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A molecular geneticist at Montana State University has discovered a cellular process once believed impossible by scientists – the creation of the amino acid cysteine within a living cell when the cell's primary systems to do so fail.
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Montana State University, Budapest
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Ed Schmidt, Zoe Seaford, Sydney Austad, Martina Serrano Alvarez, Reed Noyd, Colin Miller, Peter Nagy, Sreekala Bajwa
What
A molecular geneticist at Montana State University has discovered a cellular process once believed impossible by scientists – the creation of the amino acid cysteine within a living cell when the cell's primary systems to do so fail.
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Sat, 13 Jun 2026 01:35:00 GMT · 5h 22m ago
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Montana State University, Budapest ·
Why
Scientists long believed that all living cells required a disulfide reductase system to produce cysteine, but a new discovery revealed a backup mechanism.
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This discovery challenges previous understandings of cellular biology and could lead to new strategies for cancer treatment by disabling this newly found defense mechanism in cancer cells, making them more susceptible to therapies.
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