treatment strategies.
Journal News
From the journals: JBC
Feb. 17, 2023
Hijacking chaperones for iron. A new cause of male infertility. Novel regulation of a ribosomal factor. Read about papers on these topics recently published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry.
Journal News
From the journals: JBC
Feb. 8, 2023
The timing of lipid metabolism. Modifying actin assembly dynamics. How Lyme disease evades the immune system. Read about these recent papers in the Journal of Biological Chemistry.
Annual Meeting
Engelking seeks to balance research and medicine
Jan. 19, 2023
Luke Engelking, a Journal of Lipid Research junior associate editor, will discuss his work during the JLR Spotlight Session at Discover BMB 2023.
Journal News
From the journals: JBC
Jan. 5, 2023
A combined strategy to fight cancer growth. Polymorphisms dictate prion pathogenesis. An oxidative switch of chaperone activity. Read about papers on these topics published recently in the Journal of Biological Chemistry.
Journal News
From the journals: JBC
Nov. 18, 2022
Exciting peptide drugs for heart disease. RNA sensing of basic pH. Biased hormonal signaling. Read about papers on these topics recently published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry.
Journal News
Preventing missed diagnoses of hyperekplexia
Nov. 3, 2022
Researchers say screening for newly identified genetic mutation and others could disambiguate the condition from epilepsy and reduce unnecessary antiepileptic therapies.